in 2015. In 2015, Vakasha Sachdev of Hindustan Times described HPMOR as "a thinking person's story about magic and heroism" and how "the conflict between good and evil is represented as a battle between knowledge and ignorance," eliciting his praise. In 2017, Carol Pinchefsky of Syfy lauded HPMOR as "something brilliant" and "a platform on which the writer bounces off complex ideas in a way that's accessible and downright fun." In a 2019 interview for The Sydney Morning Herald, young adult writer Lili Wilkinson said that she adores HPMOR; according to her, "It not only explains basically all scientific theory, from economics to astrophysics, but it also includes the greatest scene where Malfoy learns about DNA and has to confront his pureblood bigotry." Accolades The audio version of HPMOR was a Parsec Awards finalist in 2012 and 2015. Translations Russian In July 2018, a crowdfunding campaign for printing a three-volume Russian translation of HPMOR was launched on the website Planeta.ru. The goal (approximately ) was reached within the first 30 hours. The campaign ended on the 30th of September with collected (approximately ) and became the highest funded Russian crowdfunding project, although this record was broken the day after. This is the biggest HPMOR publication project: the book was published by fans many times, but the book's circulation was lower. According to Mikhail Samin, the founder of the project, "Yudkowsky accepted the idea positively", but the popularity of the campaign surprised him. Yudkowsky wrote an introduction exclusively for the Russian printing. The book was compiled by Lin Lobaryov, the former lead editor of Mir Fantastiki magazine. Extra books will be sent to libraries and presented to school Science Olympiad winners. After the success of the crowdfunding project, Russian publishing house Eksmo asked Rowling's agents for permission to publish HPMOR in Russia officially, but Rowling has refused use of fanfics of her Wizarding World for commercial purposes. Other HPMOR has Czech, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish, and Ukrainian translations. See also My Immortal and Hogwarts School of Prayer and Miracles, two near-universally condemned Harry Potter fan fictions All the Young Dudes, a similarly praised Harry Potter fan fiction References External links The Methods of Rationality Podcast (Full cast audiobook available as a podcast) 2010 works Literature first published in serial form Modern philosophical literature Fiction about personifications of death Works set in the 1990s Harry Potter fan