The Big Time
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The Big Time is a Hugo Award–winning science fiction novel by Fritz Leiber that explores time travel, reality manipulation, and the psychological impact of an endless temporal war.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Big Time canonical | 2 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | science fiction novel ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Change War novel ⓘ |
| author | Fritz Leiber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Hugo Award
NERFINISHED
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Hugo Award for Best Novel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
endless temporal war
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psychological impact of war ⓘ reality manipulation ⓘ time travel ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| coverArtist | Ed Emshwiller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
closed environment drama
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existentialism ⓘ identity and memory ⓘ paradoxes of time travel ⓘ |
| featuresOrganization |
Snakes
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Spiders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | serial ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Galaxy Science Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacterRole | soldiers recruited from different historical periods ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later time-war narratives ⓘ |
| hasSequelOrRelatedWork | The Change War (short stories cycle) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
dialogue-driven
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theatrical, single-location structure ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | novel ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Golden Age of Science Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainConflict | Change War between Spiders and Snakes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePointOfView | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | Greta Forzane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Hugo Award recognition early in award history
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depicting war as psychological confinement ⓘ |
| originalMedium | magazine publication ⓘ |
| pageCount | short novel ⓘ |
| partOf | Change War series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1958 ⓘ |
| publisher | Ace Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | The Place NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgenre |
philosophical science fiction
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space opera ⓘ time travel fiction ⓘ |
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