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Book Review By Will B.
Tactics of Mistake by Gordon R. Dickson

The Earth Superpowers are constantly fighting each other in the colonized worlds, but one tactician is secretly more interested in gaining independance for the colonized worlds than he is in helping his superpower win the war.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book - very upbeat -
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - part earth & part fantasy world
Political power play Yes
War or Invasion Yes
Major kinds of combat: - hand to hand - guns -
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

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

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status:
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters

Setting
Terrain
Planet outside solar system? Yes

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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