Lord Of the Earthquake - Leigh Brackett
Novelette
Number of words : 11000
Percent of complex words : 6.3
Average syllables per word : 1.4
Average words per sentence : 13.1
: Lord Of the Earthquake - Leigh Brackett
READABILITY INDICES
Fog : 7.8
Flesch : 74.0
Flesch-Kincaid : 6.2
SETTING
Mu : Lord Of the Earthquake - Leigh Brackett
Ancient civilisation, 12 thousand years in the past.
The Hole : Lord Of the Earthquake - Leigh Brackett
In the ocean, how Krim and Langham are transported to Mu.
Manoa : Lord Of the Earthquake - Leigh Brackett
City in ancient Mu, seat of Xacul.
CHARACTERS
Coh Langham : Lord Of the Earthquake - Leigh Brackett
Adventurer and explorer, tags along with Krim.
Simon Krim : Lord Of the Earthquake - Leigh Brackett
Archaeologist partner of Langham on this mad expedition. Used to work with Langham's father, also an archaeologist.
Helva : Lord Of the Earthquake - Leigh Brackett
Mu woman and rebel.
Sigri : Lord Of the Earthquake - Leigh Brackett
Injured young Mu man.
Itzan : Lord Of the Earthquake - Leigh Brackett
Mu warrior leader for Xacul.
Xacul : Lord Of the Earthquake - Leigh Brackett
Self-styled Mu god.
CONCEPTS
Kukulcan : Lord Of the Earthquake - Leigh Brackett
The feathered serpent god of both the Mayans and Murians, under another name. Tattooed on Langham's chest. Sign of the Creator in ancient Mu.
Naga the Creator : Lord Of the Earthquake - Leigh Brackett
Mu deity, see Kukulcan.
Quanlan : Lord Of the Earthquake - Leigh Brackett
Ancient Norwegian language.
Quichua : Lord Of the Earthquake - Leigh Brackett
Ecuadorian language.
PLACES
Temple of Sacred Mysteries at Uxmal : Lord Of the Earthquake - Leigh Brackett
A temple of sacred mysteries, Mu style.
Hiranypura : Lord Of the Earthquake - Leigh Brackett
City in Mu.
Atlantis : Lord Of the Earthquake - Leigh Brackett
Another ancient civilisation with undersea issues.
Cimmeria : Lord Of the Earthquake - Leigh Brackett
Another ancient civilisation.
TECHNOLOGY
Anti-gravity : Lord Of the Earthquake - Leigh Brackett
Mu has flying ships.
PLOT
Brackett does Merritt. Langham and Krim are on what the latter thinks is a quest for ancient Mu, and the former thinks is crazy. Only not so much. The bottom of the Pacific does have a portal to another time.
There the pair run into an armed skirmish, brains being split. Warriors of the god Xacul (really just a really big scary guy) are capturing Naga-worshipping rebels, and also our protagonist. Helva and Sigri are captured along with Langham and Krim, and transported in flying cars. They recognise Langham as possibly special due to his Kukulcan tattoo.
To get away, they need to do something about this, with harps, duels to the death, earthquakes, pyramids, portals and time travel.
3.5 out of 5
Number of words : 11000
Percent of complex words : 6.3
Average syllables per word : 1.4
Average words per sentence : 13.1
: Lord Of the Earthquake - Leigh Brackett
READABILITY INDICES
Fog : 7.8
Flesch : 74.0
Flesch-Kincaid : 6.2
SETTING
Mu : Lord Of the Earthquake - Leigh Brackett
Ancient civilisation, 12 thousand years in the past.
The Hole : Lord Of the Earthquake - Leigh Brackett
In the ocean, how Krim and Langham are transported to Mu.
Manoa : Lord Of the Earthquake - Leigh Brackett
City in ancient Mu, seat of Xacul.
CHARACTERS
Coh Langham : Lord Of the Earthquake - Leigh Brackett
Adventurer and explorer, tags along with Krim.
Simon Krim : Lord Of the Earthquake - Leigh Brackett
Archaeologist partner of Langham on this mad expedition. Used to work with Langham's father, also an archaeologist.
Helva : Lord Of the Earthquake - Leigh Brackett
Mu woman and rebel.
Sigri : Lord Of the Earthquake - Leigh Brackett
Injured young Mu man.
Itzan : Lord Of the Earthquake - Leigh Brackett
Mu warrior leader for Xacul.
Xacul : Lord Of the Earthquake - Leigh Brackett
Self-styled Mu god.
CONCEPTS
Kukulcan : Lord Of the Earthquake - Leigh Brackett
The feathered serpent god of both the Mayans and Murians, under another name. Tattooed on Langham's chest. Sign of the Creator in ancient Mu.
Naga the Creator : Lord Of the Earthquake - Leigh Brackett
Mu deity, see Kukulcan.
Quanlan : Lord Of the Earthquake - Leigh Brackett
Ancient Norwegian language.
Quichua : Lord Of the Earthquake - Leigh Brackett
Ecuadorian language.
PLACES
Temple of Sacred Mysteries at Uxmal : Lord Of the Earthquake - Leigh Brackett
A temple of sacred mysteries, Mu style.
Hiranypura : Lord Of the Earthquake - Leigh Brackett
City in Mu.
Atlantis : Lord Of the Earthquake - Leigh Brackett
Another ancient civilisation with undersea issues.
Cimmeria : Lord Of the Earthquake - Leigh Brackett
Another ancient civilisation.
TECHNOLOGY
Anti-gravity : Lord Of the Earthquake - Leigh Brackett
Mu has flying ships.
PLOT
Brackett does Merritt. Langham and Krim are on what the latter thinks is a quest for ancient Mu, and the former thinks is crazy. Only not so much. The bottom of the Pacific does have a portal to another time.
There the pair run into an armed skirmish, brains being split. Warriors of the god Xacul (really just a really big scary guy) are capturing Naga-worshipping rebels, and also our protagonist. Helva and Sigri are captured along with Langham and Krim, and transported in flying cars. They recognise Langham as possibly special due to his Kukulcan tattoo.
To get away, they need to do something about this, with harps, duels to the death, earthquakes, pyramids, portals and time travel.
3.5 out of 5