Poul Anderson Resident Scholar Profiles
TOP SCHOLAR: Alan Tompkins
SCHOLARS:
| Would you like to be a scholar and make five dollars per review?
Click here to submit a review! |
Click here for free online dating advice!
| Review Summary |
In the book, Ensign Flandry is a wet-behind-the-ears recruit. War over galactic dominance between humans and mersians (alligator-like aliens) presses Flandry to go to a distant planet. The Commander recognizes Flandry's skill spying and sends him behind enemy lines to collect valuable information.
hutchit, Resident Scholar
|
| Detailed literary breakdown of Ensign Flandry |
|---|
| Our unique search engine breaks down books and movies into
dozens of literary elements, all of which are searchable.
New movie search (click here) New book search (click here) |
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 30%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 30%
Tone of book
- very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION?
- science fiction story
Spying & Investigations
Yes
What is main char. doing?
- spying/espionage in enemy territorry
Training/Apprent.
Yes
Working up the ranks of...
- armed forces
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
If enemy is a group...
- foreign govt
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- navy soldier
Age:
- 20's-30's
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male Alien
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- dictator
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an average amount
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
Terrain
- Jungle
- Water
- Planet surface, need spacesuit
Spaceship setting:
- futuristic human warship
- futuristic human freighter/transport
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body:
- humans in a futuristic society
- inhabited by friendly aliens
- unfriendly aliens
- primitive aliens
- very controlled society
Planet outside solar system?
Yes
Takes place in spaceship?
Yes
Style
Person?
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only)
- a fair amount of scientific explanation
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- descript of kissing
How much dialogue?
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
|
|
Note: the views expressed here are only those of the reviewer(s).
| Try our new Star Wars & Star Trek puzzle pictures!
Click here
Advertise with us
Feedback
Star Wars Revenge of the Sith plot spoilers
Hobbits
The politics game
The lawyer game
Games:
Trivia Masters!
Rescue your favorite
scifi characters from
slavery!
Talk to your favorite
scifi characters!
Eating New Yorkers
Computer Game
Pomeranians
Most recent TV & Movie discussions:
Charmed: What's wrong with Rose McGowan's chin? 7/5/2008 11:53:33 AM
Charmed: Is Piper really a Halliwell? 7/5/2008 11:48:59 AM
Doctor Who: Who was the best Doctor? 7/5/2008 4:23:13 AM
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 7/5/2008 2:40:59 AM
Doctor Who: Who was the best companion? 6/30/2008 7:37:52 AM
A Boy and His Dog: A Boy and His Dog 6/30/2008 12:55:48 AM
Lost in Space (TV): What kind of a name is Guy for a guy? 6/26/2008 10:21:30 AM
Lost in Space (TV): Wasn't it obvious that Major West was never going to get any? 6/26/2008 10:17:45 AM
Alien Series: Was Vasquez a lesbian? 6/26/2008 6:57:27 AM
Battlestar Galactica: Do Vipers fly past the speed of light? 6/26/2008 1:27:52 AM
Newest slaves:
7 of 9 (Jeri Ryan)
7:29:04 PM
Body Parts Boob Girl (Scarlett Tush Johansson)
7:28:26 PM
Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy)
7:27:55 PM
Stargate Atlantis Boob Shrink
7:27:13 PM
Major Samantha Carter (Butchie)
7:26:16 PM
Colonel Samantha Carter clone
7:24:55 PM
Tealcs busty squeeze
7:23:10 PM
Teyla Emmagan
7:19:47 PM
Jennifer Keller (Jewel Staite)
7:16:49 PM
Adria
7:15:44 PM
All slaves
(click here)
Celebrity interviews:
President George W. Bush 6:32:00 PM
Jan-Michael Vincent 2:16:51 PM
Captain Kathryn Janeway 3:47:46 PM
Jack ONeill (Richard Dean Anderson) 1:39:22 PM
Jennifer Aniston (Friends) 5:01:07 PM
All celebrities
(click here)
|
