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Plot Summary of Flinx in Flux - Flinx of the Commonwealth 6
"Book 6 of Flinx and Pip. While Flinx is on Alaspin, letting Pip's offspring go back to the wild, he finds a beautiful woman. He finds she is a kidnapped victim and offers to return her to Longtunnel. She is a brillant scientist, and in the process of helping her, he falls in love. The kidnappers have not stopped, and will invade Longtunnel to stop her research. What nobody knows is there is an intelligent race on Longtunnel that Flinx can really relate to."
Ed Phillips, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Flinx in Flux - Flinx of the Commonwealth 6
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Plot

Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 30%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 10%




Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Romance Yes
Spying & Investigations Yes
What is main char. doing? - rescue mission/escape from confinement
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - unemployed
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount

Setting
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a futuristic society - empty, or nearly empty world
Planet outside solar system? Yes

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - an average amount of scientific explanation
How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog
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