The Silent Towns
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"The Silent Towns" is a short story by Ray Bradbury, set on a nearly deserted Mars and exploring themes of loneliness and human connection, collected in his book The Martian Chronicles.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| author | Ray Bradbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Genevieve Selsor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Walter Gripp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy | Ray Bradbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts | post-evacuation Mars ⓘ |
| explores |
mismatch between fantasy and reality in relationships
ⓘ
psychological effects of extreme solitude ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Martian Chronicles continuity ⓘ |
| genre |
science fiction
ⓘ
speculative fiction ⓘ |
| hasPublicationType | magazine fiction (originally) ⓘ |
| hasWorkInSeriesPosition | one of the later-set Mars stories in The Martian Chronicles timeline ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| motif |
abandoned towns
ⓘ
last people on a planet ⓘ telephone communication ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| partOf | The Martian Chronicles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist | Walter Gripp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationForm | short story collection component ⓘ |
| setting | Mars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCharacteristic | nearly deserted planet ⓘ |
| theme |
gender expectations
ⓘ
human connection ⓘ isolation ⓘ loneliness ⓘ romantic disappointment ⓘ |
| tone |
darkly comic
ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ |
| workIncludedIn | fix-up novel The Martian Chronicles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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