The Illustrated Man
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The Illustrated Man is a 1951 collection of interconnected science fiction short stories by Ray Bradbury, framed by the eerie premise of a man whose living tattoos foretell the future.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Illustrated Man canonical | 3 |
| the Illustrated Man | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
frame narrative
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science fiction book ⓘ short story collection ⓘ |
| author | Ray Bradbury ⓘ |
| containsWork |
Kaleidoscope
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Marionettes, Inc. ⓘ No Particular Night or Morning ⓘ The City ⓘ The Exiles ⓘ The Fire Balloons ⓘ The Fox and the Forest ⓘ The Highway ⓘ The Last Night of the World ⓘ The Long Rain ⓘ The Man ⓘ The Other Foot ⓘ The Rocket ⓘ The Rocket Man ⓘ The Veldt ⓘ The Visitor ⓘ Zero Hour ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| followedBy | The Golden Apples of the Sun ⓘ |
| frameCharacter |
The Illustrated Man
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
the Illustrated Man
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| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | The Illustrated Man (1969 film) ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtist | Guy Billout ⓘ |
| influenced | later science fiction anthologies ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | living tattoos that foretell the future ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dark and eerie tone
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interconnected short stories linked by a tattooed man ⓘ |
| originalAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ray Bradbury
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surface form:
Ray Bradbury bibliography
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| precededBy | The Martian Chronicles ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1951 ⓘ |
| publisher | Doubleday ⓘ |
| setting | various future and speculative locations ⓘ |
| theme |
colonization of other planets
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family relationships ⓘ free will and predestination ⓘ religion and spirituality ⓘ space travel ⓘ technology and its impact on humanity ⓘ war and apocalypse ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
the Illustrated Man