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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of story
- Dry-cynical
Time/era of story:
- 1960's-1970's
Medical Thriller
Yes
Medical Plotlets:
- cure/disease
Disaster, natural or nuclear
Yes
Kind of disaster:
- bug/animal attacks
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- scientist
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How much violence does he/she use?
- a little
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- natural phenomena
Monster of some sort?
Yes
Kind of monster:
- general monster
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
- Mid-Atlantic states
Air?
Yes
Air:
- passenger plane
- warplane
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
- Dirty, dangerous (like New York)
- dangerous
- rude people
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
How many deaths?
- hundreds or more
Sex
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
A lot of techno jargon?
Yes
Kind of jargon?
- biology/medical
Unusual forms of death
- asphyxiation
- poisoning
- dropped from large heights
- fright
- run over
- flamed
- drowned
- biohazard/virus
- stampeded
- perforation--bullets
- blunt clubbing (like seals)
- exploded into bits
Unusual form of death?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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