Work Classification Layer
Compare Works
Pick two or more works to set their attribute fingerprints, dimension-by-dimension passages, and shared school embodiments side by side. Especially useful for author-stage comparisons (Wittgenstein early vs late) and for setting a single tradition's foundational texts against each other.
More Brilliant than the Sun: Adventures in Sonic Fiction
Eshun's 1998 founding theoretical work of Afrofuturist sonic theory
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | More Brilliant than the Sun: Adventures in Sonic Fiction (Mid) |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Infinite |
| Time · Ontological Status | Relational |
| Time · Grain | Continuous |
| Time · Freedom | Non-Deterministic |
| Time · Traversability | Non-Linear |
| Time · Dimensionality | One |
| Time · Direction | Bi-directional |
| Space · Extent | Infinite |
| Space · Ontological Status | Relational |
| Space · Curvature | Flat |
| Space · Dimensionality | Three |
| Space · Locality | Non-Local |
| Matter · Extent | Infinite |
| Matter · Ontological Status | Relational |
| Matter · Conservation | Conserved |
| Matter · Dimensionality | Three |
| Matter · Locality | Local |
| Observer · Time Instance | Multiple |
| Observer · Space Instance | Multiple |
| Observer · Knowledge Extent | Partial |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Total |
| Observer · Physicality | Embodied |
| Observer · Agency | Both |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Non-Theistic |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Experience |
| Observer · Theological Method | — |
| Energy · Extent | Infinite |
| Energy · Ontological Status | Relational |
| Energy · Conservation | Conserved |
| Energy · Dispersibility | Reversible |
| Information · Ontological Status | Relational |
| Information · Cosmic Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Personal Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Granularity | Continuous |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
More Brilliant than the Sun: Adventures in Sonic Fiction
The propulsive futural time of sonic fiction.
Space
More Brilliant than the Sun: Adventures in Sonic Fiction
The sonic-cosmic space.
Matter
More Brilliant than the Sun: Adventures in Sonic Fiction
The vibrational body of sound.
Observer
More Brilliant than the Sun: Adventures in Sonic Fiction
The listener becoming-alien through sonic fiction.
Energy
More Brilliant than the Sun: Adventures in Sonic Fiction
Energies of rhythm and sonic propulsion.
Information
More Brilliant than the Sun: Adventures in Sonic Fiction
Sonic fiction as Black-futural information.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Eshun's More Brilliant than the Sun: foundational work of Afrofuturist sonic theory; central reference for cultural studies of Black music.