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| Plot Summary of Fireships |
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"A female space merchant joins the Venusian revolution against the corrupt Earth government, seeking wealth through piracy."
Rob, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of Fireships |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 20%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 10%
Tone of book
- sensitive (sigh....)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION?
- science fiction story
War or Invasion
Yes
Major kinds of combat:
- hand to hand
- guns
- spaceship battles
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- trader
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- society
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- politician/elected ruler
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an average amount
Setting
Terrain
- Jungle
- Planet surface, need spacesuit
- Domed/Underground City
Which planet?
- Venus
Spaceship setting:
- futuristic human warship
- futuristic human freighter/transport
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body:
- humans in a futuristic society
- big overbuilt futuristic city
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?
- explicit references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only)
- some scientific explanation
How much dialogue?
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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