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Review Summaries
"The year is 2333 and war has been raging for the last 300 years. The inhabitants of earth live in safety on earth in large domed cities run entirely by computer. The same computer runs the war and makes sure that the war remains in designated war zones and predicts outcomes including loss of life and loss of ships. Citizens of earth get daily updates over their television butnow the computer has decided to add a random factor...war moves into shipping land and suddenly the war seems very very real to the inhabitants of earth. A young human called Dirk and two space combatants called Ylon and Blast have hacked into the computer and together they must find out what has gone wrong with their nice tidy little war and how to put things right."
Neil Morey, Resident Jessica Palmer Scholar
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Plot
Composition of Book Descript. of chases or violence - 20% planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10% Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20%
Tone of book
- very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION?
- science fiction story
Repressive society story
Yes
Repressive because:
- kills without good reason
Robots, Computers, VR
Yes
Robot, PC, VR Plotlets:
- fighting bad computer AI
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- computer programmer
Age:
- a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Computer
Age:
- long-lived adults
Profession/status:
- dictator
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Genius (really!)
Setting
Terrain
- Space, need spacesuit
- Domed/Underground City
Earth setting:
- medium future 22-24th century
Takes place on Earth?
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?
- significantly more descript than dialog
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