"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman

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"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman is a classic dystopian science fiction short story that satirizes rigidly scheduled societies through the conflict between a whimsical rebel and an authoritarian timekeeper.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dystopian fiction
science fiction work
short story
alternateName Repent, Harlequin, Said the Ticktockman NERFINISHED
antagonistRole authoritarian timekeeper
author Harlan Ellison NERFINISHED
awardReceived Hugo Award for Best Short Fiction NERFINISHED
Nebula Award for Best Short Story NERFINISHED
awardYear 1965 Nebula Award for Best Short Story
1966 Hugo Award for Best Short Fiction
centralConflict rebel versus authoritarian timekeeper
collectedIn Paingod and Other Delusions NERFINISHED
containsAllusionTo Henry David Thoreau NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstPublicationYear 1965
firstPublishedIn Galaxy Science Fiction NERFINISHED
genre dystopian
satire
science fiction
hasCharacter Everett C. Marm NERFINISHED
Master Timekeeper NERFINISHED
Pretty Alice NERFINISHED
hasInfluenceOn later dystopian science fiction
hasMoralOrMessage resistance to oppressive systems
hasTitlePunctuation includes quotation marks and exclamation point
includedIn numerous science fiction anthologies
influencedBy "Civil Disobedience" by Henry David Thoreau NERFINISHED
isFrequentlyTaughtIn university literature courses
language English
literaryMovement New Wave science fiction
mainAntagonist the Ticktockman NERFINISHED
mainCharacter the Harlequin NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective third-person narration
narrativeStyle nonlinear
notableFor critique of punctuality as social control
innovative narrative structure
originalPublicationMedium magazine
periodOfOrigin 1960s American science fiction
protagonistRole whimsical rebel
publicationType magazine short story
satirizes bureaucratic control of time
rigidly scheduled societies
setting future dystopian society
targetAudience adult readers
theme authoritarianism
civil disobedience
conformity versus individuality
rigid scheduling and time control

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