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Plot Summary of The Crack in Space
"In a near future, the american election is approaching. Jim Briskin, the black candidate of the minorities, must find new ideas to be elected. Then comes the opportunity when a defective translator, a door that lets people travel in space and time, has been brought back for repairing. One soon finds a crack in the translator ; when entering it, one discovers a superb planet very similar to Earth and waiting for colonization. To Jim Briskin, it's the ideal solution for the hundred of millions of cryogenized people stocked by the government in underground laboratories.

CRACK IN SPACE has been published in 1966."

Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of The Crack in Space
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Plot
Tone of book - depressing/sad
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Explore/1st contact/ enviro story Yes
Plotlets: - dimension travel - exploring a wondrous planet or phenomena - generally friendly contact with alien(s) - colonizing/homesteading another planet
Political power play Yes
Political plotlets - factions fight within govt for control - election campaign - preventing/managing clash/war between govts/kingdoms
Inner Struggle Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - politician/elected ruler
Age: - 40's-50's
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - an entire race
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - mind reading - teleportation - Invisibility
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount

Setting
Terrain - Jungle - Domed/Underground City
Earth setting: - near future (later in 21st century) - medium future 22-24th century
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - a moderate amount of scientific explanation
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only
How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog
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