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Imagine having a job where you are literally time itself. With your hourglass, you can change the color of the sand and move freely into the past, present and future. There's one drawback. You live backwards while others live forwards.
Nick Nichols, Resident Scholar
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Plot
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION?
- part earth & part fantasy world
Explore/1st contact/ enviro story
Yes
Time Travel:
- largely forwards/future
- largely backwards/past
Plotlets:
- dimension travel
- exploring a wondrous planet or phenomena
- generally friendly contact with alien(s)
- preventing an ecological disaster
Romance
Yes
Romance plotlets:
- two lovers coping with tough mission
Spying & Investigations
Yes
What is main char. doing?
- deposing an evil leader
- unraveling a conspiracy
- finding a spy/saboteur
Political power play
Yes
Political plotlets
- saving govt/kingdom from external overthrow
Mental/magical powers focus
Yes
Training/Apprent.
Yes
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Time Travel story?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- explorer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Has magical/special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character:
- can see into the future
- can fly
- Invisibility
- is very quick
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- 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:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- mastermind
Has magical powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
- can change shapes
- can talk to animals
- fire/thunder/weather cntrl
- telekinesis
- can fly
- teleportation
- can cast all sorts of spells
- is very quick
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a substantial amount
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Terrain
- Water
- Mountains
- Forests
- Planet surface, need spacesuit
- Space, need spacesuit
Earth setting:
- 20th century
- 19th century
- 18th century
- 17th century
- general past
- dinosaur times
- near future (later in 21st century)
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Style
Person?
- rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
scientific jargon? (SF only)
- an average amount of scientific explanation
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
How much dialogue?
- significantly more dialog than descript
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