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| Plot Summary of The Calcutta Chromosome |
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"This book is a literary science fiction novel by one of India's top writers. It is about a group of people who practice anti-science, that is, a form of science that uses silence not knowledge as a tool. Scientists involved with investigation into malaria get involved with this group which is trying to use guide the scientific discoveries of the traditional scientists in ways that will reveal to them the secret of immortality though inter-body transference."
Tiya, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of The Calcutta Chromosome |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 30%
Tone of book
- suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION?
- science fiction story
Tech./$$$/Info hunt
Yes
Stealing/recovering/destroying
- info about lifeform(s)/society/phenomena
Inner Struggle
Yes
Plotlet:
- coping with mental/magical powers
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- blue collar worker
Age:
- long lived adults
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Main Adversary
Identity:
- magical being
Profession/status:
- scientist
Intelligence
- Genius (really!)
Setting
Earth setting:
- 20th century
- current (early 21st century)
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Style
Person?
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
scientific jargon? (SF only)
- a moderate amount of scientific explanation
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