Sentenced To Prism - Alan Dean Foster Book Review

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Review Summaries
"Some guy goes in an indestructible suit to a planet called Prism. It has silicon-based, rather than carbon-based natives. His suit breaks and he has to help a sentient group of little glass aliens win freedom from an exploiting company." Noah, Resident Alan Dean Foster Scholar
"Prism is a world of crystal and everything is specialized. It is thought that there are no intelligent species, but were wrong. This is story about a trouble shooter who goes there to find out what happened to a research team and has to survive and meets the intelligent species." Ed Phillips, Resident Alan Dean Foster Scholar

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Plot

Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 10%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 40%

FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Cultural problems, alien culture Yes
Culture clash- - one culture tries to impose its culture on another group
Intense exploration of society's culture? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - private investigator - pilot, civilian
Age: - 20's-30's - 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique - healthy but a geeky weakling

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization - society
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some - an average amount

Setting
Terrain - Forests
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - inhabited by friendly aliens - neutral aliens - primitive aliens - empty, or nearly empty world
Planet outside solar system? Yes
Takes place in spaceship? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
scientific jargon? (SF only) - a fair amount of scientific explanation - an average amount of scientific explanation
How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog

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