Short Story
Number of words : 7000
Percent of complex words : 7.7
Average syllables per word : 1.5
Average words per sentence : 9.9
READABILITY INDICES
Fog : 7.1
Flesch : 74.1
Flesch-Kincaid : 5.4
SETTING
Vhia
Trade City of Venus.
CHARACTERS
Chris Barton
Ex I.P. Reporter on Venus.
John Sanger
Head of I.P. on Venus.
Bobby Lancer
Another reporter.
Kei Volhan
Socialite adventuress of Vhia.
ORGANISATIONS
I.P.
Interplanetary Press.
Venusian Space Committee
Regulate spaceflight.
VEHICLES
Stellar Queen
Liner coming to Venus.
Fitts-Sothern
Type of small ship.
CONCEPTS
Martian World War
Conflict in 2504.
Jovian Mandate
Allocates territory to Jupiter, including water-rich asteroids.
Dark Invasion
Conflict on Earth.
TECHNOLOGY
Atomic heat ray
Ship weapon.
PLOT
Chris Barton is a disillusioned journalist, sick of the media and war, especially when he finds out that a dodgy deal between Mars and Jupiter over water in an interplanetary war. This will see Vhia annihilated in a sneak bombing attack designed to lay blame elsewhere.
Coming across a glamorous adventuress and teaming up with a still employed IP reporter they fly out in opposition to try and stop it and get the story out.
3.5 out of 5
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