Adjustment Team by Philip K. Dick
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"Adjustment Team" is a 1954 science fiction short story by Philip K. Dick that explores themes of fate, free will, and hidden powers manipulating reality behind the scenes.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Adjustment Team by Philip K. Dick canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
science fiction film
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science fiction short story ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | The Adjustment Bureau ⓘ |
| author | Philip K. Dick ⓘ |
| basedOn | Adjustment Team ⓘ |
| centralConflict | individual will versus preordained plan ⓘ |
| containsElement |
reality alteration
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secret organization ⓘ supernatural or quasi-divine oversight ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | George Nolfi ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
cosmic bureaucracy controlling events
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limits of human agency ⓘ manipulation of human destiny ⓘ |
| featuresOrganization | Adjustment Team ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Orbit Science Fiction No. 4 ⓘ |
| genre |
science fiction
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speculative fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType | ordinary man caught in cosmic plot ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | cinematic depictions of fate-controlling agencies ⓘ |
| hasLaterPublicationForm | short story collection inclusion ⓘ |
| hasMoralQuestion |
Is it right to control human lives for a greater plan?
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What is the cost of true free will? ⓘ |
| hasPublicationType | magazine publication ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Golden Age/early post–Golden Age science fiction ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorOeuvre | Philip K. Dick short fiction ⓘ |
| periodOfWork | 1950s American science fiction ⓘ |
| protagonist | Ed Fletcher ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1954 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| setting | contemporary United States ⓘ |
| theme |
alternate reality
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bureaucracy ⓘ conspiracy ⓘ determinism ⓘ fate ⓘ free will ⓘ hidden powers manipulating reality ⓘ |
| tone |
paranoid
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philosophical ⓘ |
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