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Bears Discover Fire

1990 short story by Terry Bisson
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Bears Discover Fire

Summary

Bears Discover Fire is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bears Discover Fire authored Terry Bisson[3].
  • Bears Discover Fire received the Locus Award for Best Short Story[4].
  • Bears Discover Fire received the Hugo Award for Best Short Story[5].
  • Bears Discover Fire received the Theodore Sturgeon Award[6].
  • Bears Discover Fire received the Nebula Award for Best Short Story[7].
  • Bears Discover Fire's instance of is recorded as literary work[8].
  • Bears Discover Fire's genre is recorded as science fiction[9].
  • Bears Discover Fire's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Bears Discover Fire's country of origin is recorded as United States[11].
  • Bears Discover Fire's publication date is recorded as +1990-08-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Bears Discover Fire's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/071y24[13].
  • Bears Discover Fire's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 4352177[14].
  • Bears Discover Fire's ISFDB title ID is recorded as 41626[15].
  • Bears Discover Fire's nominated for is recorded as World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction[16].
  • Bears Discover Fire's nominated for is recorded as Nebula Award for Best Short Story[17].
  • Bears Discover Fire's published in is recorded as Asimov's Science Fiction[18].
  • Bears Discover Fire's published in is recorded as Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction[19].
  • Bears Discover Fire's published in is recorded as Futurs pas possibles[20].
  • Bears Discover Fire's title is recorded as Bears Discover Fire[21].
  • Bears Discover Fire's title is recorded as Die Bären entdecken das Feuer[22].
  • Bears Discover Fire's title is recorded as Cuando los osos descubrieron el fuego[23].
  • Bears Discover Fire's title is recorded as Los osos descubren el fuego[24].
  • Bears Discover Fire's title is recorded as Le Jour où les ours ont découvert le feu[25].
  • Bears Discover Fire's title is recorded as Les Ours découvrent le feu[26].
  • Bears Discover Fire's title is recorded as Quando gli orsi scoprirono il fuoco[27].

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Works and Contributions

Bears Discover Fire authored Terry Bisson[3].

Recognition

Awards received include Locus Award for Best Short Story[4], a literary award[28], in United States[29]; Hugo Award for Best Short Story[5], a literary award[30], founded in 1955[31]; Theodore Sturgeon Award[6], a literary award[32], in United States[33], founded in 1987[34]; and Nebula Award for Best Short Story[7], a literary award[35], in United States[36], founded in 1966[37].

Why It Matters

Bears Discover Fire ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21 views/month).[2]

FAQs

What awards did Bears Discover Fire receive?

Honors received include Locus Award for Best Short Story[4], Hugo Award for Best Short Story[5], Theodore Sturgeon Award[6], and Nebula Award for Best Short Story[7].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  6. [6] ↑ . sfadb.com. Retrieved . sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  9. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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