fictional town of Green Town, Illinois

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The fictional town of Green Town, Illinois is Ray Bradbury’s nostalgic, small Midwestern community that serves as the primary setting for several of his works, including the dark fantasy novel "Something Wicked This Way Comes."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional town
literary setting
associatedWithAuthorPersona Ray Bradbury’s childhood experiences
associatedWithSeasonalImagery autumn
summer
associatedWithTheme coming of age
good versus evil
memory and time
nostalgia
country United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Ray Bradbury NERFINISHED
describedAs nostalgic small Midwestern community
fictionalCounterpartOf Waukegan, Illinois NERFINISHED
firstMajorAppearance Dandelion Wine NERFINISHED
genreAssociation dark fantasy
fantasy literature
science fiction-adjacent literature
hasFictionalStatus nonexistent in real geography
inspiredBy Waukegan, Illinois NERFINISHED
languageOfWork English
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature
locatedIn Illinois
Midwestern United States
medium prose fiction
modeledOnTimePeriod 1920s America
1930s America
narrativeFunction evocation of American small-town childhood
site of supernatural and uncanny events
notableAppearance Farewell Summer NERFINISHED
Something Wicked This Way Comes NERFINISHED
settingFor Dandelion Wine NERFINISHED
Farewell Summer NERFINISHED
Something Wicked This Way Comes NERFINISHED
The Halloween Tree NERFINISHED
various Ray Bradbury short stories

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Something Wicked This Way Comes setIn fictional town of Green Town, Illinois