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| Plot Summary of The Rise of Endymion |
"Aenea and Raul, still chased by the Pax/new Catholic church, who have an unholy alliance with the parasite AI Technocore, race to spread a new message which teaches the new physics of Love - a new way to live. As they cross worlds, hunted by terrible AI constructs, the Pax wars against the Ousters, and all those societies who will not accept the cruciform - a gift from the Technocore which gives near-immortality, and allows the parasite AIs to prey on the human mind. Characters cross time and space as Aenea's gift of her altered DNA allows access to 'the void which binds' and the ability to eavesdrop on the experiences of others, dead and alive. Her goal is to destroy the pax/technocore alliance, and she has seen that she will have to suffer torture and death..."
Paul W, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of The Rise of Endymion |
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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%
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION?
- science fiction story
Political power play
Yes
Political plotlets
- overthrowing govt/kingdom
Robots, Computers, VR
Yes
Robot, PC, VR Plotlets:
- fighting bad computer AI
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Religious overtones?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- bodyguard
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Computer
Has magical powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
- can see into the future
- super strength
- Invisibility
- is very quick
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
Terrain
- Jungle
- Mountains
- Space, need spacesuit
Spaceship setting:
- futuristic human freighter/transport
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body:
- humans in a futuristic society
- inhabited by friendly aliens
Planet outside solar system?
Yes
Takes place in spaceship?
Yes
Style
Person?
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
scientific jargon? (SF only)
- an average amount of scientific explanation
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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