"Battleground" (short story)
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"Battleground" is a horror short story by Stephen King about a hitman who is violently attacked by a squad of tiny, sentient toy soldiers seeking revenge.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Battleground | 0 |
| Battleground (short story) | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
horror fiction
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short story ⓘ |
| adaptationCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationDirector | Brian Henson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationLanguage | English ⓘ |
| adaptationLeadActor | William Hurt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationMedium | television ⓘ |
| adaptationNetwork | TNT NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationNotableFeature | almost no spoken dialogue ⓘ |
| adaptationScreenwriter | Richard Christian Matheson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationType | television episode ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | Battleground (segment of Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Stephen King ⓘ |
| collectionPublicationYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| conflictType | man versus supernatural ⓘ |
| containsElement |
close-quarters combat
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explosives ⓘ siege ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| features |
miniature military equipment
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sentient toy soldiers ⓘ toy helicopter gunship ⓘ toy tanks ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Stephen King universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationType | men's magazine ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Cavalier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
dark fantasy
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horror ⓘ |
| hasWikipediaPage | yes ⓘ |
| includedInCollection | Night Shift NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterPublicationFormat | short story collection ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Renshaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of toy soldiers as lethal antagonists
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minimal dialogue in television adaptation ⓘ |
| originalPublicationFormat | magazine short story ⓘ |
| partOf | Stephen King short fiction bibliography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | hitman ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollection | Doubleday NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Renshaw's high-rise apartment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
isolation
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revenge ⓘ supernatural retribution ⓘ violence ⓘ |
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Battleground (segment of Nightmares & Dreamscapes TV series)
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"Battleground" (short story)
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Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
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Battleground (short story)