A Martian Odyssey

words removed
10,496
marks left
3,035
words a sentence
12.0
most used mark
,

Its punctuation fingerprint: each mark's share, on the same scale as every book on the shelf.

Its punctuation twin, the closest fingerprint on the shelf: Just Around the Corner, Fannie Hurst. More twins

Stanley G. Weinbaum on the shelf

It's the only book by Stanley G. Weinbaum on the shelf. Of the 623 other authors on the shelf, Stanley G. Weinbaum's punctuation is closest to Fannie Hurst's.

Fannie Hurst's average fingerprint

Marks per 1,000 words, except words per sentence and dialogue (the share of words inside quotation marks).
This bookEvery book's median
Semicolons6.17.2
Commas69.876.6
Colons0.31.6
Exclamation marks23.22.8
Question marks8.13.7
Words per sentence12.017.0
Dialogue94%22%

Every mark in reading order, left to right, top to bottom. Sentence endings are pink.

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