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| Plot Summary of Patriarch's Hope |
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" Seafort is Secretary-General of the United Nations, attempting to balance the world's political interests, especially the environmentalists and those who support strengthening Earth's military."
Mark, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 20%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 30%
Tone of book
- cynical or dry-wit
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION?
- science fiction story
Political power play
Yes
Political plotlets
- factions fight within govt for control
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- politician/elected ruler
Age:
- 60's-90's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- missing body parts/abilities
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an organization
Profession/status:
- navy soldier
Eccentric:
Yes
- mentally ill
- deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- throughout most of the book.
Setting
Terrain
- Planet surface, need spacesuit
- Space, need spacesuit
Which planet?
- Earth's Moon
Earth setting:
- medium future 22-24th century
Spaceship setting:
- futuristic human warship
- a space station
- someone is depressurized
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Takes place in spaceship?
Yes
Not Earth, in Solar System?
Yes
Style
Person?
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only)
- a significant amount of technical jargon
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
How much dialogue?
- significantly more dialog than descript
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