Night Meeting
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"Night Meeting" is a science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury, featured in *The Martian Chronicles*, that explores a haunting, time-crossed encounter between a human and a Martian on Mars.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | science fiction short story ⓘ |
| author | Ray Bradbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectionPublication | The Martian Chronicles (1950 book edition) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depicts |
Martian civilization
ⓘ
human colonization of Mars ⓘ |
| explores |
incommensurability of different cultures
ⓘ
parallel timelines ⓘ subjective experience of time ⓘ |
| feature |
ambiguous chronology
ⓘ
nonlinear perception of time ⓘ time-crossed encounter between a human and a Martian ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Martian Chronicles continuity ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter | unidentified Martian ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Tomas Gomez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | short length ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Night Meeting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | fix-up novel The Martian Chronicles ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
imagery
ⓘ
irony ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | 20th-century American science fiction ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| partOf | The Martian Chronicles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationEra | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| setting | Mars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
communication across barriers
ⓘ
cultural misunderstanding ⓘ loneliness ⓘ perception of reality ⓘ time ⓘ transience of civilizations ⓘ |
| tone |
haunting
ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ |
| workByAuthor | Ray Bradbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workType | short fiction ⓘ |
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