The WebNovel's Plot Page
Plot elements.
Place: Planet Earth, mostly, but some other sites around the
Solar System, too.
Time: Near Earth Future...starting about the year 2050
Characters: Three main groups of characters
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1) technophilic geeks; mostly living on Earth's Moon (main character:
Michael Lawpike), In near-Earth orbital space stations, Mars Colony
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2) Earth hugging Green Party members
(main character: Michael's soul mate).....with magic theme
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3) Aliens (advanced artificial life, robot mix) who have come to Earth.....two
main flavors (main character: a cross from the two alien groups)
Conflicts: character conflicts will operate on several main
levels
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1) the struggle between aliens who want to use
Earth as a playground and the aliens who want to have a hands-off policy
and just study Earth.
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2) Struggle between the Greens and the Geeks for resources and power
on Earth. A major part of this conflict will center around the SSI (Sagan-Sarfatti
Institute)
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3) Attempts by Earth folk to prove that the aliens exist and make contact
with them.
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4) The discovery of the Soul
Nexus, an element of Spacetime that allows contact between several
"parallel universes" and also the exchange of information between physically
isolated consciousness minds.
Some mechanics and Authors info
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start
authoring the novel!
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John William Schmidt