Description: 1. The Chairman makes it clear that Anna Francis must either accept the assignment or risk having her actions in Kyzyl Kum investigated. Would she have accepted even without this threat? Why or why not? 2. Does Nour love Siri more than she loves Anna? If not, why does she treat them so differently? 3. Why does Henry bow out of the Kyzyl Kum project? 4. Anna feels like a failure after returning from Kyzyl Kum, yet the other guests on Isola don't seem to view her that way. Was this the first inkling you had that Anna might be more respected than she seems to think? 5. When they first arrive on the island, the candidates all appear competent and confident in their own abilities. Was their later behavior consistent with your initial impression of them? 6. Anna and Katja note Jon's sexist behavior in waiting for the women to set the table. Have you ever witnessed something similar? 7. Which of the candidates impressed you most? Why do you think each was chosen? 8. In Anna's place, would you agree to be "murdered"? What might have happened if she changed her mind before Katja drugged her? 9. Were the sexual assignations between Anna and Henry and Jon and Franziska an anticipated part of the Chairman's plan? 10. Is Henry only on Isola because of Anna's attraction to him? How does he feel about her? 11. After Anna finds Katja's body, whom did you first suspect of foul play? 12. While Anna Francis believes her sojourn on Isola was a complete disaster, she passes the Chairman's test and earns a position with the RAN group. In his eyes, what did she successfully manage to do? 13. Did the Chairman deliberately set the Secretary up to take the blame? Or was he simply a convenient fall guy? 14. Is Henry really dead? If not, who benefits by pretending he is? 15. Is reestablishing a relationship with Siri worth the risks that Anna takes? 16. The paradoxically named "Union of Friendship" echoes the language of George Orwell's 1984. What are some other instances in which Advic echoes the dystopian classic ? Are there any other books that The Dying Game echoes or evokes?

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