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| − | image= Return to the Fractured Planet.jpg |
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| − | series= [[Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures|Virgin <br /> Bernice Summerfield New Adventures]] |
+ | |series= [[Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures|Virgin <br /> Bernice Summerfield New Adventures]] |
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| − | featuring= [[Irving Braxiatel]]| |
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| − | enemy= [[Sleed]]| |
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| + | |featuring= [[Irving Braxiatel]], [[Mira]], [[Bernice Summerfield]], [[Chris Cwej]], [[Kara Delbane]] |
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| − | year= [[Proximia Chain]], [[2596]] | |
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| − | + | |enemy= [[Absolom Sleed|Sleed]] |
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| − | + | |setting= [[Proximan Chain]], [[2596]] |
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| + | |writer= Dave Stone |
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| + | |cover= [[Fred Gambino]] |
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| + | |publisher= Virgin Books |
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== Publisher's summary == |
== Publisher's summary == |
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| − | ''I gazed up at the smoking hole the bomb had made - and then I realised something was wrong. Benny lay beside me, slack and tangled like a discarded rag doll, unnaturally pale, and unbreathing. She was dead.'' |
+ | ''I gazed up at the smoking hole the [[bomb]] had made - and then I realised something was wrong. [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] lay beside me, slack and tangled like a discarded rag [[doll]], unnaturally pale, and unbreathing. She was dead.'' |
| − | Nothing is ever simple, and nothing ever ends. Feed some |
+ | Nothing is ever simple, and nothing ever ends. Feed some [[drug]]s to [[laboratory]] [[rat]]s and, two hundred generations down the line, the monsters start being born. |
| − | The fragile stability of the |
+ | The fragile stability of the [[Dellah]]an [[quarantine]] has been compromised, and something has escaped. Now, a man in the incipient stages of identity-collapse and a dying Bernice Summerfield have to search the byzantine cities of the [[Proximan Chain]] for an entity that killed his lover and her friend - an entity that will turn the Chain into its own version of hell. |
== Plot == |
== Plot == |
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* [[Bernice Summerfield]] |
* [[Bernice Summerfield]] |
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* [[Irving Braxiatel]] |
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+ | * [[Stratum Seven Agent]] |
| − | * [[Mira ( |
+ | * [[Mira (Ship of Fools)|Mira]] |
| − | * [[Chris Cwej]] |
+ | * [[Chris Cwej]]/Inspector Forrester |
| + | * [[Kara Delbane]] |
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| + | * [[Absolom Sleed]] |
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| + | * ARVID |
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| + | * Box |
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| + | * Praetorian |
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| − | == |
+ | == Worldbuilding == |
| + | * The name may reference the musical ''Return to the Forbidden Planet''. |
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| − | === Computers === |
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* An [[ARVID]] appears in one of the ''Background'' chapters. |
* An [[ARVID]] appears in one of the ''Background'' chapters. |
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* Benny is still suffering from the [[Mary-Sue]] mind wipe she had performed. |
* Benny is still suffering from the [[Mary-Sue]] mind wipe she had performed. |
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| − | * Benny and the Agent get blown out of a hotel room by a bomb, leaving Benny in a coma. |
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| + | * While the Proximan Chain does not have official security services, SecServ contracts themselves out to the Chain as a form of police. |
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| − | * Benny is cured of the Mary-Sue by her interaction with the Sleed brain. However on its way out, the Mary-Sue wiped several of her memories. |
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| + | * Sleed takes over the planet [[Sharabeth]] by spreading insidious consumer products throughout the planet. He attempts to do this in the Proximan Chain. |
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| − | * [[Chris Cwej]] goes under the alias Roland Forrester (referencing his dead friend [[Roz Forrester]]). |
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== Notes == |
== Notes == |
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| − | * Like ''[[The Mary-Sue Extrusion]]'', this is told primarily in first person. However throughout this novel are chapters entitled |
+ | * Like ''[[The Mary-Sue Extrusion (novel)|The Mary-Sue Extrusion]]'', this is told primarily in first person. However, throughout this novel are chapters entitled "Background", discussing the Stratum Seven Agent. There are also extracts from Bernice Summerfield's diary. |
| + | * Years after the book went out of print, Stone republished it with the Benny Summerfield references removed (including the planet Dellah) and the lead character renamed Pandora Delbane. An ebook of this story, now called ''Fractured Planet'', was released on the Amazon Kindle store on 9 December 2015. |
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== Continuity == |
== Continuity == |
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* An ARVID computer appeared in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Ship of Fools (novel)|Ship of Fools]]''. |
* An ARVID computer appeared in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Ship of Fools (novel)|Ship of Fools]]''. |
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| − | * This is a sequel to [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mary-Sue Extrusion]]''. |
+ | * This is a sequel to [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mary-Sue Extrusion (novel)|The Mary-Sue Extrusion]]''. |
== External links == |
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| − | + | {{dwrefguide|who_na82.htm|Return to the Fractured Planet}} |
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| + | * [https://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/fract.htm The Cloister Library: '''Return to the Fractured Planet'''] |
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Latest revision as of 21:54, 28 January 2024
Return to the Fractured Planet was the twenty-first Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures novel. It features a return of the Stratum Seven Agent who appeared in The Mary-Sue Extrusion.
Publisher's summary[]
I gazed up at the smoking hole the bomb had made - and then I realised something was wrong. Benny lay beside me, slack and tangled like a discarded rag doll, unnaturally pale, and unbreathing. She was dead.
Nothing is ever simple, and nothing ever ends. Feed some drugs to laboratory rats and, two hundred generations down the line, the monsters start being born.
The fragile stability of the Dellahan quarantine has been compromised, and something has escaped. Now, a man in the incipient stages of identity-collapse and a dying Bernice Summerfield have to search the byzantine cities of the Proximan Chain for an entity that killed his lover and her friend - an entity that will turn the Chain into its own version of hell.
Plot[]
to be added
Characters[]
- Bernice Summerfield
- Irving Braxiatel
- Stratum Seven Agent
- Mira
- Chris Cwej/Inspector Forrester
- Kara Delbane
- Absolom Sleed
- ARVID
- Box
- Praetorian
Worldbuilding[]
- The name may reference the musical Return to the Forbidden Planet.
- An ARVID appears in one of the Background chapters.
- Benny is still suffering from the Mary-Sue mind wipe she had performed.
- Elanore Vita Hydrant Summerfield-Kane might be a descendant of Bernice Summerfield and Jason Kane.
- While the Proximan Chain does not have official security services, SecServ contracts themselves out to the Chain as a form of police.
- Sleed takes over the planet Sharabeth by spreading insidious consumer products throughout the planet. He attempts to do this in the Proximan Chain.
Notes[]
- Like The Mary-Sue Extrusion, this is told primarily in first person. However, throughout this novel are chapters entitled "Background", discussing the Stratum Seven Agent. There are also extracts from Bernice Summerfield's diary.
- Years after the book went out of print, Stone republished it with the Benny Summerfield references removed (including the planet Dellah) and the lead character renamed Pandora Delbane. An ebook of this story, now called Fractured Planet, was released on the Amazon Kindle store on 9 December 2015.
Continuity[]
- An ARVID computer appeared in PROSE: Ship of Fools.
- This is a sequel to PROSE: The Mary-Sue Extrusion.
External links[]
- Return to the Fractured Planet at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide to: Return to the Fractured Planet at The Whoniverse
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