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"Junkyard owner, Leddie Fennhadden witnesses the crash of an alien spacecraft out in the Florida boondocks. She salvages the ship and the rescues the pilot and whom she renames "Nick" because his alien name is too hard to pronounce. When they learn that Nick has been charged with murder by the Galactic Association of Star Systems (GASS), they must avoid the galactic police and embark on an interstellar odyssey to save him from Instant Vaporization. While Nick stands trial, Leddie dons her anti-gravity gumshoes and travels to Regulon 5, the "Vacation Capital of the Galaxy". There she finds the main figure in an interstellar conspiracy and uncovers the key to solving the JFK Assassination. "
, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 20%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 40%
Tone of book
- humorous or laughable
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION?
- science fiction story
Explore/1st contact/ enviro story
Yes
Plotlets:
- generally friendly contact with alien(s)
Spying & Investigations
Yes
What is main char. doing?
- finding a killer (criminal)
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- small businessman
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
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an organization
Age:
- long-lived adults
Profession/status:
- politician/elected ruler
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an average amount
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
Earth setting:
- current (early 21st century)
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Planet outside solar system?
Yes
Takes place in spaceship?
Yes
Not Earth, in Solar System?
Yes
Style
Person?
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
How much dialogue?
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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