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Engine Summer

1979 novel by John Crowley
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Summary

Engine Summer is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (521 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: John Crowley[3]
  • Illustrator: Gary Friedman[4]
  • Publisher: Doubleday[5]
  • Genre: science fiction[6]
  • Language of work or name: English[7]
  • Country of origin: United States[8]
  • Publication date: March 1979[9]
  • Cover art by: Gary Friedman[10]
  • Nominated for: John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel[11], BSFA Award for Best Novel[12], Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel[13]
  • Title: Engine Summer[14], La Città Dell'estate[15]
  • Form of creative work: novel[16]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . christopher-mckitterick.com. christopher-mckitterick.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . sfadb.com. sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . sfadb.com. sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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  1. 7d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['en']
    Instance of → literary work
    Form of creative work → novel
    Illustrator → Gary Friedman
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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