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"DEATH IS MISSING - PRESUMED ... ER ... GONE.
Which leads to the kind of chaos you always get when an inportant public service is withdrawn.
Meanwhile, on a little farm far, far away, a tall dark stranger is turning out to be reall good with a scythe."
The Librarian, Resident Scholar
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"The auditors of reality decide the Death of Discworld is becoming too alive, so they "sack" him.
In Ankh-Morpork, Windle Poons dies, but yet he lives.
And what are these little snow globes...?"
Damian Perry, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book
- very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION?
- fantasy world/fantasy past
Explore/1st contact/ enviro story
Yes
Plotlets:
- exploring a wondrous planet or phenomena
- preventing an ecological disaster
Romance
Yes
Mental/magical powers focus
Yes
Inner Struggle
Yes
Plotlet:
- fighting a personal illness/handicap
- search for identity/new understanding
War or Invasion
Yes
Story involving clones/duplicates?
- bad clones/duplicates
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Clones
Yes
Cultural problems, alien culture
Yes
Culture clash-
- one culture tries to impose its culture on another group
Main Character
Identity:
- magical being
Profession/status:
- diplomat
- farmer
Age:
- long lived adults
Has magical/special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character:
- can change shapes
- can talk to animals
- mind reading
- clairvoyant
- can see into the future
- super strength
- Invisibility
- can read emotions
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- bulging muscles
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an organization
Profession/status:
- government investigator
Has magical powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
- can change shapes
- mind reading
- can see into the future
- can fly
- Invisibility
- can read emotions
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a little/some
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Terrain
- Mountains
- Forests
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body:
- humans in a primitive/fantasy society
- humans in a contemporary society
Planet outside solar system?
Yes
Style
Person?
- mostly 3rd
- rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
- moderately detailed references to deaths
How much dialogue?
- significantly more dialog than descript
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