Fury - Alastair Reynolds
Novelette
Number of words : 11500
Percent of complex words : 11.8
Average syllables per word : 1.5
Average words per sentence : 12.0
READABILITY INDICES
Fog : 9.5
Flesch : 65.1
Flesch-Kincaid : 7.1
PEOPLE
Mercurio
The Galactic Emperor's security head, and an artificial intelligence.
Emperor
Ruler of the Galactic Empire.
Vratsa
An uplift pond-keeper of gorilla stock.
Fury
Mercurio's brother artificial intelligence.
PLACES
Capital Nexus
The area of space around the planet the emperor lives on.
Great House
Emperor's residence.
Selva
One of the major power centers of the Luquan Emergence.
Porz
One of the major power centers of the Luquan Emergence.
Julact
The old heart of the Luquan Emergence. Also known as Mars in the past.
Phobos and Deimos
The moons of Mars.
ANIMALS
Asgai Koi
Large, long-lived fish which the Emperor keeps as pets.
TECHNOLOGY
Gravity neutralisers
Can float stuff.
Surface-environment protection units
Fully closed-cycle models with exoskeletal servo-systems, to assist wearers. Sophisticated units with a high capacity for self-repair.
ORGANISATIONS
Radiant Commonwealth
A Galactic Empire.
Luquan Emergence
An area of the empire.
Coronal Polities
An area of the Empire.
CONCEPTS
Prime
A common Galactic language.
Superluminal
Faster than lightspeed.
VEHICLES
Flying disk
A common form of transportation in the Julactic League.
PLOT
Mercurio fails to stop a successful assassination attempt on his Emperor. However, he has unlimited backup bodies on tap, and an ordinary killing won't stop him. They both agree this is odd. Mercurio sets out to find out what happened.
He meets fellow artificial intelligence Fury. A brother of sorts who was behind the killing, as a lure to get Mercurio to come and find him. He tells the story of their evolution over a long time from the protective suits to their current form. The current Emperor killed his brother on Mars a long time ago, leading to war. However, he is currently ruling the Empire rather well, so Mercurio has a dilemma.
Rather than detonate himself and wipe everything out where the Emperor lives, he demands a different sort of punishment. He demands the Emperor kill his beloved pet koi that he has spent so much time raising. Then they can go on as before, protector and ruler.
4 out of 5
Number of words : 11500
Percent of complex words : 11.8
Average syllables per word : 1.5
Average words per sentence : 12.0
READABILITY INDICES
Fog : 9.5
Flesch : 65.1
Flesch-Kincaid : 7.1
PEOPLE
Mercurio
The Galactic Emperor's security head, and an artificial intelligence.
Emperor
Ruler of the Galactic Empire.
Vratsa
An uplift pond-keeper of gorilla stock.
Fury
Mercurio's brother artificial intelligence.
PLACES
Capital Nexus
The area of space around the planet the emperor lives on.
Great House
Emperor's residence.
Selva
One of the major power centers of the Luquan Emergence.
Porz
One of the major power centers of the Luquan Emergence.
Julact
The old heart of the Luquan Emergence. Also known as Mars in the past.
Phobos and Deimos
The moons of Mars.
ANIMALS
Asgai Koi
Large, long-lived fish which the Emperor keeps as pets.
TECHNOLOGY
Gravity neutralisers
Can float stuff.
Surface-environment protection units
Fully closed-cycle models with exoskeletal servo-systems, to assist wearers. Sophisticated units with a high capacity for self-repair.
ORGANISATIONS
Radiant Commonwealth
A Galactic Empire.
Luquan Emergence
An area of the empire.
Coronal Polities
An area of the Empire.
CONCEPTS
Prime
A common Galactic language.
Superluminal
Faster than lightspeed.
VEHICLES
Flying disk
A common form of transportation in the Julactic League.
PLOT
Mercurio fails to stop a successful assassination attempt on his Emperor. However, he has unlimited backup bodies on tap, and an ordinary killing won't stop him. They both agree this is odd. Mercurio sets out to find out what happened.
He meets fellow artificial intelligence Fury. A brother of sorts who was behind the killing, as a lure to get Mercurio to come and find him. He tells the story of their evolution over a long time from the protective suits to their current form. The current Emperor killed his brother on Mars a long time ago, leading to war. However, he is currently ruling the Empire rather well, so Mercurio has a dilemma.
Rather than detonate himself and wipe everything out where the Emperor lives, he demands a different sort of punishment. He demands the Emperor kill his beloved pet koi that he has spent so much time raising. Then they can go on as before, protector and ruler.
4 out of 5