Stig of the Dump - Clive King Book Review

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The magic of a story for children may lie in many things - the story itself, the characters, a myth, humour, evocation of a place or time, so many things. The simple beauty of it is that it may form a part of you, get beneath your skin so to speak, almost as easily as the lessons your parents teach you. And the reason is not hard to find. It is so often the first time you have encountered, in print or in real life, what it presents. The eponymous Stig is a Stone Age man and he was the first I ever met, in print or in real life. The image of him, hunkered down in his damp cave, staring in Neolithic wonder at the flaring miracle of a modern match, is what captured me and I suppose it will always be a part of me. And that is all I remembered, the rest of the book simply fell away from my mind, being of a lesser quality, and belonging in another book - or that is how I now feel as an adult revisiting my sense of wonder. Read it for Stig.
Michael JR Jose, Resident Scholar

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Plot
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy world/fantasy past
Explore/1st contact/ enviro story Yes
Time Travel: - largely backwards/past
Plotlets: - generally friendly contact with alien(s)
Tech./$$$/Info hunt Yes
Stealing/recovering/destroying - money/gems/treasure
Is this an adult or child's book? - Kid's book (ages 7-14)
Time Travel story? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - warrior/knight
Age: - 20's-30's
Has magical/special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - teleportation - is very quick
Eccentric: Yes - wild
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - physically sick

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - accused criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
Terrain - Forests
Earth setting: - 20th century - dinosaur times
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog

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