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A Very Strange Trip - L. Ron Hubbard Book Review

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"A man is charged with a crime and instead of going to jail he joins the army and becomes a transporter. He unknowingly transports a time machine, but it starts shooting him forward and backwards in time."
blaksun, Resident L. Ron Hubbard Scholar


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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 - humorous or laughable
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Time Travel: - into past and future equally
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Time Travel story? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - accused criminal
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
Terrain - Jungle - Forests
Earth setting: - general past - dinosaur times
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
scientific jargon? (SF only) - some scientific explanation
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - descript of touching personal anatomy - description of breasts
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