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"A criminal who tried to destroy Earth by launching an asteroid at it escaped to an undiscovered planet, and three explorers were sent to track him down and bring him back to Earth. After getting a ship and crew from the Moon they made the long trip to this dark, forbidding undiscovered planet, only to have most of the crew become captives of evil and highly advanced aliens, half-mollusk and half-machine. The criminal had gone to these aliens for help conquering Earth but instead was destroyed, for these aliens were bent on killing all life forms. The explorers had to find a way to rescue their crewmates and escape back to Earth."
Jonathan Cooper, 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 - 30%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20%
Tone of book
- suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION?
- science fiction story
Explore/1st contact/ enviro story
Yes
Plotlets:
- stranded on alien planet, fighting aliens to survive
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- explorer
Age:
- a teen
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
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an entire race
Age:
- long-lived adults
Profession/status:
- killer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an average amount
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
Terrain
- Planet surface, need spacesuit
- Space, need spacesuit
- Domed/Underground City
Which planet?
- Earth's Moon
Spaceship setting:
- futuristic human freighter/transport
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body:
- humans in a futuristic society
- unfriendly aliens
- empty, or nearly empty world
Planet outside solar system?
Yes
Takes place in spaceship?
Yes
Not Earth, in Solar System?
Yes
Style
Person?
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
scientific jargon? (SF only)
- a fair amount of scientific explanation
How much dialogue?
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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