Fear
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"Fear" is a 1940 psychological horror novella by L. Ron Hubbard that follows a professor’s descent into paranoia and madness after losing four hours of his memory.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fear canonical | 1 |
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novella
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psychological horror work ⓘ |
| author | L. Ron Hubbard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
madness
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memory loss ⓘ paranoia ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| firstPublicationMedium | pulp magazine ⓘ |
| genre |
horror fiction
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psychological horror ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryStyle |
psychological suspense
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weird fiction ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
hallucinations
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loss of identity ⓘ urban legends and folklore ⓘ |
| influencedBy | pulp horror tradition ⓘ |
| involvesSupernaturalElements | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| literaryReputation | considered one of L. Ron Hubbard's best early horror works ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | James Lowry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor | intense depiction of psychological disintegration ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1940 ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A professor descends into paranoia and madness after losing four hours of his memory. ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | professor of ethnology ⓘ |
| setting | a small American college town ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| timeSpanLostByProtagonist | four hours ⓘ |
| title | Fear NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workOfAuthor | L. Ron Hubbard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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