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"The second book in the Worlds trilogy. Marianne O'Hara is back in the orbital World New New York having barely escaped the war that depopulated most of Earth and destroyed most of the Worlds. Also surviving is O'Hara's lover, Jeff Hawking who is trapped on Earth. As Jeff and O'Hara struggle to cope witht the aftermath of the war and restore their respective societies O'hara must make a choice. Should she look for Jeff and try to rebuild Earth? Should she focus her efforts on restoring New New York and coping with the influx of refugees? Or should take to the stars in the starship that's being built?"
Kevin Dole, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 20%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20%
Tone of book
- cynical or dry-wit
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION?
- science fiction story
Explore/1st contact/ enviro story
Yes
Plotlets:
- surviving a post environmental/nuclear disaster
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- scholar
Age:
- 20's-30's
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- society
Setting
Terrain
- Jungle
- Forests
- Planet surface, need spacesuit
- Space, need spacesuit
- Asteroid
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
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
How much dialogue?
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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