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Reading list

A list of glowfic I recommend, in what I think is a basically reasonable reading order.

  • Reading time = time it took me to read, for those where I kept track.
  • Purple = highly recommended
  • Spoiler warnings are not thorough. I have basically included spoiler warnings for things I personally would have wanted to be warned about.
Easy stuff to start with:
Where it all began:
  • Luminosity and Radiance (Fanfic) - Alicorn
    • Prerequisites: none (not even Twilight)
    • This is not a glowfic, but it's very good and it's what the foundational glowfic, Effulgence, is based off of
  • Effulgence (Continuity) up to subcontinuity "will you marry me" - Alicorn, Kappa
More Effulgence please:
  • catch without release (subcontinuity of Effulgence) - Alicorn, Kappa
    • Prerequisites: none
    • Reading time: < an hour
  • like a thief in the day (Sandbox) - Alicorn, lintamande
  • in spite of a nail (Sandbox) - Alicorn, Kappa
    • Prerequisites: Effulgence up through “they bite”
    • Reading time: ~half an hour
    • Wiki link
  • the prime directive (subcontinuity of Effulgence) - Alicorn, Kappa
    • Prerequisites: none
    • Reading time: hours
  • an art project (subcontinuity of Effulgence) - Alicorn, Kappa
    • Prerequisites: none
    • Major spoilers for the Vorkosigan Saga up through "Mirror Dance"
      • I am so serious about the spoilers, I delayed reading this until I'd read the Vorkosigan saga and I'm really glad I did things in that order
  • something that i want (subcontinuity of Effulgence) - Alicorn, Kappa
    • Prerequisites: none
    • Reading time: hours
  • seidr and spear (subcontinuity of Effulgence) - Alicorn, Kappa
    • Prerequisites: none
  • unfashionable tattoo (subcontinuity of Effulgence) - Alicorn, Kappa
    • Prerequisites: none
    • Reading time: half an hour?
Other early Bell continuities:
  • Incandescence (Continuity) - Aestrix, Alicorn
    • Prerequisites: Effulgence up to “truth be told”, plus “unfashionable tattoo”
    • Reading time: a week
    • Wiki link
    • After you’re done, read this wrap-up post
  • Bluebell Flames (Continuity) - Alicorn, Red
    • Prerequisites: optionally, previous exposure to Bells, e.g. Effulgence
    • Reading time: hours
    • Wiki link to be added
  • Eclipse (Continuity) - Alicorn, Red
    • Prequisites: some of Effulgence (optional, for template background)
    • Reading time: days
    • Wiki link to be added
Long Arda continuities:
  • Elentáriári (subcontinuity of Silmaril) - Alicorn, lintamande
    • Prerequisites: optionally, seidr and spear
    • Reading time: a week
    • This is the first, and best standalone, part of Silmaril; it’s worth reading on its own
    • Silmaril wiki link
  • Silmaril - Alicorn, lintamande
    • Prerequisites: details on wiki page; all are optional
    • Reading time: over a month
    • If you plan to read Osirion sandboxes (later in this recommendation list), then I recommend delaying reading the subcontinuity Starstone until after you do that
    • Wiki link
  • if the world can’t be saved i’ll save it anyway (Continuity) - lintamande, swimmer963
    • Prerequisites: optionally, A Song For Two Voices (Fanfic series by swimmer)
      • ASFTV is very long but also very good; if you care about spoilers it's worth reading that first
    • Wiki link
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Forever is a long, long time:

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