Anarchaos - Curt Clark Book Review

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"Anarchaos is an exploration of what happens to human society when an entire planet is permitted to exist without laws. The message of the book is that anarchy creates chaos. The main character, a violent felon who has served his time, goes to Anarchaos, a colony planet, to find out who murdered his brother and why. What he finds out is that it is unimportant who murdered his brother, because he concluded that the society (i.e., the culture of anarchy) murdered his brother. Since there are no rules, anyone can do whatever they want. After he realizes that, he decides to pull the plug on the anarchy "experiment." He sets off bombs in the colonial council buildings in all of the 4 major cities on the planet, knowing that this will cause the galactic council to come in and take control of Anarchaos and create the rule of law."
speaker43, Resident Curt Clark Scholar

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Plot

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

Tone of book - cynical or dry-wit
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Repressive society story Yes
Repressive because: - kills without good reason
Plotlet: - search for identity/new understanding
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Cultural problems, alien culture Yes
Intense exploration of society's culture? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - accused criminal
Age: - 20's-30's
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor

Setting
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a contemporary society - empty, or nearly empty world
Planet outside solar system? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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