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	<div class="ev-source">Reader’s companion to <i>[[39 Minutes\|John Evans: 39 Minutes]]</i>, ~~based on~~ the ~~Revision 13 manuscript~~.</div>		<div class="ev-source">Reader’s companion to <i>[[39 Minutes\|John Evans: 39 Minutes]]</i>, introducing the published story.</div>

	== In The Divide ==		== In The Divide ==
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	== In The Two-Body Problem ==		== In The Two-Body Problem ==
	John appears as a teenager in ''[[The Two-Body Problem]]'', with [[Niko]] frequently alongside him. School, family meals and a growing interest in the wider world show a different stage of his life from both ''[[The Divide]]'' and ''[[39 Minutes]]''.		John appears as a teenager in ''[[The Two-Body Problem]]'', with [[Niko]] frequently alongside him. School, family meals and a growing interest in the wider world show a different stage of his life from both ''[[The Divide]]'' and ''[[39 Minutes]]''.

			== Habits of attention ==
			The opening of [[39 Minutes]] introduces John through the everyday systems of [[Port Alpha]]. A clock setting, an air return or a plant’s response is worth noticing because someone depends on it. His departure also requires handing work to people who will remain behind.

			Earlier appearances let readers meet him within the family before he becomes the engineer at the centre of his own novel. These pages keep the settings distinct and leave readers to judge what each perspective contributes.

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	== In The Divide ==		== In The Divide ==
	''[[The Divide]]'' shows John as a child in the Evans household, before the adult story of ''[[39 Minutes]]''. His school assignment for [[Ms. Ivers]] asks him to draw the systems that keep a home alive. His admiration for [[Paul Evans\|his father]] meets a world sustained by many people, including [[Tessa Brandt]].		''[[The Divide]]'' shows John as a child in the Evans household, before the adult story of ''[[39 Minutes]]''. His school assignment for [[Ms. Ivers]] asks him to draw the systems that keep a home alive. His admiration for [[Paul Evans\|his father]] meets a world sustained by many people, including [[Tessa Brandt]].

			== In The Two-Body Problem ==
			John appears as a teenager in ''[[The Two-Body Problem]]'', with [[Niko]] frequently alongside him. School, family meals and a growing interest in the wider world show a different stage of his life from both ''[[The Divide]]'' and ''[[39 Minutes]]''.

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	<div class="ev-source">Reader’s companion to <i>[[39 Minutes\|John Evans: 39 Minutes]]</i>, based on the Revision 13 manuscript.</div>		<div class="ev-source">Reader’s companion to <i>[[39 Minutes\|John Evans: 39 Minutes]]</i>, based on the Revision 13 manuscript.</div>

			== In The Divide ==
			''[[The Divide]]'' shows John as a child in the Evans household, before the adult story of ''[[39 Minutes]]''. His school assignment for [[Ms. Ivers]] asks him to draw the systems that keep a home alive. His admiration for [[Paul Evans\|his father]] meets a world sustained by many people, including [[Tessa Brandt]].

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	<div class="ev-article-kicker">CHARACTER · Sustainable systems engineer</div>		<div class="ev-article-kicker">CHARACTER · Sustainable systems engineer</div>
	A twenty-five-year-old engineer from ~~Olympus Mons Colony~~ on [[Mars]], John specializes in closed-loop water, food, and environmental infrastructure. He joins the [[Solar Alliance]]’s Reclamation Initiative on [[Earth]].		A twenty-five-year-old engineer from Port Alpha on [[Mars]], John specializes in closed-loop water, food, and environmental infrastructure. He joins the [[Solar Alliance]]’s Reclamation Initiative on [[Earth]].

	== Character and perspective ==		== Character and perspective ==
	Patient, observant, and guided by practical ethics, John sees connections between failures that others might treat separately. He also takes on too much responsibility and struggles to share uncertain threats. ~~His story asks whether enabling~~ other people ~~can be a stronger form of responsibility than carrying everything himself~~.		Patient, observant, and guided by practical ethics, John sees connections between failures that others might treat separately. He also takes on too much responsibility and struggles to share uncertain threats. The book tests his tendency to carry responsibility alone against the work of preserving evidence and trusting other people.

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<div class="ev-article-kicker">CHARACTER · Sustainable systems engineer</div>
A twenty-five-year-old engineer from Olympus Mons Colony on [[Mars]], John specializes in closed-loop water, food, and environmental infrastructure. He joins the [[Solar Alliance]]’s Reclamation Initiative on [[Earth]].

== Character and perspective ==
Patient, observant, and guided by practical ethics, John sees connections between failures that others might treat separately. He also takes on too much responsibility and struggles to share uncertain threats. His story asks whether enabling other people can be a stronger form of responsibility than carrying everything himself.

== A recurring idea ==
Stop one failure from becoming five.

== Explore further ==
* [[Characters|Character directory]]
* [[39 Minutes]]
* [[Themes]]

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