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Plot Summary of Worlds
"Marianne O'Hara travels from New New York (one of the orbital Worlds) to Earth to complete her post-doctoral studies. She unwittingly becomes involved with a group of politicos whose plans will leave Earth and all of the Worlds forever changed."
Kevin Dole, Resident Scholar



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Plot

Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 10%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 40%




Tone of book - cynical or dry-wit
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Coming of age Yes
Youngster becomes - an adult (general)
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Cultural problems, alien culture Yes
Culture clash- - one human from different culture of other humans

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - student
Eccentric: Yes - eccentric
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - society
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount

Setting
Earth setting: - near future (later in 21st century)
Spaceship setting: - a space station - really, really giant spaceship/station
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Takes place in spaceship? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - a moderate amount of scientific explanation
How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog
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