Desperation

1996 novel by Stephen King
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Desperation

Summary

Desperation is a literary work[1]. Desperation ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (507 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Desperation authored Stephen King[3].
  • Desperation received the Locus Award for Best Horror Novel[4].
  • Desperation's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • Desperation's publisher is recorded as Viking Press[6].
  • Desperation's genre is recorded as horror literature[7].
  • Desperation's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • Desperation's country of origin is recorded as United States[9].
  • Desperation's publication date is recorded as +1996-09-24T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Desperation's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01nd14[11].
  • Desperation's Open Library ID is recorded as OL81611W[12].
  • Desperation's has edition or translation is recorded as Desperation[13].
  • Desperation's has edition or translation is recorded as Q122073092[14].
  • Desperation's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 5739[15].
  • Desperation's ISFDB title ID is recorded as 3155[16].
  • Desperation's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Desperation'}[17].
  • Desperation's Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature NILF ID is recorded as 1043927[18].
  • Desperation's NNL item ID is recorded as 001800562[19].
  • Desperation's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Book", "Desperation"][20].
  • Desperation's derivative work is recorded as Stephen King's Desperation[21].
  • Desperation's OCLC work ID is recorded as 547033[22].
  • Desperation's NooSFere book ID is recorded as 1215[23].
  • Desperation's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Literature/Desperation[24].
  • Desperation's FantLab work ID is recorded as 394[25].
  • Desperation's BookBrainz work ID is recorded as bfc6bd4a-cf46-4e7c-a530-f2ce5dd3f896[26].
  • Desperation's form of creative work is recorded as novel[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Desperation authored Stephen King[3].

Recognition

Desperation received the Locus Award for Best Horror Novel[4].

Why It Matters

Desperation ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (507 views/month).[2] Desperation has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Desperation is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

What awards did Desperation receive?

Honors received include Locus Award for Best Horror Novel[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . sfadb.com. sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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