Pacing: Action-Driven → Observational

Action-Driven 0 → 1 Observational

12 works, one per band of Pacing, chained for the smoothest structural ascent — each step is the smallest possible shape mutation that still climbs the axis.

1. 1The Second Sally or The Offer of King Krool
   Stanislaw Lem, 1965
   Pacing score 0.28
   start
2. 2The Fourth Sally or How Trurl Built a Femfatalatron
   Stanislaw Lem, 1965
   Pacing score 0.35
   step distance 0.5242
   agrees most onTime StructureProtagonist Fate
3. 3Network Effect
   Martha Wells, 2020
   Pacing score 0.38
   step distance 0.7919
   Conflict StyleThreat Scale
4. 4All Tomorrow's Parties
   William Gibson, 1999
   Pacing score 0.45
   step distance 0.4188
   Price TypeTime Structure
5. 5Spook Country
   William Gibson, 2007
   Pacing score 0.48
   step distance 0.3626
   PacingTime Structure
6. 6Rainbows End
   Vernor Vinge, 2006
   Pacing score 0.55
   step distance 0.3178
   Time StructureProtagonist Fate
7. 7Mona Lisa Overdrive
   William Gibson, 1988
   Pacing score 0.60
   step distance 0.4341
   Price TypeThreat Scale
8. 8The Yiddish Policemen's Union
   Michael Chabon, 2007
   Pacing score 0.65
   step distance 0.2088
   Price TypeProtagonist Fate
9. 9Annihilation
   Jeff VanderMeer, 2014
   Pacing score 0.70
   step distance 0.4383
   Time StructureThreat Scale
10. 10The Left Hand of Darkness
    Ursula K. Le Guin, 1969
    Pacing score 0.75
    step distance 0.5597
    Protagonist FateThreat Scale
11. 11Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand
    Samuel R. Delany, 1984
    Pacing score 0.78
    step distance 0.1571
    Price TypeProtagonist Fate
12. 12The Great Silence
    Ted Chiang, 2019
    Pacing score 0.85
    step distance 0.4961
    Protagonist FatePrice Type

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