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Review Summaries
"Written just after the Hugo prize winning THE FOREVER WAR, Joe Haldeman's MINDBRIDGE was published in 1976.
In a near future, men will be able to travel through space thanks to the Levant-Meyer transfer, an unexplainable physical phenomenon which sends humans or objects light years away for a limited time only. One day, a team of explorers comes back after having encountered an alien race. They're all dead.
A good novel by the former physician Joe Haldeman.
"
Daniel Staebler, Resident Joe Haldeman Scholar
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Plot
Tone of book
- depressing/sad
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION?
- science fiction story
Explore/1st contact/ enviro story
Yes
Plotlets:
- colonizing/homesteading another planet
- stranded on alien planet, fighting aliens to survive
Romance
Yes
Mental/magical powers focus
Yes
If an invasion, from Earth/human POV:
- fighting overt invasion (attacking aliens)
War or Invasion
Yes
Story involving clones/duplicates?
- bad clones/duplicates
Kind of alteration:
- exotic/alien torture for major character
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Clones
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- explorer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an entire race
Has magical powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
- can change shapes
- can read emotions
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
Setting
Earth setting:
- near future (later in 21st century)
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body:
- empty, or nearly empty world
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Planet outside solar system?
Yes
Style
Person?
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only)
- a significant amount of technical jargon
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- actual description of sex
How much dialogue?
- significantly more descript than dialog
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