Monday, March 29, 2010

Quest Of the Starhope - Leigh Brackett

Short Story

Number of words : 5700
Percent of complex words : 6.2
Average syllables per word : 1.4
Average words per sentence : 9.7


READABILITY INDICES

Fog : 6.3
Flesch : 79.2
Flesch-Kincaid : 4.6




CHARACTERS

Bert Quintal

Exploitative explorer.

Butch

Quintal's indentured small Venusian lifeform with mental powers. He keeps him working for him due to threats against his wife.

Chika

Chief of a group of winged Martians, the People of the Sky.

Hjan

Chika's mate, he also heads a working group.


VEHICLES

Starhope

Quintal's spaceship.


TECHNOLOGY

Cyclotron

A type of particle accelerator.

Anti-gravity metal

The People of the Sky have access.


PLOT

Quintal is exploring Mars with Butch, looking to make money in an unsavoury manner. Already forcing Butch to work for him, he discovers the People of the Sky, and the technology they have access to.

This will be worth a fortune, so he tries the same hostage taking intimidatory tactics he has used before. Eventually, Butch and Chika decide they have had enough and take the offensive to take care of Quintal.


4 out of 5

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