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Plot Summary of A Deepness In The Sky
"Two seperate fleets arrive at a planet populated by a spider race fast emerging from primitivism. This book follows the war between the fleets, and the escape from slavery of the losers of this war. Very hard to summarise such an epic book!"
Rob, Resident Scholar

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Plot
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Spying & Investigations Yes
What is main char. doing? - spying/espionage in enemy territorry - deposing an evil leader - unraveling a conspiracy
War or Invasion Yes
Major kinds of combat: - spaceship battles
Lifeform altered? Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - Prince/Nobleman/King
Age: - long lived adults
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - slaver
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
Spaceship setting: - a space station - futuristic human freighter/transport
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - neutral aliens - primitive aliens
Planet outside solar system? Yes
Takes place in spaceship? Yes

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - a significant amount of technical jargon
How much dialogue? - significantly more dialog than descript
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