Harry Bates short story "Farewell to the Master"

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"Farewell to the Master" is a 1940 science fiction short story by Harry Bates that inspired the classic alien-visitation film The Day the Earth Stood Still.

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instanceOf literary work
science fiction short story
adaptedInto radio dramatizations
author Harry Bates NERFINISHED
centralTheme alien visitation
misunderstanding between humans and aliens
the nature of authority
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
editorAtFirstPublication John W. Campbell NERFINISHED
firstPublishedIn Astounding Science Fiction NERFINISHED
genre science fiction
hasCharacter Gnut NERFINISHED
Klaatu NERFINISHED
hasForm short fiction
hasMainCharacter Cliff Sutherland NERFINISHED
hasNotableQuote “You misunderstand, I am the master.”
hasRobotCharacter Gnut NERFINISHED
hasSubject ethics of power
human reaction to the unknown
xenophobia
hasTwistEnding true
hasWordCountRange novelette-length
influenced later depictions of benevolent aliens in popular culture
inspired The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 film) NERFINISHED
language English
medium print
narrativePerspective first-person
originalPublicationYear 1940
period Golden Age of Science Fiction NERFINISHED
publicationType magazine
publisher Street & Smith (for Astounding Science Fiction) NERFINISHED
setting United States of America
surface form: United States

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The Day the Earth Stood Still basedOn Harry Bates short story "Farewell to the Master"
subject surface form: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 film)