#199 V̶λI
The word “energy” occurs 122 times in Project Hail Mary, in every chapter except 10, 12, 15, 22, 24, 27, and 30.
It occurs 84 times in Earth sections: the narrator (20 times), Grace in direct speech (30 times), Dr. Lokken (9 times), Stratt (9 times), Dimitri (8 times), Steve Hatch (3 times), Bob Redell (2 times), the African Diplomat (2 times), and Marissa (1 time).
It occurs 38 times in Space sections: the narrator (37 times) and Grace in direct speech (1 time).
Here’s a visualization of the relative frequencies across all sections and chapters of the book.
Each coloured bar represents a section and is colour-coded for Earth sections (green) and Space sections (purple).
The grey bars represent the chapters, which are marked with ticks and numbers.
The y-axis is the relative frequency, i.e. the proportion of tokens in that section (or chapter) that match “energy” (so a bar might be higher, even with fewer occurrences, if the section or chapter is shorter).
We’re talking absurd amounts of energy here
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