Excession

1996 novel by Iain M. Banks
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Excession

Summary

Excession is a literary work[1]. Excession ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (315 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Excession authored Iain Banks[3].
  • Excession received the BSFA Award for Best Novel[4].
  • Excession received the Kurd Lasswitz Award for Best Foreign Work[5].
  • Excession's instance of is recorded as literary work[6].
  • Excession's genre is recorded as science fiction[7].
  • Excession's genre is recorded as metaphysical science fiction[8].
  • Excession's follows is recorded as Use of Weapons[9].
  • Excession's followed by is recorded as Inversions[10].
  • Excession's part of the series is recorded as Culture series[11].
  • Excession's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • Excession's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[13].
  • +1996-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Excession[14].
  • Excession's publication date is recorded as +1996-00-00T00:00:00Z[15].
  • Excession's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0hzpk[16].
  • Excession's Open Library ID is recorded as OL11169894W[17].
  • Excession's Open Library ID is recorded as OL8368435W[18].
  • Excession's has edition or translation is recorded as Excession[19].
  • Excession's has edition or translation is recorded as Excession[20].
  • Excession's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 18673[21].
  • Excession's ISFDB title ID is recorded as 6886[22].
  • Excession's nominated for is recorded as Otherwise Award[23].
  • Excession's nominated for is recorded as Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel[24].
  • Excession's nominated for is recorded as August Derleth Award[25].
  • Excession's takes place in fictional universe is recorded as The Culture[26].
  • Excession's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Excession'}[27].

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Works and Contributions

Excession authored Iain Banks[3].

Recognition

Awards received include BSFA Award for Best Novel[4], a literary award[28], in United Kingdom[29], founded in 1970[30] and Kurd Lasswitz Award for Best Foreign Work[5], a class of award[31], founded in 1980[32].

Why It Matters

Excession ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (315 views/month).[2] Excession has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33]

FAQs

What awards did Excession receive?

Honors received include BSFA Award for Best Novel[4] and Kurd Lasswitz Award for Best Foreign Work[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . 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. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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