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A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder
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Plot Summary of A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder
"Adam More is stranded at sea. He ends up in a world populated by a strange race and encounters fantastical creatures. This anti-utopian satire has everything important in a 19th century adventure story."
H. W. Sandoval, Resident Scholar




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Plot
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy world/fantasy past
Explore/1st contact/ enviro story Yes
Time Travel: - largely backwards/past
Plotlets: - exploring a wondrous planet or phenomena
Romance Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Time Travel story? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - navy soldier
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - an entire race
Age: - long-lived adults
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a lot

Setting
Earth setting: - 19th century
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Is this an e-book? Yes
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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