Sea of Thirst

E469490

Sea of Thirst is a vast, dust-filled lunar basin in Arthur C. Clarke’s science fiction novel "A Fall of Moondust," serving as the perilous setting for the story’s central disaster.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sea of Thirst canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional location ⓘ
lunar basin ⓘ
setting in a novel ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sea of Thirst (fictional lunar mare) ⓘ
appearsInWork A Fall of Moondust ⓘ
associatedEvent entrapment of a tourist vessel ⓘ
subsurface dust avalanche ⓘ
authorOfWorkItAppearsIn Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ
countryOfAuthor United Kingdom ⓘ
creatorOfConcept Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ
dangerToCharacters risk of burial under dust ⓘ
risk of suffocation ⓘ
fictionalUniverse A Fall of Moondust ⓘ
genreContext hard science fiction ⓘ
gravityContext low lunar gravity ⓘ
hazardType dust-filled basin ⓘ
inUniverseUse tourist excursion site ⓘ
languageOfWorkItAppearsIn English ⓘ
location Moon ⓘ
mediumOfWorkItAppearsIn science fiction novel ⓘ
narrativeFunction perilous environment ⓘ
notableFeature deep dust layer ⓘ
lack of solid surface immediately beneath dust ⓘ
vast extent ⓘ
primaryConflictLocation Sea of Thirst ⓘ
roleInPlot central disaster setting ⓘ
surfaceComposition fine dust ⓘ
transportAssociated dust-cruiser Selene ⓘ
workPublicationYear 1961 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

A Fall of Moondust → narrativeLocation → Sea of Thirst ⓘ
Pat Harris → associatedWithLocation → Sea of Thirst ⓘ
Selene → environmentOfOperation → Sea of Thirst ⓘ
Sea of Thirst → primaryConflictLocation → Sea of Thirst ⓘ