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Factoring Humanity
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Plot Summary of Factoring Humanity
"In Factoring Humanity, an alien lifeform has contacted humanity. Over a period of ten years, an undecipherable message has been sent, which has puzzled scholars around the world. One of them things she's found the answer."
Justin Sosnoski, Resident Scholar



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Plot
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Tech./$$$/Info hunt Yes
Stealing/recovering/destroying - info about lifeform(s)/society/phenomena - state secrets
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
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
Earth setting: - near future (later in 21st century)
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Planet outside solar system? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
scientific jargon? (SF only) - quite a lot of techical jargon
How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog
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