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Plot Summary of Solis
""Mr. Charlie" opts for cryonic suspension of his head at death in the hopes of seeing Mars when he is 're-animated' sometime in the future. His brain is eventually sold on the black market and used by "lewdists" to illegaly generate fantasies for them. He is then being used as a control center for a mining operation and is threatened with being disassembled and parceled off as 'wetware'. An AI-droid gets a radio signal from him which inspires a CP or contra-parameter program that the highly evolved Mott have given him which makes him feel compassion. He convinces a 'jumper' to join him in the rescue hoping to eventually find refuge on Solis (Mars). "
Lon Jorgensen, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Solis
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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 - 40%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20%




Tone of book - sensitive (sigh....)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Lifeform altered? Yes
Kind of alteration: - Scientifically turned into another lifeform
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - An "It".
Age: - long lived adults
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - missing body parts/abilities

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male Alien
Profession/status: - police/lawman
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters

Setting
Not Earth, in Solar System? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - a moderate amount of scientific explanation
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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