Northwest Smith stories
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The Northwest Smith stories are a series of classic pulp science fiction tales by C. L. Moore featuring a hard-bitten spacefaring adventurer in exotic, often eerie planetary settings.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
pulp science fiction
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short story series ⓘ space opera ⓘ |
| author | C. L. Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| featuresTheme |
cosmic menace
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encounters with alien entities ⓘ forbidden desire ⓘ psychological horror ⓘ |
| firstPublicationMedium | Weird Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstStory | Shambleau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstStoryPublicationYear | 1933 ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Shambleau (creature)
NERFINISHED
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Vaudir NERFINISHED ⓘ Yarol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStory |
Black Thirst
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dust of Gods ⓘ Julhi NERFINISHED ⓘ Lost Paradise NERFINISHED ⓘ Scarlet Dream NERFINISHED ⓘ Shambleau NERFINISHED ⓘ Song in a Minor Key NERFINISHED ⓘ The Cold Gray God NERFINISHED ⓘ Yvala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
science fantasy
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space opera ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | early influential spacefaring antihero cycle ⓘ |
| magazineMarket | pulp magazines ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Northwest Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | third‑person narration ⓘ |
| notablePublication | Shambleau and Others NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| period | Golden Age of pulp magazines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation |
adventurer
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smuggler ⓘ |
| publicationEra | 1930s ⓘ |
| setting |
Mars
NERFINISHED
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Solar System NERFINISHED ⓘ Venus NERFINISHED ⓘ various alien planets ⓘ |
| style | lush descriptive prose ⓘ |
| subgenre |
pulp fiction
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weird science fiction ⓘ |
| tone |
eerie
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hard‑boiled ⓘ |
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