Way in the Middle of the Air
E472925
"Way in the Middle of the Air" is a short story by Ray Bradbury that portrays African Americans in the U.S. South planning a mass exodus to Mars to escape racism and oppression.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Way in the Middle of the Air canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4833980 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Way in the Middle of the Air Context triple: [The Martian Chronicles, containsStory, Way in the Middle of the Air]
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A.
Taking to the Air
"Taking to the Air" is an episode of the BBC nature documentary series "Life in the Undergrowth" that explores how invertebrates evolved and adapted to life in the air.
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B.
Reach for the Sky
Reach for the Sky is a biographical account of British World War II flying ace Douglas Bader, focusing on his overcoming disability to become a celebrated fighter pilot.
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C.
No Highway in the Sky
No Highway in the Sky is a 1951 British disaster-drama film, based on Nevil Shute’s novel, about an eccentric engineer who predicts a catastrophic structural failure in a new airliner.
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D.
Music in the Air
Music in the Air is a 1932 Broadway musical with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics and book by Oscar Hammerstein II, known for its romantic plot set in Bavaria and songs like "The Song Is You."
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E.
Airborne at the Bridge
Airborne at the Bridge is a museum in Arnhem, Netherlands, dedicated to the Battle of Arnhem and the events surrounding the famous bridge during Operation Market Garden in World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Way in the Middle of the Air Target entity description: "Way in the Middle of the Air" is a short story by Ray Bradbury that portrays African Americans in the U.S. South planning a mass exodus to Mars to escape racism and oppression.
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A.
Taking to the Air
"Taking to the Air" is an episode of the BBC nature documentary series "Life in the Undergrowth" that explores how invertebrates evolved and adapted to life in the air.
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B.
Reach for the Sky
Reach for the Sky is a biographical account of British World War II flying ace Douglas Bader, focusing on his overcoming disability to become a celebrated fighter pilot.
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C.
No Highway in the Sky
No Highway in the Sky is a 1951 British disaster-drama film, based on Nevil Shute’s novel, about an eccentric engineer who predicts a catastrophic structural failure in a new airliner.
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D.
Music in the Air
Music in the Air is a 1932 Broadway musical with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics and book by Oscar Hammerstein II, known for its romantic plot set in Bavaria and songs like "The Song Is You."
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E.
Airborne at the Bridge
Airborne at the Bridge is a museum in Arnhem, Netherlands, dedicated to the Battle of Arnhem and the events surrounding the famous bridge during Operation Market Garden in World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
science fiction short story
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short story ⓘ |
| associatedWork |
The Martian Chronicles (fix-up novel)
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linked to:
The Martian Chronicles
|
| author | Ray Bradbury ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| depicts | Jim Crow-era racism in the American South ⓘ |
| explores |
power dynamics between races
ⓘ
social injustice ⓘ utopian escape through space travel ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1950 ⓘ |
| genre |
science fiction
ⓘ
speculative fiction ⓘ |
| hasApproximateLength | short story length ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
African American characters
ⓘ
white Southern racists ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose fiction ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
exodus
ⓘ
flight from oppression ⓘ space colonization as refuge ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
African Americans
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linked to:
Black Americans
racism in the United States ⓘ space travel to Mars ⓘ |
| includedInEdition | 1950 edition of The Martian Chronicles ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
African American migration
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escape from racism ⓘ oppression ⓘ racism ⓘ segregation in the United States ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial racial language and stereotypes
ⓘ
depiction of African Americans leaving the racist American South for Mars ⓘ |
| originalMedium | book ⓘ |
| partOf | The Martian Chronicles ⓘ |
| plotSummary | African Americans in the U.S. South plan a mass exodus to Mars to escape racism and oppression ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstBookAppearance | Doubleday ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
American South
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linked to:
Southern United States
Mars ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| workInSeries | Martian Chronicles stories ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Way in the Middle of the Air Description of subject: "Way in the Middle of the Air" is a short story by Ray Bradbury that portrays African Americans in the U.S. South planning a mass exodus to Mars to escape racism and oppression.
Referenced by (1)
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