Heart of the Comet

1986 novel by Gregory Benford and David Brin
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Heart of the Comet

Summary

Heart of the Comet is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Heart of the Comet authored David Brin[3].
  • Heart of the Comet authored Gregory Benford[4].
  • Heart of the Comet's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • Heart of the Comet's genre is recorded as science fiction[6].
  • Heart of the Comet's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • Heart of the Comet's country of origin is recorded as United States[8].
  • Heart of the Comet's publication date is recorded as +1986-03-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Heart of the Comet's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07gxnn[10].
  • Heart of the Comet's narrative location is recorded as Halley's Comet[11].
  • Heart of the Comet's ISFDB title ID is recorded as 1806[12].
  • Heart of the Comet's nominated for is recorded as Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel[13].
  • Heart of the Comet's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Heart of the Comet'}[14].
  • Heart of the Comet's title is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Im Herzen des Kometen'}[15].
  • Heart of the Comet's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Au cœur de la comète'}[16].
  • Heart of the Comet's title is recorded as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Nel cuore della cometa'}[17].
  • Heart of the Comet's title is recorded as {'lang': 'sr', 'text': 'Srce komete'}[18].
  • Heart of the Comet's Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature NILF ID is recorded as 1007177[19].
  • Heart of the Comet's FantLab work ID is recorded as 10406[20].
  • Heart of the Comet's form of creative work is recorded as novel[21].

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Works and Contributions

Authored works include David Brin[3], an astronomer[22], b. 1950[23], of United States[24], awarded the Nebula Award for Best Novel[25] and Gregory Benford[4], a physicist[26], b. 1941[27], of United States[28], awarded the Nebula Award for Best Novelette[29].

Why It Matters

Heart of the Comet ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . fantascienza.com. fantascienza.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . fantascienza.com. fantascienza.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . 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.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [29] . 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. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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