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[D] What are the top online rational fictions?

Post:

Hi, new to this subreddit, I came from /r/novelupdates where we mainly discuss Japanese/Chinese/Korean translated novels and the occasional original English novel written in the style, from there I found Worm and Mother of Learning, I found that the writer of mother of learning post in this subreddit, so I'm interested if I can find more in that style, so I would like to see a discussion of which webnovels are the best

Comments:

• u/Escapement:

  More than half of the stuff we discuss here is fanfiction. 
  
  You can always look at the [top by all time](https://www.reddit.com/r/rational/top/) sort as a good place to see the sort of things we tend to upvote.
  
  I personally really like the stuff by /u/alexanderwales especially [The Metropolitan Man](https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10360716/1/The-Metropolitan-Man) (superman) and his ongoing work with the Shadows of the Limelight which he has a [subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/ShadowsOfTheLimelight/) for. 
  
  Scott Alexander's fiction, [on his blog](http://slatestarcodex.com/tag/fiction/), is almost all really weird but really really good, and also short/self contained.
  
  There tends to be a lot of Harry Potter fanfiction, because one of the works that inspired the creation of the subreddit in the first place - Eliezer Yudkowsky's [Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality](http://hpmor.com/). HPMoR tends to be extremely polarizing (people either love it or hate it, almost never feel ambivalent) so it's worth a shot. If you liked the HPMoR idea of a genius going to Hogwarts but felt that HPMoR was too mean-spirited and Harry in it was unlikeable, I'd recommend out [Potter Who and the Wossname's Thingummy](https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8484470/1/Potter-Who-and-the-Wossname-s-Thingummy). The single funniest thing that's been posted to the subreddit so far is ["Seventh Horcrux"](https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10677106/1/Seventh-Horcrux) by EmeraldAshes.
  

  • u/Roxolan:

    I recommend the ratings at [RationalReads](http://rationalreads.com/). "Top all-time" for small/new subreddits is not as useful, especially here where a single work can get a bunch of threads.
    

    • u/alexanderwales:

      Also, "top all-time" will naturally favor newer entries, given that the subreddit has grown over time.
      

  • u/blazinghand:

    I'd like to note when I shared Seventh Horcrux, it was in an attempt to win some kind of argument about good vs rational I think. It's the kind of fanfiction I use as a counterexample when people say "wait, by rational fiction do you just mean good fiction?" because it's the best Harry Potter fanfiction, but also clearly irrational.
    

    • u/Nevereatcars:

      > The best Harry Potter fanfiction
      
      Clearly you need another read-through of Harry the Hufflepuff.
      

      • u/None:

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        • u/Nevereatcars:

          The OG David Monroe.
          

  • u/Quietus42:

    >The single funniest thing that's been posted to the subreddit so far is ["Seventh Horcrux"](https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10677106/1/Seventh-Horcrux) by EmeraldAshes.  
    
    Seconding everything by Alexanderwales (Metropolitan Man is outstanding) and Seventh Horcrux. I'm on my fourth reread and it's as funny as the first time I read it.  
    
    Also, [Rational Reads](http://rationalreads.com/) is a great collection of rational works.
    

  • u/theflametest:

    I just rfinished HPMoR, it was pretty good, (good enough for me to take 4 days to go back on reddit) but I think I'll take a break from ff, thanks for the recommendations though.
    

    • u/theflametest:

      Ok, I lied and just read Metropolitan Man today, that was dark. Good read though, thanks.
      

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