"Got a problem? Bug Jack Barron, the television personality with one-hundred million viewers. Got $50,000.00 in liquid assets? Contact the Foundation of Immortality and Benedict Howards will have you frozen until technology can bring you round and cure your ailment – forever. So a Negro without his assets in a suitably liquid state bugs Jack Barron, and complains he's been refused a place in the Foundation of Immortality's freezers, that he's being racially prejudiced. This claim is refuted, and in order to win Jack Barron's allegiance Benedict Howards offers Jack and his ex-wife, Sara, the chance of immortality - for real - forever. And whilst Jack Barron is mighty tempted to play along, their comes a point beyond which even he won't cross… "
Charles Smyth, Resident Norman Spinrad Scholar
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Plot
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION?
- science fiction story
Political power play
Yes
Political plotlets
- factions fight within govt for control
- election campaign
Tech./$$$/Info hunt
Yes
Stealing/recovering/destroying
- cure/disease/bioweapon
Inner Struggle
Yes
Plotlet:
- search for identity/new understanding
- coping with mental/magical powers
- change of heart
Major kinds of combat:
- guns
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- journalist
Age:
- 20's-30's
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:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- business executive
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an above average amount
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Terrain
- Mountains
- Domed/Underground City
Earth setting:
- 20th 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
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- descript of touching personal anatomy
- actual description of sex
- description of breasts
How much dialogue?
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
