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* FantasticLegalWeirdness: It's mentioned that despite being a chimp now, Eva is still legally human.
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human, so she doesn't belong to anyone -- unlike the chimps used for research. Eva objects to any chimps being considered property.
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* {{Zeerust}}: Written in TheEighties, this book takes place in an unspecified future where holograms are commonplace and scientists have just figured out how to copy neurons. The protagonist communicates using a text-to-speech keyboard... which uses samples stored on audiocassettes.
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* {{Zeerust}}: Written in TheEighties, this book takes place in an unspecified future where holograms are commonplace and scientists have just figured out how to copy neurons. The protagonist communicates using a text-to-speech keyboard... which uses samples stored on audiocassettes.discs.
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* MirrorReveal: When Eva is given a remote-controlled mirror to look around her hospital room, she realises something is amiss because they won't let her see the bed. Eventually, she angles it in a way that lets her see her reflection... and a chimpanzee looks back.
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* RecurringDreams: Eva has recurring dreams about a vast jungle, which turn out to be the lingering instincts of the chimpanzee her memories were copied into.
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* EmergencyTransformation: Eva's consciousness was copied into the brain of a chimpanzee using a bleeding-edge medical procedure. Her mom agreed to this in order to save her life.
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* EmergencyTransformation: Eva's consciousness was copied into the brain of a chimpanzee using a bleeding-edge medical procedure. Her mom agreed to this in order to save her life. [[spoiler:She eventually chooses to live out her life in the wilds with more conventional chimps.]]
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* AdamAndOrEve: The protagonist's full name is Eva Adamson; [[https://www.peterdickinson.com/books/eva/ the plot was originally about]] a girl who time-travels to meet various "first women", and was familiar with apes. While the final plot of the book is very different, a remnant of this idea remains; early on, Eva watches a cartoon called ''Adam and Eve'', which is very loosely based on the book of Genesis.
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* AdamAndOrEve: The protagonist's full name is Eva Adamson; [[https://www.peterdickinson.com/books/eva/ the plot was originally about]] a girl who time-travels to meet various "first women", and was familiar with apes. While the final plot of the book is very different, a remnant remnants of this idea remains; early symbolism remain. Early on, Eva watches a cartoon called ''Adam and Eve'', which is very loosely based on the book of Genesis.Genesis. Just like how Eve was the first woman and lived in a natural paradise, Eva is the first human-in-chimpanzee, [[spoiler:and her ultimate purpose is to guide a troop of chimpanzees in one of the last wild places on Earth.]]
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* AdamAndOrEve: The protagonist's full name is Eva Adamson; [[https://www.peterdickinson.com/books/eva/ the plot was originally about]] a girl who time-travels to meet various "first women", and was familiar with apes. While the final plot of the book is very different, a remnant of the original plot remains; early on, Eva watches a cartoon called ''Adam and Eve'', which is very loosely based on the book of Genesis.
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* AdamAndOrEve: The protagonist's full name is Eva Adamson; [[https://www.peterdickinson.com/books/eva/ the plot was originally about]] a girl who time-travels to meet various "first women", and was familiar with apes. While the final plot of the book is very different, a remnant of the original plot this idea remains; early on, Eva watches a cartoon called ''Adam and Eve'', which is very loosely based on the book of Genesis.
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* SuicideBySea: It's mentioned at the end that people are walking into the sea en masse in some places.
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* SuicideBySea: It's mentioned at the end that people are walking into the sea en masse ''en masse'' in some places.
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* AdamAndOrEve: The protagonist's full name is Eva Adamson; [[https://www.peterdickinson.com/books/eva/ the plot was originally about]] a girl who time-travels to meet various "first women", and was familiar with apes. While the final plot of the book is very different, a remnant of the original plot remains; early on, Eva watches a cartoon called ''Adam and Eve'', which is very loosely based on the book of Genesis.
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* {{Zeerust}}: Written in TheEighties, this book takes place in an unspecified future where holograms are commonplace and scientists have just figured out how to copy neurons. The protagonist communicates using a text-to-speech keyboard... which uses samples stored on audiocassettes.
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* UnusualChapterNumbers: The chapters are all numbered after how much time has passed since Eva awoke from her coma.
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* GaiasLament: Most of Earth’s wild animals have been wiped out by the growing human population, and [[spoiler: by the end, human civilisation is heading towards its final collapse, with mass suicides occurring]].
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* RayOfHopeEnding: [[spoiler:Humanity is on the decline, but Eva believes that chimpanzees will inherit the Earth.]]
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* RayOfHopeEnding: [[spoiler:Humanity is on the decline, but Eva believes that chimpanzees will inherit the Earth.]]]]
* SuicideBySea: It's mentioned at the end that people are walking into the sea en masse in some places.
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* DistantFinale: The last chapter is set 24 years later. [[spoiler:just before Eva dies of old age]].
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* BackToBackPoster: One of the covers (see the page image) shows a girl and chimpanzee back-to-back, representing Eva's past and present selves.
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''Eva'' is a science fiction novel by Creator/PeterDickinson, published in 1988. Eva Adamson went into a coma after a terrible car crash — and awoke eight months later in the body of a chimpanzee. Having spent time with chimpanzees from a young age, it doesn't take her long to adjust, but she becomes a media sensation in an over-populated world.
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!!This book contains examples of:
* CrapsackWorld: The human population is so high that much of the world is covered in urban sprawl, and there are few wild animals left.
* DistantFinale: The last chapter is set 24 years later.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:At the end, people tell Eva that humanity as a whole has lost the will to live and people are committing mass suicides.]]
* EmergencyTransformation: Eva's consciousness was copied into the brain of a chimpanzee using a bleeding-edge medical procedure. Her mom agreed to this in order to save her life.
* RayOfHopeEnding: [[spoiler:Humanity is on the decline, but Eva believes that chimpanzees will inherit the Earth.]]
''Eva'' is a science fiction novel by Creator/PeterDickinson, published in 1988. Eva Adamson went into a coma after a terrible car crash — and awoke eight months later in the body of a chimpanzee. Having spent time with chimpanzees from a young age, it doesn't take her long to adjust, but she becomes a media sensation in an over-populated world.
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!!This book contains examples of:
* CrapsackWorld: The human population is so high that much of the world is covered in urban sprawl, and there are few wild animals left.
* DistantFinale: The last chapter is set 24 years later.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:At the end, people tell Eva that humanity as a whole has lost the will to live and people are committing mass suicides.]]
* EmergencyTransformation: Eva's consciousness was copied into the brain of a chimpanzee using a bleeding-edge medical procedure. Her mom agreed to this in order to save her life.
* RayOfHopeEnding: [[spoiler:Humanity is on the decline, but Eva believes that chimpanzees will inherit the Earth.]]
