Deathtrap
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| + | '''Deathtrap''' may refer to: | ||
| - | *A story about a writer creating a story; e.g. ''[[At Swim-Two-Birds]]'' by [[Brian O'Nolan|Flann O'Brien]], [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[Misery (novel)|Misery]]'' and ''[[Secret Window, Secret Garden]]'', [[Ian McEwan]]'s ''[[Atonement (novel)|Atonement]]'', ''[[The Counterfeiters (novel)|The Counterfeiters]]'' by [[André Gide]], [[John Irving]]'s ''[[The World According to Garp]]'', ''[[Alone on a Wide, Wide Sea]]'' by [[Michael Morpurgo]], ''[[A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man]]'' by [[James Joyce]], ''[[Oracle Night]]'' by [[Paul Auster]], ''[[More Bears!]]'' by [[Kenn Nesbitt]], and Cy Coleman's 1989 Tony Award best musical, ''[[City of Angels (musical)|City of Angels]]''. | + | *[[Deathtrap (play)|''Deathtrap'' (play)]], a 1978 play by Ira Levin which received a Tony Award nomination for Best Play |
| - | *A story about a reader reading a book; e.g. ''[[The Neverending Story]]'' by [[Michael Ende]], [[Italo Calvino]]'s ''[[If on a winter's night a traveler]]'', [[Ishmael Reed]]'s ''Mumbo Jumbo'', [[Elizabeth Kostova]]'s ''[[The Historian]]'' and ''[[The Princess Bride]]'' by [[William Goldman]]. | + | *[[Deathtrap (film)|''Deathtrap'' (film)]], a 1982 film based on the Levin play |
| - | *A story that features itself (as a narrative or as a physical object) as its own prop or [[MacGuffin]]; e.g. [[Cornelia Funke]]'s ''[[Inkheart]]'' (which also plays a role in the sequels); ''[[The Dark Tower (Lewis novel)|The Dark Tower]]'' by [[C. S. Lewis]]; [[Wim Coleman]] and [[Pat Perrin]]'s ''[[The Jamais Vu Papers]]''. [[Ira Levin]]'s play ''[[Deathtrap]]'' is an extreme example. | + | *''Death Trap'', a 1977 film better known as ''[[Eaten Alive]]'' |
| - | *A story containing another work of fiction within itself; e.g. ''[[The Laughing Man (Salinger)|The Laughing Man]]'', ''[[The Dark Tower (Lewis novel)|The Dark Tower]]'', ''[[The Iron Dream]]'', ''[[The Crying of Lot 49]]'', ''[[Sophie's World]]'', ''[[A Clockwork Orange]]'', ''[[Pale Fire]]'', ''[[The Princess Bride]]'', ''[[Ki Longfellow|Houdini Heart]], ''[[The Island of the Day Before]]'', ''[[Steppenwolf (novel)|Steppenwolf]]'', ''[[The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay]]'', ''[[The Man in the High Castle]]'', ''[[Heart of Darkness]]''. | + | *[[Deathtrap (plot device)]], a plot device in fiction and drama |
| - | *A story addressing the specific conventions of story, such as title, character conventions, paragraphing or plots; e.g. ''[[Lost in the Funhouse]]'' and ''[[On with the Story]]'' by [[John Barth]], ''[[The Last Unicorn]]'' by [[Peter S. Beagle]], or [[Stephen Sondheim]]'s musical ''[[Into the Woods]]''. | + | *Deathtrap, a hypothetical organism from [[Extraterrestrial (TV program)|''Extraterrestrial'']] |
| - | *A novel where the narrator intentionally exposes him or herself as the author of the story; e.g. ''[[The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao]]'', ''[[The Razor's Edge]]'', ''[[Mister B. Gone]]'', ''[[The Unbearable Lightness of Being]]'', ''[[The Plague]]'', ''[[Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (novel)|Even Cowgirls Get the Blues]]'', ''[[The BFG]]'', ''[[O Tempo e o Vento]]'', ''[[The Museum of Innocence]]'', [[Ishmael Reed]]'s ''[[Japanese by Spring]]'', ''[[The French Lieutenant's Woman]]'', ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'', [[Samuel R. Delany]]'s ''[[Nova (novel)|Nova]]''. | + | *Deathtrap, a character from ''[[Stormwatch (comics)|Stormwatch]]'', leader of a team of mercenaries |
| - | *A book in which the book itself seeks interaction with the reader; e.g. ''[[Willie Masters' Lonely Wife]]'' by [[William H. Gass]], ''[[House of Leaves]]'' by [[Mark Z. Danielewski]], or ''[[Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!]]'' by [[Mo Willems]]. | + | *''[[The Death Trap]]'', a 1984 video game developed and published by Square for the NEC PC-8801, NEC PC-9801, and Fujitsu FM-7 |
| - | *A story in which the readers of the story itself force the author to change the story; e.g. ''[[More Bears!]]'' by [[Kenn Nesbitt]]. | + | *''[[Will: The Death Trap II]]'', sequel to the previous game |
| + | *"Death Trap", a song by Hawkwind from their 1979 album ''[[PXR5]]'' | ||
| + | *"Death Trap", a song by Pantera from their 1988 album ''[[Power Metal (album)|Power Metal]]'' | ||
| + | *"Death Trap", a song by Gravediggaz from their 1997 album ''[[6 Feet Deep]]'' | ||
| + | *Death Trap, kind of a stage fatality which occurs in Mortal Kombat during the fight | ||
| + | *A political neologism used to condemn the budget proposal ''[[The Path to Prosperity]]'' | ||
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Deathtrap may refer to:
- Deathtrap (play), a 1978 play by Ira Levin which received a Tony Award nomination for Best Play
- Deathtrap (film), a 1982 film based on the Levin play
- Death Trap, a 1977 film better known as Eaten Alive
- Deathtrap (plot device), a plot device in fiction and drama
- Deathtrap, a hypothetical organism from Extraterrestrial
- Deathtrap, a character from Stormwatch, leader of a team of mercenaries
- The Death Trap, a 1984 video game developed and published by Square for the NEC PC-8801, NEC PC-9801, and Fujitsu FM-7
- Will: The Death Trap II, sequel to the previous game
- "Death Trap", a song by Hawkwind from their 1979 album PXR5
- "Death Trap", a song by Pantera from their 1988 album Power Metal
- "Death Trap", a song by Gravediggaz from their 1997 album 6 Feet Deep
- Death Trap, kind of a stage fatality which occurs in Mortal Kombat during the fight
- A political neologism used to condemn the budget proposal The Path to Prosperity
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