Catching Crumbs From the Table - Ted Chiang
Vignette
Number of words : 770
Percent of complex words : 25.2
Average syllables per word : 1.9
Average words per sentence : 28.6
READABILITY INDICES
Fog : 21.5
Flesch : 14.8
Flesch-Kincaid : 18.3
PEOPLE
Humphries
Histocompatibility genetics expert.
Sugimoto
A gene therapist.
TECHNOLOGY
Digital neural transfer
Information access method.
ExaCollider
Physics research machine.
PLACES
Gobi desert
Covering part of Southern Mongolia.
CONCEPTS
Neurogenesis
Process by which neurons are made, particularly before birth.
Textual hermenutics
Interpreting metahuman science.
RACES
Metahumans
Modified humans.
PLOT
Written in academic scientific style, discussing the worth of whether humans should try and analyse the intellectual achievements of metahumans.
3.5 out of 5
Number of words : 770
Percent of complex words : 25.2
Average syllables per word : 1.9
Average words per sentence : 28.6
READABILITY INDICES
Fog : 21.5
Flesch : 14.8
Flesch-Kincaid : 18.3
PEOPLE
Humphries
Histocompatibility genetics expert.
Sugimoto
A gene therapist.
TECHNOLOGY
Digital neural transfer
Information access method.
ExaCollider
Physics research machine.
PLACES
Gobi desert
Covering part of Southern Mongolia.
CONCEPTS
Neurogenesis
Process by which neurons are made, particularly before birth.
Textual hermenutics
Interpreting metahuman science.
RACES
Metahumans
Modified humans.
PLOT
Written in academic scientific style, discussing the worth of whether humans should try and analyse the intellectual achievements of metahumans.
3.5 out of 5