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The Moon Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs

This book consists of two books: The Moon Maid and The Moon Men. The first story concerns the discovery of the aliens on the moon and battles with them and escape back to the earth. The second story is about the aliens conquering Earth and the revolution to unseat them after several hundred years of occupancy, suffering and slavery.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book -
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Explore/1st contact/ enviro story Yes
Explore:
Spying & Investigations Yes
What is main char. doing? - rescue mission/escape from confinement
Repressive society story Yes
If an invasion, from Earth/human POV: - - fighting overt invasion (attacking aliens) -
Inner Struggle Yes
Plotlet: -
War or Invasion Yes
Major kinds of combat: - hand to hand - guns - - sword fights
Kind of series -
Adversaries are… -
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Cultural problems, alien culture Yes
Culture clash- - feelings of a human growing up among aliens
Who's a slave/repressed? - aliens are slaves

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status:
Eccentric: Yes
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a substantial amount
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters

Setting
Terrain
Earth setting: - distant future
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - unfriendly aliens - very controlled society
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Planet outside solar system? Yes

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