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Plot Summary of Learning Fear
"Learning Fear is the third book in the Dr. Jaguar Addams series. Jaguar works on Planetoid Three, a penal colony modeled after Toronto. She uses unorthodox methods (namely empathic skills) to find the root of criminals' fears. In this book, she is sent to Earth on forced leave where she must work as a visiting professor for the cultural studies department in a New York State University. She discovers that there is a Telekine, a particularly lethal mind power, somewhere on campus, and that her simple "probation" job is actually tangled up with the deadly politics of the military and university. "
Ashareh, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Learning Fear
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Plot

Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 10%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 10%




FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Mental/magical powers focus Yes
magical powers: - mind control (scifi)
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - government investigator
Age: - 20's-30's
Has magical/special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - can change shapes - mind reading - mind control - can read emotions
Eccentric: Yes - wild
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Intelligence - Genius
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - magical being
Profession/status: - mage/magician
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - mind control
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some

Setting
Earth setting: - near future (later in 21st century)
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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B.A. Chepaitis Resident Scholar Profiles

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Ashareh  

SCHOLARS:
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