Novelette
Number of words : 11000
Percent of complex words : 4.3
Average syllables per word : 1.4
Average words per sentence : 10.8
READABILITY INDICES
Fog : 6.1
Flesch : 80.4
Flesch-Kincaid : 4.7
: Terror Out Of Space - Leigh Brackett
CHARACTERS
Lundy
A policeman on a mission.
Jackie Smith
An unconscious colleague.
Mike Farrell
A bleeding out colleague.
ORGANISATIONS
Tri-World Police
Law enforcement organisation.
PLACES
Vhia
Trade City on Venus.
Nahali
Get canebrakes here.
CONCEPTS
The Madness from Beyond, or The Vampire Lure
"The guys who suddenly went sluggy and charged off the rails all made it clear that they had met the ultimate Dream Woman of all women and all dreams. Nobody else could see her, but that didn't bother them any. They saw her, and she was-She. And her eyes were always veiled."
ANIMALS
Seadragon
Venus sea animal.
Kelp-beasts
What it says.
PLANTS
Flower-things
Can move.
FOOD
Vakhi
Venusian alcohol.
Canebrakes
From Nahali.
RACES
Cloud People
Live in the highlands on Venus.
Plant-men
Small, blue grey transform into green and winged.
The Others
Cannibal lurers.
PLOT
Three space policeman in a bad way in a small vehicle come under the influence of a powerfully hypnotic creature. One of them can function, and meets some plant people and one of the hypnotisers.
3.5 out of 5