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Going Postal

2004 novel by Terry Pratchett
VisualArtwork literary_work Q595128

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16 properties
Instance of
literary work
Award received
NPR Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books[3]
Author
Terry Pratchett[2]
Genre
fantasy comedy[4]
Language of work or name
English[6]
Publication date
October 2004[8]
Part of the series
Discworld[5]
Nominated for
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, Nebula Award for Best Novel[13][14]
Characters
Moist von Lipwig, Havelock Vetinari[9][10]
Country of origin
United Kingdom[7]
Different from
Terry Pratchett's Going Postal[16]
Form of creative work
novel[17]
Has edition or translation
Going Postal[11]
Main subject
post office[12]
Set in environment
fictional planet[18]
Title
Going Postal[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Going Postal cs Zaslaná pošta de Ab die Post de Going Postal es Cartas en el asunto fi Posti kulkee fr Timbré he מהומה רבה על לא דוור ko 판타스틱 우체국 nl Posterijen pl Piekło pocztowe ru Держи марку! ru Опочтарение ru Послать вразнос tr Postane zh 開始郵政
🔖 Identifiers · 13
BookBrainz work ID
1b50c6c4-af45-4d60-8955-6a0cd24a9963
Fandom article ID
discworld:Going_Postal
FantLab work ID
1951
Freebase ID
/m/034yth
Goodreads work ID
1636617
IDU literary work ID
1736
ISFDB title ID
153324
LibraryThing work ID
1045339
MusicBrainz work ID
27edce50-0d50-4600-92a9-8cebea09647c, 00f460e3-92a7-4945-8a85-be89aaa0a0a6
NNL item ID
003581340
NooSFere book ID
27161
OCLC work ID (obsolete)
179444
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Open Library ID
OL453952W, OL453733W

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🔗 Connections
Nominated for 2
Nebula Award for Best Novel, Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel
← Mb:writer 2
Terry Pratchett, Terry Pratchett
Author 1
Terry Pratchett
Belongs to 1
Discworld
Characters 1
Sam Vimes
Country of origin 1
United Kingdom
Different from 1
Terry Pratchett's Going Postal
Form of creative work 1
novel
Genre 1
fantasy
Instance of 1
literary work
Language of work or name 1
English
Main subject 1
post office
Part of the series 1
Discworld
Set in environment 1
fictional planet
← Based on 1
Terry Pratchett's Going Postal
← Different from 1
Terry Pratchett's Going Postal
← FactGrid item ID 1
Krzywa Góra, Greater Poland Voivodeship
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Summary

Going Postal is a literary work[1].

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What awards did Going Postal receive?

Honors received include NPR Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books[3].

Related Entities

literary work Terry Pratchett United Kingdom

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  1. [2] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . sfadb.com. sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . nebulas.sfwa.org. Retrieved . nebulas.sfwa.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . discworld.fandom.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Open Library ID → OL453952W, OL453733W
    Language of work or name → English
    Set in environment → fictional planet
    Nominated for → Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, Nebula Award for Best Novel
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