Fiction Rule of Thumb, courtesy of XKCD

[sparkchaser]

Except for anything by Lewis Carroll or Tolkien, you get five made-up words per story. I'm looking at you, Anathem.​

 

[beer good]

Except for anything by Lewis Carroll or Tolkien, you get five made-up words per story.

I take it he's not a Joyce fan?

 

[Peder]

My impression was that Anathem was quite a bit like Canticle for Leibowitz, except ten times more wordy to cover similar material -- far off that chart to the right. Go for the original; the chart holds good!