Time Out of Joint
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Time Out of Joint is a 1959 science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick that explores themes of constructed reality, paranoia, and government manipulation through the story of a man whose seemingly ordinary life gradually reveals itself to be an elaborate illusion.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Time Out of Joint canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
novel
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science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Philip K. Dick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
constructed reality
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free will ⓘ government manipulation ⓘ identity ⓘ memory ⓘ paranoia ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| firstPublishedIn | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Dr. Futurity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
psychological fiction
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science fiction ⓘ |
| hasAllusion | Shakespeare’s Hamlet line "time is out of joint" ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Margo
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Ragle Gumm NERFINISHED ⓘ Vic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | 250 ⓘ |
| hasSetting | apparently 1950s American small town ⓘ |
| hasStructure | linear narrative with revelations ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
conspiracy
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epistemology ⓘ psychological manipulation ⓘ surveillance ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Time Out of Joint NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Cold War anxieties ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern science fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Ragle Gumm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| motif |
breakdown of everyday reality
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false memories ⓘ media and information control ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of suburban American life as façade
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early exploration of simulated reality in fiction ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Philip K. Dick bibliography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotElement |
government conspiracy to manipulate protagonist
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hidden futuristic war context ⓘ protagonist gradually discovers his reality is an elaborate illusion ⓘ protagonist lives in seemingly ordinary small town ⓘ |
| precededBy | Eye in the Sky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| publisher | Lippincott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | late 1950s ⓘ |
| workOf | Philip K. Dick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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