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Plot Summary of Out of the Blue
"Maryellen Caswell awakens to find that her body has been taken over by an alien. She is not even lucky enough to be taken over by a female alien, she gets stuck with Sub-commander Ur Targon. Since he not only has the ability
to control her body, he also controls her voice, poor Maryellen finds herself a mess.

Her sisters thinks she is losing her marbles and sends her to a shrink. However, enters one Wolf Madder who figures out Targon can materialise outside of her body with some help from orange juice.

"

DeborahAnne MacGillivray, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Out of the Blue
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Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 20%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 10%




Tone of book - humorous or laughable
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Romance Yes
Lifeform altered? Yes
Kind of alteration: - Under control of alien
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Human/magical couple? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - wealthy
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 - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - explorer
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - mind control - teleportation - is very quick
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a substantial amount
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
Earth setting: - current (early 21st century)
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed
How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog
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