fictional town of Green Town, Illinois

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The fictional town of Green Town, Illinois is Ray Bradbury’s nostalgic, small Midwestern community that serves as the primary setting for several of his works, including the dark fantasy novel "Something Wicked This Way Comes."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional town ⓘ
literary setting ⓘ
associatedWithAuthorPersona Ray Bradbury’s childhood experiences ⓘ
associatedWithSeasonalImagery autumn ⓘ
summer ⓘ
associatedWithTheme coming of age ⓘ
good versus evil ⓘ
memory and time ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
creator Ray Bradbury ⓘ
describedAs nostalgic small Midwestern community ⓘ
fictionalCounterpartOf Waukegan, Illinois ⓘ
firstMajorAppearance Dandelion Wine ⓘ
genreAssociation dark fantasy ⓘ
fantasy literature ⓘ
science fiction-adjacent literature ⓘ
hasFictionalStatus nonexistent in real geography ⓘ
inspiredBy Waukegan, Illinois ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature ⓘ
locatedIn Illinois ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ
medium prose fiction ⓘ
modeledOnTimePeriod 1920s America ⓘ
1930s America ⓘ
narrativeFunction evocation of American small-town childhood ⓘ
site of supernatural and uncanny events ⓘ
notableAppearance Farewell Summer ⓘ
Something Wicked This Way Comes ⓘ
settingFor Dandelion Wine ⓘ
Farewell Summer ⓘ
Something Wicked This Way Comes ⓘ
The Halloween Tree ⓘ
various Ray Bradbury short stories ⓘ

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Something Wicked This Way Comes → setIn → fictional town of Green Town, Illinois ⓘ
The Dust Witch → basedInWork → Green Town, Illinois (fictional) ⓘ
linked to: fictional town of Green Town, Illinois