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Plot Summary of Kaleidoscope Century
"Josh wakes up on about the year 2100 at the age of 140 with no memory.
Formally a spy/assasin (along with other occupations), josh attempts to recreate his past century with bits of memory and the help of very random conflicting notes on his computer.
Barnes' future earth is very bleak and wracked with war, contributing to a very dark feel to this book, in addition to the evil events the protaginist himself has undertook"

Andrew Banks, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Kaleidoscope Century
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Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 10%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 30%




FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Time Travel: - into past and future equally
Inner Struggle Yes
Plotlet: - search for identity/new understanding
War or Invasion Yes
Major kinds of combat: - hand to hand
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Time Travel story? Yes
Story largely takes place in - Distant future

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - killer
Age: - long lived adults
How sensitive is this character? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
Earth setting: - near future (later in 21st century)
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a futuristic society
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Planet outside solar system? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - a fair amount of scientific explanation
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only - rape/molest (yeech!)
How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog
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