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Plot Summary of The Remembrance
"In a future Dark Age, a man makes a terrible bargain with a race of powerful alien beings to recover his memories and the lost history of humankind. What he discovers are echoes of humanity's ancient past, its stunning future, and a love that changed the fate of the world."
Robert Williams, Resident Scholar




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Review Analysis of The Remembrance
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Plot

Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 20%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20%




Tone of book - sensitive (sigh....)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Inner Struggle Yes
Plotlet: - search for identity/new understanding
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Male
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 - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Main Adversary
Identity: - natural phenomena
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a substantial amount

Setting
Earth setting: - 20th century - 19th century - 17th century - general past - current (early 21st century)
Spaceship setting: - one or two man fighter/scoutship
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - neutral aliens - empty, or nearly empty world
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Planet outside solar system? Yes
Takes place in spaceship? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - a significant amount of technical jargon
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - descript of touching personal anatomy
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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