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Bugs

Educated bugs as characters.

minor

Also known as Educated Bugs

First appearance: hellhounds of the cosmos

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OMOliver MeekJBJimmy BaldwinGHGus HamiltonSNScott NixonMOMoeBUBugs

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Diverse ensemble cast
  • Protagonist
  • Martian adventure team
  • Saturn-linked characters

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupEscalationClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

Duncan’s hissed command to stop tracking marks the emotional and psychological peak because it signals the mom…

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