The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
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The Cat Who Walks Through Walls is a 1985 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein that blends adventure, metafiction, and his interconnected "Future History" universe through the story of a writer drawn into a complex space-time conspiracy.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Robert A. Heinlein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToLiteraryMovement | Golden Age-influenced American science fiction ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
interconnected fictional universes
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metafictional self-reference ⓘ multiverse ⓘ time travel ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| features |
assassination plot
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interdimensional travel ⓘ space-time conspiracy ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| follows | The Number of the Beast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
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metafiction ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Hazel Stone
NERFINISHED
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Jubal Harshaw NERFINISHED ⓘ Lazarus Long NERFINISHED ⓘ Pixel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtist | Michael Whelan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 0-399-13039-2 ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Colonel Colin Campbell
NERFINISHED
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Gwen Novak NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Ames NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
breaking the fourth wall
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free will versus determinism ⓘ identity and role-playing ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | approximately 400 ⓘ |
| hasWorkingTitle | The Cat Who Walked Through Walls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | Heinlein late-period novels ⓘ |
| isFollowedBy | To Sail Beyond the Sunset NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableElement |
appearance of characters from other Heinlein works
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blending of author and character identities ⓘ |
| partOf | Heinlein Future History NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| publisher | G. P. Putnam's Sons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
multiple universes
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space stations ⓘ the Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| titleRefersTo | a cat named Pixel ⓘ |
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