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Hothouse

Aldiss, Brian
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science fiction planetary romance/speculative fiction past tense third limited POV ~341 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

cosmic horror lyrical bleak

A science fiction. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Contains notable violence.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 95
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 50
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 80
intimateepic

Content

Violence 85%
noneextreme
Sexual content 20%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 30%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count85,276
Page count~341 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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