Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu - L. Neil Smith Book Review

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Review Summaries

"Captain Lando Calrissian, interstellar gambler, travels through space in the Millennium Falcon, to different planets looking for a good game of Sabacc. He wins in a game, a robot, Vuffi Raa, with very unusual abilities. In the Raffa System, the two of them get involved in a tug of war for a mystical object called the Mindharp of Sharu. He is caught trying to outsmart both the ruthless Governor and the sorcerer Rokur Gepta while saving the alien Raffa culture. Lando fights for his life in this suspenseful space adventure. "
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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 - 30%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20%

Tone of book - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Tech./$$$/Info hunt Yes
Stealing/recovering/destroying - magical artifact
Kind of series - Star Wars
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Star Trek or Star Wars book? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - gambler
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
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: - police/lawman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
Spaceship setting: - futuristic human freighter/transport
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - inhabited by friendly aliens - primitive aliens
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
How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog

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