Hell Is the Absence of God

2001 novelette by Ted Chiang
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Hell Is the Absence of God

Summary

Hell Is the Absence of God is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (170 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hell Is the Absence of God authored Ted Chiang[3].
  • Hell Is the Absence of God received the Locus Award for Best Novelette[4].
  • Hell Is the Absence of God received the Hugo Award for Best Novelette[5].
  • Hell Is the Absence of God received the Seiun Award for Best Translated Short Story[6].
  • Hell Is the Absence of God received the Nebula Award for Best Novelette[7].
  • Hell Is the Absence of God's instance of is recorded as literary work[8].
  • Hell Is the Absence of God's genre is recorded as science fiction[9].
  • Hell Is the Absence of God's genre is recorded as fantasy[10].
  • Hell Is the Absence of God's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • Hell Is the Absence of God's country of origin is recorded as United States[12].
  • Hell Is the Absence of God's publication date is recorded as +2001-07-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Hell Is the Absence of God's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/040zwx1[14].
  • Hell Is the Absence of God's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 462171[15].
  • Hell Is the Absence of God's ISFDB title ID is recorded as 100308[16].
  • Hell Is the Absence of God's nominated for is recorded as Theodore Sturgeon Award[17].
  • Hell Is the Absence of God's published in is recorded as Starlight 3[18].
  • Hell Is the Absence of God's published in is recorded as Stories of Your Life and Others[19].
  • Hell Is the Absence of God's published in is recorded as Feeling Very Strange: The Slipstream Anthology[20].
  • Hell Is the Absence of God's published in is recorded as Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction[21].
  • Hell Is the Absence of God's title is recorded as Hell Is the Absence of God[22].
  • Hell Is the Absence of God's title is recorded as Die Hölle ist die Abwesenheit Gottes[23].
  • Hell Is the Absence of God's title is recorded as El infierno es la ausencia de Dios[24].
  • Hell Is the Absence of God's title is recorded as L'enfer, quand Dieu n'est pas présent[25].
  • Hell Is the Absence of God's title is recorded as L'inferno è l'assenza di Dio[26].
  • Hell Is the Absence of God's title is recorded as 地獄とは神の不在なり[27].

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Works and Contributions

Hell Is the Absence of God authored Ted Chiang[3].

Recognition

Awards received include Locus Award for Best Novelette[4], a literary award[28], in United States[29]; Hugo Award for Best Novelette[5], a literary award[30], founded in 1955[31]; Seiun Award for Best Translated Short Story[6], a literary award[32], in Japan[33]; and Nebula Award for Best Novelette[7], a literary award[34], in United States[35], founded in 1966[36].

Why It Matters

Hell Is the Absence of God ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (170 views/month).[2]

FAQs

What awards did Hell Is the Absence of God receive?

Honors received include Locus Award for Best Novelette[4], Hugo Award for Best Novelette[5], Seiun Award for Best Translated Short Story[6], and Nebula Award for Best Novelette[7].

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Class ancestry

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

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

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