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"A Human Colony is terrorized by monstrous native predators. In self defense they exterminate the predators, and then learn that without them, the ecology holds more dangers beyond their imagination..."
Will B., Resident Scholar
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"They are 200 of Earth's best and smartest, send to colonize a distant world. The colony is perfect, self-sufficient, an ideal place to raise their children and expand humanity into the stars . . . They only have two problems. First, the secret no one talks about. Being in a frozen sleep for twenty years had left them with brain damage, some mild, some very bad. Second - there are monsters on their new world, and they won't believe the one man who has seen them. And killing the creatures only makes the situation get worse."
Topaz, Resident Scholar
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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 - 20%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20%
Tone of book
- suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION?
- science fiction story
Explore/1st contact/ enviro story
Yes
Plotlets:
- colonizing/homesteading another planet
- preventing an ecological disaster
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
- obsessed
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- animal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a substantial amount
- a lot
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Terrain
- Water
- Mountains
- Forests
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body:
- humans in a futuristic society
- unfriendly aliens
- neutral aliens
- primitive aliens
- empty, or nearly empty world
- very controlled society
Planet outside solar system?
Yes
Style
Person?
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
- explicit references to torture
scientific jargon? (SF only)
- a moderate amount of scientific explanation
- a fair amount of scientific explanation
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- actual description of sex
How much dialogue?
- significantly more descript than dialog
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