The Pasho - Paolo Bacigalupi
Novelette
Number of words : 9700
Percent of complex words : 8.00
Average syllables per word : 1.5
Average words per sentence : 10.1
READABILITY INDICES
Fog : 7.2
Flesch : 72.2
Flesch-Kincaid : 5.7
PEOPLE
Raphel Ka' Korum
A new Pasho, and a Jai.
Martiz
A local.
Bia' Giomo
Dead.
Evia
A local.
Bia' Dosero
Lived at Clear Spring Village.
Pasho Giles Martin
An author.
Bia' Hanna
A married woman.
Bia' Raphel
His mother.
Old Gawar
Legendary hook knife fighter. Raphel's grandfather.
Pasho Eduard
An author.
Pasho Mirriam Milliner
An author. There is a statue.
Mala
Bia' Hardez' Niece.
Pasho Cho Gan
An author.
Renali family
Have a daughter.
Pasho Nalina Desai
An author.
TECHNOLOGY
Haci
Dwellings.
Sugar Rocks
Currency.
Attainment marks
The old alphabet in tiny script on the body.
Learning Hooks
The One Hundred Books, The Rituals of Arrival and Release, The Scientific Principles, The Rituals of Cleansing, Essentials of the Body, Bio Logic, The Rituals of Quaran, Chemic Knowledge, Plant and Animal Observation, Matica, Physical Matica, Principles of Construction, Earth Studies; Core Tech: Paper, Ink, Steel, Plastic, Plague, Production Line, Projectiles, Fertilizer, Soap
Electrostatics
Used to deal with sand and dust.
RACES
Keli
Tribe who live near the water.
Jai
A desert people.
Kai
An in-between tribe helped by the Keli.
CONCEPTS
Quaran
Ritual lifestyle used by the Jai.
FOOD
Mez
A drink that can be poison.
PLACES
Heli
Burned by his grandfather.
Keli
Burned by his grandfather.
Skeli
Burned by his grandfather.
Dry Basin
Jai area.
Kettle Rock
Where Mala lives.
WEAPONS
Hook knives
Close combat Jai weapon.
Sonics
Weapons of war.
PLOT
Raphel is a Pasho or learned man who has been educated in Keli. He returns to his home, where he comes into conflict with his grandfather, a past military leader who razed Keli and other places, and talks of doing it again to stop the Jai and Keli becoming more alike.
Raphel doesn't want his people to slaughter the Keli and undo all the Pasho works, so he poisons his grandfather when he is drinking with him, via the Mez drink. He is then free to make technological progress in Jai lands, too.
3.5 out of 5
Number of words : 9700
Percent of complex words : 8.00
Average syllables per word : 1.5
Average words per sentence : 10.1
READABILITY INDICES
Fog : 7.2
Flesch : 72.2
Flesch-Kincaid : 5.7
PEOPLE
Raphel Ka' Korum
A new Pasho, and a Jai.
Martiz
A local.
Bia' Giomo
Dead.
Evia
A local.
Bia' Dosero
Lived at Clear Spring Village.
Pasho Giles Martin
An author.
Bia' Hanna
A married woman.
Bia' Raphel
His mother.
Old Gawar
Legendary hook knife fighter. Raphel's grandfather.
Pasho Eduard
An author.
Pasho Mirriam Milliner
An author. There is a statue.
Mala
Bia' Hardez' Niece.
Pasho Cho Gan
An author.
Renali family
Have a daughter.
Pasho Nalina Desai
An author.
TECHNOLOGY
Haci
Dwellings.
Sugar Rocks
Currency.
Attainment marks
The old alphabet in tiny script on the body.
Learning Hooks
The One Hundred Books, The Rituals of Arrival and Release, The Scientific Principles, The Rituals of Cleansing, Essentials of the Body, Bio Logic, The Rituals of Quaran, Chemic Knowledge, Plant and Animal Observation, Matica, Physical Matica, Principles of Construction, Earth Studies; Core Tech: Paper, Ink, Steel, Plastic, Plague, Production Line, Projectiles, Fertilizer, Soap
Electrostatics
Used to deal with sand and dust.
RACES
Keli
Tribe who live near the water.
Jai
A desert people.
Kai
An in-between tribe helped by the Keli.
CONCEPTS
Quaran
Ritual lifestyle used by the Jai.
FOOD
Mez
A drink that can be poison.
PLACES
Heli
Burned by his grandfather.
Keli
Burned by his grandfather.
Skeli
Burned by his grandfather.
Dry Basin
Jai area.
Kettle Rock
Where Mala lives.
WEAPONS
Hook knives
Close combat Jai weapon.
Sonics
Weapons of war.
PLOT
Raphel is a Pasho or learned man who has been educated in Keli. He returns to his home, where he comes into conflict with his grandfather, a past military leader who razed Keli and other places, and talks of doing it again to stop the Jai and Keli becoming more alike.
Raphel doesn't want his people to slaughter the Keli and undo all the Pasho works, so he poisons his grandfather when he is drinking with him, via the Mez drink. He is then free to make technological progress in Jai lands, too.
3.5 out of 5