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Book Review By Rodney Powell
The Widowmaker by Mike Resnick

The Widowmaker is a bounty hunter who is dying of a rare disease. His doctors decided to clone him and use his clone to do assignments so he can have more money for his cure.His clone has all the widowmaker's deadly skills but none of his knowledge of people and aliens and the ways of treachery. He is sent to kill a deadly hitman but when he finds the hitman; he falls in love with the hitman's beautiful mistress and this leads to violence and betrayal and a tragic ending.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book - depressing/sad
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Spying & Investigations Yes
What is main char. doing? - deposing an evil leader
Story involving clones/duplicates? - good clones/duplicates
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Clones Yes
Descript. of chases or violence - 30 %
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30 %
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20 %

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - a teen

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status:
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
Terrain
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a futuristic society - big overbuilt futuristic city
Planet outside solar system? Yes

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - some scientific explanation
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: -
How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog
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