No Particular Night or Morning
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"No Particular Night or Morning" is a science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury that explores paranoia, existential dread, and the nature of reality during a deep-space voyage.
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | science fiction short story ⓘ |
| author | Ray Bradbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConflict |
protagonist's doubt about the existence of external reality
ⓘ
tension between rationality and paranoia ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| exploresConcept |
cosmic insignificance
ⓘ
mental instability in space travel ⓘ subjective reality ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverseElement | long-duration space voyage ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1952 ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryMovement | mid-20th-century American science fiction ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
disorientation in time
ⓘ
emptiness of space ⓘ fear of non-existence ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
epistemological doubt
ⓘ
human psyche under extreme conditions ⓘ space travel ⓘ |
| hasTone |
claustrophobic
ⓘ
dark ⓘ philosophical ⓘ |
| includedInCollection | The Illustrated Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
philosophical dialogue
ⓘ
psychological horror elements ⓘ unreliable perception ⓘ |
| literaryForm | short story ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Clemens
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hitchcock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalPublicationMedium | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | The Illustrated Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstMagazineAppearance | Fantasy House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
deep space
ⓘ
interstellar spaceship ⓘ |
| theme |
existential dread
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isolation ⓘ nature of reality ⓘ paranoia ⓘ psychological breakdown ⓘ |
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