Before Adam
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Before Adam

by Jack London

1906•Science fiction•137 pages

Taste attributes: science fictionadventureanimalsfresh & originalimaginarybig & variedall consuming questhuman spirit/resilience/survivalsolving the riddle/not as it seems

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Boxlist takeAn otherworldly, fresh science-fiction novel, big and varied rather than confined. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

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About This Book

A young man in modern America is terrorized by visions of an earlier, primitive life. Across the enormous chasm of thousands of centuries, his consciousness has become entwined with that of Big-Tooth, an ancestor living at the dawn of humanity. Big-Tooth makes his home in Pleistocene Africa, a ferocious, fascinating younger world torn by incessant conflict between early humans and protohumans.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

Science fictionAdventureAnimalsAll consuming questHuman spirit/resilience/survivalSolving the riddle/not as it seems

Subjects

Prehistoric peoplesDreamsEvolutionBibliographyAnimalsAnimaux

Details

Author
Jack London
Published
1906
Pages
137
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