science fiction

Molt Brother - Jacqueline Lichtenberg Book Review

Enter a review
of your own!
Other books by
author Jacqueline Lichtenberg

"Molt Brother"
Message Board
Review Summaries
"Zref Ortenau, at the threshold of entering the University, thinks he has his life mapped out. He will become an Archaeologist like his parents and find the City of a Million Legends. But then the distant and unnamed Enemy strikes, invading his family's home, murdering for the clues his parents had found to the City's location. Recovering from the devastating loss, he offers himself for a medical experiment, and becomes an Interface -- a living person who can access the interstellar internet directly with his mind. He survives the surgery, but his Interface is flawed. Seeking a place among Interfaces despite his handicap, he pursues his obsessive interest in finding the City of a Million Legends. This brings him back into confrontation with the murderer of his family who has never stopped watching him and manipulating his life -- without his knowledge. "
Jacqueline Lichtenberg, Resident Jacqueline Lichtenberg Scholar


Click above for the new Obama Girl Parody video!

Overall Review
Our unique search engine breaks down books and movies into
dozens of literary elements, all of which are searchable.
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot

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




Tone of book - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Robots, Computers, VR Yes
Robot, PC, VR Plotlets: - virtual reality
Lifeform altered? Yes
Kind of alteration: - Given added abilities
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - archaeologist
Age: - a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - business executive
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - almost none
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
Terrain - Water - Mountains
Spaceship setting: - 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 - empty, or nearly empty world
Planet outside solar system? Yes
Takes place in spaceship? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - some scientific explanation
Sex in book? Yes
How much dialogue? - significantly more dialog than descript
Most similar books by Gordonator ranking
Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson
City of Golden Shadow by Tad Williams
Virtual Murder by Jennifer Macaire
Memories End - Web Warriors 1 by James Luceno
Signal to Noise by Eric S. Nylund





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

3 Movie search options!
1) Simple lookup
(title or author)

or
2) Detailed movie search
(click here)
or

3) One-click plot searches! Simply click on a plot below!

Animal Story

Clones

Coming of age

Cultural problems, alien culture

Explore/1st contact/ enviro story

Family relations

GIANT monster(s)

Horror story?

Inner Struggle

Lifeform altered?

Mental/magical powers focus

Parody

Political power play

Religious overtones?

Repressive society story

Robots, Computers, VR

Romance

Spying & Investigations

Tech./$$$/Info hunt

Time Travel story?

Training/Apprent.

War or Invasion


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:

A Boy and His Dog: A Boy and His Dog 11/6/2009 2:19:36 PM

Lord of the Rings: Why would Aragorn choose pig lips Arwen Evenstar over Eowyn? 11/3/2009 7:25:02 AM

Battlestar Galactica: Was Battlestar Galactica politically conservative? 11/1/2009 9:51:45 AM

Battlestar Galactica: Why were the Cylons so slow and thinking impaired? 10/31/2009 8:36:52 PM

Blade Runner: Blade Runner 10/22/2009 2:43:11 AM

Star Trek Enterprise: Jolene Blalock on T'Pol and Star Trek Enterprise 10/19/2009 2:48:46 PM

Charmed: If Piper Halliwell gets pregnant, can Leo give her an abortion? 10/3/2009 12:29:33 PM

Star Wars: Why did stormtroopers wear armor that didn't work against blasters? 9/30/2009 9:48:47 PM

Charmed: Can Rose McGowan fill Shannen Dougherty's... whatevers? 9/29/2009 1:58:56 AM

The Omen: The Omen 9/8/2009 5:27:24 PM


Newest slaves:
Pamela Anderson 6:30:47 PM
Madeline 6:29:01 PM
Boob Raider (Angelina Jolie) 6:17:43 PM
Jordan Radcliffe 6:16:33 PM
Sara Pezzini Fettucini 6:15:30 PM
The chick from Sliders 6:04:06 PM
K-9 5:58:13 PM
Crazy Kimberly 5:57:33 PM
Penny Robinson 5:50:37 PM
Xev 5:49:49 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)