The Moon That Vanished - Leigh Brackett
Novelette
Number of words : 17000
Percent of complex words : 4.4
Average syllables per word : 1.3
Average words per sentence : 12.2
READABILITY INDICES
Fog : 6.6
Flesch : 81.5
Flesch-Kincaid : 4.9
: The Moon That Vanished - Leigh Brackett
SETTING
Palace of All Possible Delights
Dingy bar near the Sea of Morning Opals where Heath is found by Alor and Broca.
Sea of Morning Opals
Where you must go to find the Moonfire. An ocean.
Upper Seas
Part of the Sea of Morning Opals
Dragon's Throat
Part of the Sea of Morning Opals
CHARACTERS
David Heath
Man who found the Moonfire and lived.
Kalruna
Owner of the Palace of All Possible Delights.
Ethne
Venusian temple woman whom Heath feverishly desires.
Alor
Venusian moon cult handmaiden, and a reality Heath can love.
Broca
Venusian uplander and proscribed cult member, of the Sarn tribe.
Johor
A ship captain working for the priests.
Vakor
A priest of the moon cult.
RACES
Nahali
Swamp-dwellers of Venus.
Sarn
An uplands tribe of Venus.
PLACES
Omaz
River near the Sea of Morning Opals.
Deep Swamps
Inland Venus.
High Plateaus
Upland area of Venus.
VEHICLES
Ethne
David Heath's ship.
Lahal
Johor's ship.
CONCEPTS
Moonfire
Myth says it is leftover from the body of a dead god, and can give you powers. Likely some radioactive material that alters the brain.
ANIMALS
Swamp-dragon
Small, reasonably intelligent lizard creatures with claws and wings.
Guardians
Giant black sea creatures.
ORGANISATIONS
Mysteries of the Moon
Oldest Venusian cult.
Children of the Moon
Priests of the cult.
PLOT
David Heath is the only man to have travelled to the Moonfire and lived long enough afterwards for people to approach about a return trip. Alor and Broca are renegades of the Venusian Moon Cult that want to go there. Heath reluctantly agrees, haunted by previous memories. The priests of the cult do not want them to reach the Moonfire and gain powers, so hire another captain and attempt to attack them at sea. Heath has the advantage here, and they managed to reach their destination, but again, not to everyone's taste.
4 out of 5
Number of words : 17000
Percent of complex words : 4.4
Average syllables per word : 1.3
Average words per sentence : 12.2
READABILITY INDICES
Fog : 6.6
Flesch : 81.5
Flesch-Kincaid : 4.9
: The Moon That Vanished - Leigh Brackett
SETTING
Palace of All Possible Delights
Dingy bar near the Sea of Morning Opals where Heath is found by Alor and Broca.
Sea of Morning Opals
Where you must go to find the Moonfire. An ocean.
Upper Seas
Part of the Sea of Morning Opals
Dragon's Throat
Part of the Sea of Morning Opals
CHARACTERS
David Heath
Man who found the Moonfire and lived.
Kalruna
Owner of the Palace of All Possible Delights.
Ethne
Venusian temple woman whom Heath feverishly desires.
Alor
Venusian moon cult handmaiden, and a reality Heath can love.
Broca
Venusian uplander and proscribed cult member, of the Sarn tribe.
Johor
A ship captain working for the priests.
Vakor
A priest of the moon cult.
RACES
Nahali
Swamp-dwellers of Venus.
Sarn
An uplands tribe of Venus.
PLACES
Omaz
River near the Sea of Morning Opals.
Deep Swamps
Inland Venus.
High Plateaus
Upland area of Venus.
VEHICLES
Ethne
David Heath's ship.
Lahal
Johor's ship.
CONCEPTS
Moonfire
Myth says it is leftover from the body of a dead god, and can give you powers. Likely some radioactive material that alters the brain.
ANIMALS
Swamp-dragon
Small, reasonably intelligent lizard creatures with claws and wings.
Guardians
Giant black sea creatures.
ORGANISATIONS
Mysteries of the Moon
Oldest Venusian cult.
Children of the Moon
Priests of the cult.
PLOT
David Heath is the only man to have travelled to the Moonfire and lived long enough afterwards for people to approach about a return trip. Alor and Broca are renegades of the Venusian Moon Cult that want to go there. Heath reluctantly agrees, haunted by previous memories. The priests of the cult do not want them to reach the Moonfire and gain powers, so hire another captain and attempt to attack them at sea. Heath has the advantage here, and they managed to reach their destination, but again, not to everyone's taste.
4 out of 5