Short Story
Number of words : 2900
Percent of complex words : 10.3
Average syllables per word : 1.5
Average words per sentence : 16.0
READABILITY INDICES
Fog : 10.5
Flesch : 64.5
Flesch-Kincaid : 8.2
PEOPLE
Goldsmith
Made the fife and died as a result.
Bodidharma the Blessed One
Ancient religious leader who is given the fife.
German explorer
Found the fife.
Wolfgang Huene
A nazi who hates Hitler and finds the fife.
Hagen von Griin
One of the German rocket scientists who worked at Huntsville, Alabama.
TECHNOLOGY
Magical fife
A musical instrument. A chancy prediscovery of psionic powers with sonic triggering. Made of gold.
Onyx
A type of quartz.
Case No. 34 of the Dorotheum
Where the fife resided in Germany.
PLACES
Cathay
Another name for part of China.
Loyang
Chinese city.
Anyang
City in South Korea.
Rhine
German river.
Cape Canaveral
Site of USA space launches.
ORGANISATIONS
Northern Wei dynasty
Ancient Chinese rulers.
Toba Tartars
Chinese barbarians.
Volkssturm
German military group.
Harappa
A proto-Indian culture.
ANIMALS
Tiger and wolf and fox and jackal and snake and spider
Encountered by the Bodidharma.
VEHICLES
B-29s
Allied planes.
PLOT
A goldsmith makes a fife with special properties which has different owners over time from Bodidharmas to nazis. Eventually a rocket scientist uses it as a replacement strut in a launch and wonders if it matters in what setting he left it.
2.5 out of 5
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Nancy - Cordwainer Smith
Short Story
Number of words : 4700
Percent of complex words : 8.5
Average syllables per word : 1.4
Average words per sentence : 10.5
READABILITY INDICES
Fog : 7.6
Flesch : 77.0
Flesch-Kincaid : 5.1
PEOPLE
Gordon Greene
Originally Giordano Verdi. A Space Service officer.
Wallenstein
An old man.
Karl Vonderleyen
An old lieutenant of the service.
ORGANISATIONS
Space Service
Goes into the Up-and-Out.
TECHNOLOGY
Nancy
An imaginary virus created friend.
Sokta virus
Designed to be implanted in a person and released in the case of needing companionship in space.
PLANTS
Geraniums
A type of flower.
FOOD
Dago Red
A wine.
PLOT
Man cannot cope in space alone, so missions always have more than one person. However, if one dies then there is a problem. The sotka virus enables a person to experience an imaginary companion after it is triggered. In a military interview, such a story is recounted.
3.5 out of 5
Number of words : 4700
Percent of complex words : 8.5
Average syllables per word : 1.4
Average words per sentence : 10.5
READABILITY INDICES
Fog : 7.6
Flesch : 77.0
Flesch-Kincaid : 5.1
PEOPLE
Gordon Greene
Originally Giordano Verdi. A Space Service officer.
Wallenstein
An old man.
Karl Vonderleyen
An old lieutenant of the service.
ORGANISATIONS
Space Service
Goes into the Up-and-Out.
TECHNOLOGY
Nancy
An imaginary virus created friend.
Sokta virus
Designed to be implanted in a person and released in the case of needing companionship in space.
PLANTS
Geraniums
A type of flower.
FOOD
Dago Red
A wine.
PLOT
Man cannot cope in space alone, so missions always have more than one person. However, if one dies then there is a problem. The sotka virus enables a person to experience an imaginary companion after it is triggered. In a military interview, such a story is recounted.
3.5 out of 5
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