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{{quote|''There was a [[War in Heaven|war in Heaven]] and the debris fell to Earth.''
▲{{quote|''[[Mass Super-Empowering Event|1. Every year, a randomly chosen person on Earth is struck by lightning and gains superpowers.]]''
''[[Fridge Horror|2. Each new superhuman is twice as powerful as the previous one.]]''
''[[Superhero Paradox|3. This has been going on for ten years.]]''
|[http://qntm.org/power "Power of Two"]}}
A [[Web Serial Novel]] of science fiction short stories by Sam Hughes, kept on his [http://qntm.org/?structure website], [[Things of Interest]], and on [http://everything2.com/title/Fine+Structure Everything2]. It was finished January 2010 and Sam intends to publish it once he's gone back and polished it up.
For the best experience, read it all without reading this page, or any of the comments on the stories themselves. Then go back and read it
It's difficult to describe the story without spoiling it, since the story was revealed in brief episodes, in [[Anachronic Order]], and with a [[Retcon]] for good measure. Hence, the examples will provide '''UNMARKED SPOILERS'''. However, here is a brief "dust jacket summary" of the three main plotlines without major spoilers.
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[[Title Drop|The Structure of the universe is Fine and delicate... handle with care.]]
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* [[After the End]]: [http://qntm.org/?crushed Crushed Underground] takes place in the last known refuge of humanity after the Hot Wars. Eventually Mitch and Anne restore the environment enough that people can survive in it again.
* [[Alien Geometries]]: The universes with more dimensions than ours are described like this when they are described from a human being's point of view, in [http://qntm.org/?sundown Sundown].
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I've walked on the Moon barefoot. }}
* [[Time Skip]]: Even disregarding the [[Anachronic Order]], the story spans over 20,000 years and most of that time understandably doesn't get examined in detail. In detail it only really covers from 2000-2020 or so, and a few brief segments in between, before jumping to the end.
** When astronomers discover ''something'' in space traveling at near-light speed, setting off supernovas, and headed straight for Earth, they convince one of the leading Script scientists to use some [[Magic From Technology]]. He bubbles the Solar System into extradimensional space, but this results in a [[Post Apocalyptic]] Earth.}}
* [[Time Travel]]: With automatic anti-paradox protection going backward. Each direction only gets used once. It's used by one of Oul's slaves to blow up Manhattan.
* [[Title Drop]]: In the very first story. A few of the individual chapters do this as well.
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[[Category:Science Fiction Web Originals]]
[[Category:Web Serial Novel]]
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