The Summer Night
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"The Summer Night" is a short story by Ray Bradbury that forms part of his science fiction collection The Martian Chronicles, exploring eerie premonitions and human emotions on the eve of humanity’s encounter with Mars.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
literary work
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short story ⓘ |
| author | Ray Bradbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Ray Bradbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts | strange disturbances on Earth before Mars encounter ⓘ |
| explores | psychological impact of impending space contact ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | short story collection ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasFictionalUniverse | The Martian Chronicles universe ⓘ |
| includedIn | editions of The Martian Chronicles published in the mid-20th century ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | 20th-century American science fiction ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
atmospheric prose
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speculative fiction ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | premonitions of contact with Mars ⓘ |
| narrativeRoleInSeries | foreshadows human contact with Mars ⓘ |
| partOf | The Martian Chronicles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Earth
NERFINISHED
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| theme |
collective anxiety
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fear of the unknown ⓘ human emotions ⓘ impending encounter with extraterrestrial life ⓘ mystery ⓘ premonition ⓘ |
| tone |
eerie
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foreboding ⓘ |
| workInSeriesPosition | early story in The Martian Chronicles sequence ⓘ |
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