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Resume with Monsters - William Browning Spencer Book Review

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"Philip Kenan is either insane or Lovecraftian monsters from outer space are really taking over the corporations of the Earth in a conspiracy known only as, 'the System'. Can he save his true love from the many-suckered tentacles of Cthulhu or will he just be arrested for stalking?"
Shane Tiernan, Resident William Browning Spencer Scholar


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Plot
Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - part earth & part fantasy world
Explore/1st contact/ enviro story Yes
Time Travel: - largely backwards/past
Plotlets: - dimension travel
Romance Yes
Romance plotlets: - two lovers coping with tough mission
Repressive society story Yes
Repressive because: - controls your mind - strict rationing of freedoms/goods
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Time Travel story? Yes
Who's a slave/repressed? - humans are slaves of other humans

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - writer
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric: Yes - eccentric - obsessed - mentally ill - deluded - emotionally unstable
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 - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - an entire race
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - slaver
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - can change shapes - fire/thunder/weather cntrl - mind control - clairvoyant - can see into the future - super strength - can fly - teleportation - can cast all sorts of spells
Eccentric: Yes - eccentric - obsessed - wild
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount

Setting
Earth setting: - 20th century
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - actual description of sex - description of breasts
How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog
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