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* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The novel takes place some time after 2008 (Metcalf sees an old New Year's poster lying around at one point), after widespread advances in genetic engineering and pharmaceutical development.
* ChekhovsGun: Metcalf's floating anti-grav pen.
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* ChekhovsGun: Metcalf's floating anti-grav pen
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* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The novel takes place some time after 2008 (Metcalf sees an old New Year's poster lying around at one point), after widespread advances in genetic engineering and pharmaceutical development.
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[[caption-width-right:250:Sometimes it’s better not to think in questions, but I can’t seem to get out of the habit.]]
[[caption-width-right:250:Sometimes it’s better not to think in questions, but I can’t seem to get out of the habit.]]
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** At the end of the novel, [[spoiler: he goes back into the freezer for the murder of Joey Castle, which he committed.]]
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** At the end of the novel, [[spoiler: he goes gets put back into the freezer for the murder of Joey Castle, which he committed.]]
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Conrad Metcalf, a down-on-his-luck Private Inquisitor (a.k.a. private eye), discovers that his most recent ex-client, a prominent urologist named Maynard Stanhunt, who hired him to spy on his wife, was murdered. Orton Angwine, the primary suspect in the murder, hires Metcalf to protect him and/or clear his name.
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Conrad Metcalf, a down-on-his-luck [[PrivateDetective Private Inquisitor (a.k.a. private eye), Inquisitor]], discovers that his most recent ex-client, former client, a prominent urologist named Maynard Stanhunt, who hired him to spy on his wife, was murdered. Orton Angwine, the primary suspect in the murder, hires Metcalf to protect him and/or clear his name.
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: At the end of Part 1, Metcalf gets [[CryoPrison sent to the freezer]] for six years and once unfrozen, learns that private investigation has been outlawed.]] At the end of the novel, [[spoiler: he goes back into the freezer for the murder of Joey Castle, which he committed.]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: At the end of Part 1, Metcalf gets [[CryoPrison sent to the freezer]] for six years and once unfrozen, learns that private investigation has been outlawed.]] ]]
** At the end of the novel, [[spoiler: he goes back into the freezer for the murder of Joey Castle, which he committed.]]
** At the end of the novel, [[spoiler: he goes back into the freezer for the murder of Joey Castle, which he committed.]]
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The novel, a blend of FilmNoir-style DetectiveDrama and ScienceFiction, is set in near-future [[{{Dystopia}} dystopia]] where asking questions is considered incredibly rude, and both children and animals are genetically modified to have to have the intelligence of adult humans. Additionally, almost the entire adult population is addicted to free government-provided drugs with various functions.
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The novel, a blend of FilmNoir-style DetectiveDrama and ScienceFiction, is set in near-future [[{{Dystopia}} dystopia]] where asking questions is considered incredibly rude, and both children and animals are genetically modified to have to have the intelligence of adult humans. Additionally, almost the entire adult population is addicted to free government-provided drugs with various functions.
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* FantasticNoir: A private eye noir story set in a society where asking questions is taboo. Also, the "evolved" animals and the babyheads.
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The novel, a blend of FilmNoir-style DetectiveDrama and ScienceFiction, is set in near-future [[{{Dystopia}} dystopia]] where drug addiction is universal, asking questions is considered incredibly rude, and both children and animals are genetically modified to have to have the intelligence of adult humans. Additionally, almost the entire adult population is addicted to free government-provided drugs with various functions.
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The novel, a blend of FilmNoir-style DetectiveDrama and ScienceFiction, is set in near-future [[{{Dystopia}} dystopia]] where drug addiction is universal, asking questions is considered incredibly rude, and both children and animals are genetically modified to have to have the intelligence of adult humans. Additionally, almost the entire adult population is addicted to free government-provided drugs with various functions.
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* DownerEnding: To both Part 1 and Part 2. [[spoiler: Metcalf gets [[CryoPrison sent to the freezer]] for six years and once unfrozen, learns that private investigation has been outlawed.]] At the end of the novel, [[spoiler: he goes back into the freezer for the murder of Joey Castle.]]
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* DownerEnding: To both Part 1 and Part 2. [[spoiler: At the end of Part 1, Metcalf gets [[CryoPrison sent to the freezer]] for six years and once unfrozen, learns that private investigation has been outlawed.]] At the end of the novel, [[spoiler: he goes back into the freezer for the murder of Joey Castle.Castle, which he committed.]]
