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Plot Summary of Collision with Chronos
"Archeological time paradox is occurring and poses a puzzle to the fascist government; a discovery of another "time-wave" on collision course to this society. Meanwhile a peculiar space habitat is in contact with an alien entity while it runs on two different time streams."
albemuth, Resident Scholar



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Plot
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Explore/1st contact/ enviro story Yes
Time Travel: - largely forwards/future - largely backwards/past
Plotlets: - dimension travel - generally friendly contact with alien(s)
Tech./$$$/Info hunt Yes
Stealing/recovering/destroying - state secrets
If an invasion, from Earth/human POV: - fighting overt invasion (attacking aliens)
War or Invasion Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Time Travel story? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - scientist
Age: - 40's-50's
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - politician/elected ruler
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a substantial amount

Setting
Terrain - Space, need spacesuit - Domed/Underground City
Earth setting: - distant future
Spaceship setting: - really, really giant spaceship/station
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Takes place in spaceship? 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
Sex in book? Yes
How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog
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