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Plot Summary of Distraction
"Oscar Valparaiso lives in a USA blown to pieces by corrupt politicians and cyberpunk and biotech technologies gone wild. Oscar and his brilliant nobel laureate girlfiend and the President of the US won't be defeated. As a new science is born, a battle rages for it's soul between a power crazed governor, the President, scientists, and militant drifters. "
Meriadoc, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Political power play Yes
Political plotlets - saving govt/kingdom from external overthrow
Tech./$$$/Info hunt Yes
Story involving clones/duplicates? - good clones/duplicates
Lifeform altered? Yes
Kind of alteration: - Scientifically turned into another lifeform
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Clones Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - politician/elected ruler
Age: - 20's-30's
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - healthy but a geeky weakling

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - politician/elected ruler
Eccentric: Yes - eccentric
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 - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
Terrain - Desert - Water - Forests
Earth setting: - near future (later in 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
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - actual description of sex - description of breasts
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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