What Dreams May Come

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afterlife fiction metaphysical fantasy novel novel

What Dreams May Come is a metaphysical fantasy novel by Richard Matheson that explores love, the afterlife, and reincarnation through a man's journey beyond death to reunite with his wife.

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What Dreams May Come canonical 7
What Dreams May Come (1998 film) 2
What Dreams May Come (film) 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf afterlife fiction ⓘ
metaphysical fantasy novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptedAs What Dreams May Come self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: What Dreams May Come (1998 film)
author Richard Matheson ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
exploresConcept karma ⓘ
personal heaven ⓘ
personal hell ⓘ
reincarnation cycle ⓘ
soul progression ⓘ
soulmates across lifetimes ⓘ
suicide in the afterlife ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector Vincent Ward ⓘ
filmAdaptationStar Annabella Sciorra ⓘ
Cuba Gooding Jr. ⓘ
Robin Williams ⓘ
genre afterlife fiction ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ
metaphysical fiction ⓘ
philosophical fiction ⓘ
hasElement citations to real-world parapsychology sources ⓘ
discussion of reincarnation evidence ⓘ
journey through afterlife realms ⓘ
rescue attempt from hell ⓘ
vision of heaven as subjective reality ⓘ
vision of hell as self-created state ⓘ
inspiredBy accounts of near-death experiences ⓘ
parapsychology literature ⓘ
spiritualist writings ⓘ
mainCharacter Ann Nielsen ⓘ
Chris Nielsen ⓘ
mainTheme afterlife ⓘ
love ⓘ
reincarnation ⓘ
soulmates ⓘ
suicide ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
narrator Chris Nielsen ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
publisher G. P. Putnam’s Sons ⓘ
surface form: G. P. Putnam's Sons
setting afterlife ⓘ
heaven ⓘ
hell ⓘ
titleOrigin line from William Shakespeare's Hamlet ⓘ
titleReferences "For in that sleep of death what dreams may come" ⓘ

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Richard Matheson → notableWork → What Dreams May Come ⓘ
Richard Matheson → wrote → What Dreams May Come ⓘ
Richard Matheson → adaptedInto → What Dreams May Come ⓘ
this entity surface form: What Dreams May Come (1998 film)
Cuba Gooding Jr. → actedIn → What Dreams May Come ⓘ
Ronald Bass → notableWork → What Dreams May Come ⓘ
Digital Domain → notableWork → What Dreams May Come ⓘ
Matheson → notableWork → What Dreams May Come ⓘ
subject surface form: Richard Matheson
What Dreams May Come → adaptedAs → What Dreams May Come self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: What Dreams May Come (1998 film)
Michael Kamen → notableWork → What Dreams May Come ⓘ
this entity surface form: What Dreams May Come (film)
Michael Kamen → wroteMusicFor → What Dreams May Come ⓘ
this entity surface form: What Dreams May Come (film)
Matthew Salinger → hasActedIn → What Dreams May Come ⓘ