Editing Mean Streets (novel)

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{{Infobox Story SMW
|image           = Mean Streets.jpg
|series          = [[Virgin New Adventures]]
|range           = Virgin New Adventures
|number in range = 69
|number          = 69
|main character  = [[Bernice Summerfield]]
|featuring       = [[Chris Cwej|Chris]], [[Garshak]], 
|enemy           = [[Vashtar]]
|setting         = [[Dellah]] and [[Megacity (Shakedown)|Megacity]], [[2594]]
|writer          = Terrance Dicks
|cover           = [[Fred Gambino]]
|publisher       = Virgin Books
|release date    = 1 December 1997
|format          = Paperback Book; 22 Chapters, 248 Pages
|isbn            = ISBN 0-426-20519-7
|prev            = Ghost Devices (novel)
|next            = Tempest (novel)
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'''''Mean Streets''''' is the sixty-ninth [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel. It featured [[Bernice Summerfield]] and [[Chris Cwej]] returning to the planet [[Megerra]], which was first introduced in author [[Terrance Dicks]]' novel ''[[Shakedown (novelisation)|Shakedown]]''.

== Publisher's summary ==
''"It's got to be stopped; it's an abomination, a crime against humanity."''

[[The Project]]: a [[criminal]] scheme so grand in scale that it casts a shadow across a hundred worlds. So secret that none but an elusive inner circle know its nature or its purpose. It could involve drugs, [[computer]] crime or a brilliant new con. Everyone has a theory; no one really knows.

On a trip to the sprawling den of iniquity that is [[Megacity (Shakedown)|Megacity]], an ex-Adjudicator called [[Roz Forrester]] heard of this elaborate scheme. Her interest piqued, she asked her squire to return one day with her. After all, a crime against humanity is everyone's business.

[[Chris Cwej]] is not a man to forget such a promise. His old partner may be dead, but the Project case will be one for her memory — a way to say goodbye. All he needs is a new confederate: someone ready to risk all for old time's sake. Fortunately, it's the end of term and [[Bernice Summerfield|Professor Bernice Summerfield]] is looking for excitement. So, a new crime-fighting duo is forged in the bars of [[Dellah]] — one prepared to take on a faceless foe and expose the ultimate crime.

== Chapter Titles ==
* Prologue in Megacity
# Vacation
# Escape
# Crime Sheet
# Welcome to Megacity
# Megacity Eye
# The Big Shop
# The Lair
# Megacity Standoff
# Ambush
# Shootout on Spaceport Boulevard
# Contacts
# Reunion
# Raid
# Garshak's Sting
# The Break
# Investigation
# Blood Feast
# Tour of Inspection
# Download
# Payback
* Epilogue

== Plot ==
''to be added''

== Characters ==
* [[Bernice Summerfield]]
* [[Chris Cwej]]
* [[Lucifer (Mean Streets)|Lucifer]]
* [[Garshak]]
* [[Zarnek]]

== Worldbuilding ==
=== Art Objects ===
* [[Menlove Stokes]] created [[art]] using the [[Giant Dellahan dung beetle]].

=== Business owners ===
* [[Zarnek]] is a [[Pakhar]] who owns a pawn shop in Megacity.

=== Drugs and medicines ===
* Garshak smokes [[Drashig Cigarettes]].
* [[Skoob]] is a drug that can cause abnormal rage and strength.

=== Individuals ===
* [[Lucifer (Mean Streets)|Lucifer]] looks a bit like a [[demon]] / devil.
* [[Garshak]] (the super intelligent [[Ogron]]) is no longer Police Chief.
* [[The Project]] was something Chris and [[Roz Forrester|Roz]] heard about in passing on their previous trip to Megacity whilst hunting a [[Rutan]].

=== Locations ===
* This is Chris's second visit to [[Megacity (Shakedown)|Megacity]].

=== Planets ===
* [[Demoniac]]s are from the planet [[Gehenna (planet)|Gehenna]].
* [[Vathek II]] is a high gravity planet with round, troll-like inhabitants.

=== Species ===
* Many [[Ursine]]s work as bouncers and enforcers.
* Many [[Dethak]] work as mercenaries and assassins.

== Notes ==
''to be added''

== Continuity ==
* This is a sequel to some of the events in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Shakedown (novelisation)|Shakedown]]''.
* Benny's bike was introduced in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]''.
* Chris was reintroduced to the BNAs in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Deadfall (novel)|Deadfall]]''.

== External links ==
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* {{whoniverse|na69|Mean Streets}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/mean.htm The Cloister Library: '''Mean Streets''']
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