{"id":1869,"date":"2009-03-06T14:34:42","date_gmt":"2009-03-06T21:34:42","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-11-25T09:42:23","modified_gmt":"2011-11-25T16:42:23","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/node\/1869\/","title":{"rendered":"Wordcount of popular (and hefty) epics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Will now move HERE<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n

If you are curious, here some samples. The numbers are approximate and should omit indexes, appendices and stuff not directly belonging to the text itself.<\/p>\n

Discrepancies are often due to the fact that Microsoft Word consider “it’s” like one word, instead my data is measured considering it as “it is”, so two words. This can usually add a plus 5-10k compared to Microsoft Word wordcount.<\/p>\n

Lord of the Rings<\/b> – J. R. R. Tolkien (revised to be in line with the rest)<\/p>\n

The Fellowship of the Ring: 187k
\nThe Two Towers: 155k
\nThe Return of the King: 131k<\/p>\n

Total: 473k<\/p>\n

Wheel of Time<\/b> – Robert Jordan<\/p>\n

The Eye of the World: 305k
\nThe Great Hunt: 267k
\nThe Dragon Reborn: 251k
\nThe Shadow Rising: 393k
\nThe Fires of Heaven: 354k
\nLord of Chaos: 389k
\nA Crown of Swords: 295k
\nThe Path of Daggers: 226k
\nWinter’s Heart: 238k
\nCrossroads of Twilight: 271k
\nKnife of Dreams: 315k<\/p>\n

Total: 3M 304k (official count)<\/p>\n

Stormlight Archives<\/b> – Brandon Sanderson<\/p>\n

The Way of Kings: 387k (official count)<\/p>\n

A Song of Ice And Fire<\/b> – George R. R. Martin<\/p>\n

A Game of Thrones: 298k
\nA Clash of kings: 326k
\nA Storm of Swords: 424k
\nA Feast for Crows: 300k
\nA Dance with Dragons: 422k <\/p>\n

Total: 1M 770k<\/p>\n

Malazan Book of the Fallen<\/b> – Steven Erikson<\/p>\n

Gardens of the Moon: 209k
\nDeadhouse Gates: 272k
\nMemories of Ice: 358k
\nHouse of Chains: 306k
\nMidnight Tides: 270k
\nThe Bonehunters: 365k
\nReaper’s Gale: 386k
\nToll the Hounds: 392k
\nDust of Dreams: 382k
\nThe Crippled God: 385k <\/p>\n

Total: 3M 325k<\/p>\n

Forge of Darkness series\/Trilogy:<\/p>\n

Volume 1: 292k (very tentative)<\/p>\n

Esslemont:<\/p>\n

Night of Knives: 88k
\nReturn of the Crimson Guard: 278k
\nStonewielder: 237k <\/p>\n

Prince of Nothing (and rest)<\/b> – R. Scott Bakker<\/p>\n

The Darkness that Comes Before: 175k
\nThe Warrior-Prophet: 205k
\nThe Thousandfold Thought: 139k<\/p>\n

Total: 519k<\/p>\n

The Judging Eye: 151k
\nThe White-Luck Warrior: 200k~<\/p>\n

A Land Fit for Heroes(?)<\/b> – Richard Morgan<\/p>\n

The Steel Remains: 146k
\nThe Cool Commands: 171k<\/p>\n

The Wars of Light and Shadow<\/b> – Janny Wurts<\/p>\n

Curse of the Mistwraith: 233k
\nShips of Merior: 206k
\nWarhost of Vastmark: 156k
\nFugitive Prince: 220k
\nGrand Conspiracy: 235k
\nPeril’s Gate: 300k
\nTraitor’s Knot: 220k
\nStormed Fortress: 248k<\/p>\n

Total: 1M 818k<\/p>\n

The Night’s Dawn Trilogy<\/b> – Peter F. Hamilton<\/p>\n

The Reality Dysfunction: 385k
\nThe Neutronium Alchemist: 393k
\nThe Naked God: 469k (!)<\/p>\n

Total: 1M 247k<\/p>\n

Baroque+Crypto<\/b> – Neal Stephenson<\/p>\n

Cryptonomicon: 415k<\/p>\n

Quicksilver: 390k
\nThe Confusion: 348k
\nThe System of the World: 387k<\/p>\n

Total: 1M 540k<\/p>\n

The Dark Tower<\/b> – Stephen King<\/p>\n

The Gunslinger: 55k
\nThe Drawing of the Three: 128k
\nThe Waste Lands: 178k
\nWizard and Glass: 264k
\nWolves of the Calla: 251k
\nSong of Susannah: 131k
\nThe Dark Tower: 288k<\/p>\n

Total: 1M 295k<\/p>\n

Infinite Jest<\/b> – David Foster Wallace<\/p>\n

– 575k<\/p>\n

Updated: 27 Oct 2011<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Will now move HERE. If you are curious, here some samples. The numbers are approximate and should omit indexes, appendices and stuff not directly belonging to the text itself. Discrepancies are often due to the fact that Microsoft Word consider “it’s” like one word, instead my data is measured considering it as “it is”, so […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33,34],"class_list":["post-1869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-books","tag-malazan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1869\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}