Northwest Smith

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Northwest Smith is a classic pulp science fiction antihero, a hard-bitten spacefaring outlaw featured in C. L. Moore’s influential 1930s stories.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf antihero
fictional character
pulp magazine character
science fiction character
alignment lawless
appearsIn Northwest of Earth NERFINISHED
associatedWithAuthor Henry Kuttner NERFINISHED
characterTrait cynical
hard-bitten
morally ambiguous
tough
companionSpecies Venusian
countryOfOrigin United States of America
creator C. L. Moore NERFINISHED
eyeColor gray
firstAppearance Shambleau NERFINISHED
firstPublicationYear 1933
firstPublishedIn Weird Tales NERFINISHED
gender male
genre science fiction
hairColor brown
hasCompanion Yarol NERFINISHED
hasWeapon blaster
ray-gun
influenced later spacefaring antiheroes in science fiction
influencedGenre space opera
languageOfWork English
literaryPeriod 1930s
literaryStyle weird fiction
narrativeRole protagonist
notableCharacteristic scarred face
notableWork Black Thirst NERFINISHED
Dust of Gods NERFINISHED
Julhi NERFINISHED
Lost Paradise NERFINISHED
Quest of the Starstone NERFINISHED
Scarlet Dream NERFINISHED
Shambleau NERFINISHED
The Cold Gray God NERFINISHED
Tree of Life NERFINISHED
Yvala NERFINISHED
occupation outlaw
smuggler
publicationMedium pulp magazine
setting Mars NERFINISHED
Solar System NERFINISHED
Venus NERFINISHED
future
species human

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C. L. Moore notableCharacterCreated Northwest Smith