Beyond Lies the Wub

short story by Philip K. Dick
VisualArtwork literary_work Q3203490
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Beyond Lies the Wub

Summary

Beyond Lies the Wub is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (78 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Beyond Lies the Wub authored Philip K. Dick[3].
  • Beyond Lies the Wub's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Beyond Lies the Wub's genre is science fiction[5].
  • Beyond Lies the Wub's language of work or name is recorded as American English[6].
  • Beyond Lies the Wub was released on July 1952[7].
  • Beyond Lies the Wub's has edition or translation is recorded as Beyond Lies the Wub[8].
  • Beyond Lies the Wub's has edition or translation is recorded as Beyond Lies the Wub[9].
  • Beyond Lies the Wub's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Beyond Lies the Wub'}[10].
  • Beyond Lies the Wub's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'They had almost finished with the loading.'}[11].
  • Beyond Lies the Wub's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': '"Odysseus, as I understand him—"'}[12].
  • Beyond Lies the Wub's copyright status is recorded as public domain[13].
  • Beyond Lies the Wub's form of creative work is recorded as short story[14].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

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  • Release type: Prose[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 87e0f052-bf89-453e-9880-feb724585098[16]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Beyond Lies the Wub authored Philip K. Dick[3].

Publication

Beyond Lies the Wub was published on July 1952[7]. Its language of work or name is recorded as American English[6]. Its genre is science fiction[5].

Cultural Impact

Things named for Beyond Lies the Wub include it[17], a literary work[18], written by Philip K. Dick[19].

Why It Matters

Beyond Lies the Wub ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (78 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Entities named for it include it[17], a literary work[18], written by Philip K. Dick[19].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [15] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [17] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Beyond Lies the Wub. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/beyond-lies-the-wub
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_beyond-lies-the-wub_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Beyond Lies the Wub}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/beyond-lies-the-wub}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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