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Review Summaries
"In the far future the galactic federation discovers an experiment in forced evolution on the planet Dosadi. The froglike Gowachin have created the ultimate survival of the fittest environment, and now the experiment is almost out of control. The Dosadian populace are now so tough and so resourceful that they are capable of breaking out of their brutal prison planet and overrunning the galaxy. The themes of ecology, forced breeding, the emotions of survival, the boundaries of the legal and the moral, the closed versus open society, are typically Frank Herbert and very twenty-first century. A better work than 'The Green Brain' and an interesting adjunct to 'Dune', this is a story with raw energy, vivid, and with much to offer."
Michael JR Jose, Resident Frank Herbert Scholar
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Plot
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
Repressive society story
Yes
Repressive because:
- controls your sex
- strict rationing of freedoms/goods
Kind of alteration:
- Under control of alien
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Cultural problems, alien culture
Yes
Who's a slave/repressed?
- humans are slaves of other humans
- aliens are slaves
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- champion of justice
Age:
- 40's-50's
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an entire race
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an above average amount
Setting
Terrain
- Desert
- Planet surface, need spacesuit
- Domed/Underground City
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body:
- unfriendly aliens
- big overbuilt futuristic city
- very controlled society
Planet outside solar system?
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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