If the Stars Are Gods

1974 novelette by Gregory Benford and Gordon Eklund
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If the Stars Are Gods

Summary

If the Stars Are Gods is a literary work[1].

Key Facts

  • If the Stars Are Gods authored Gordon Eklund[2].
  • If the Stars Are Gods authored Gregory Benford[3].
  • If the Stars Are Gods received the Nebula Award for Best Novelette[4].
  • If the Stars Are Gods's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • If the Stars Are Gods's genre is science fiction[6].
  • If the Stars Are Gods's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • If the Stars Are Gods's country of origin is recorded as United States[8].
  • If the Stars Are Gods was released on March 1974[9].
  • If the Stars Are Gods's nominated for is recorded as Locus Award for Best Novelette[10].
  • If the Stars Are Gods's published in is recorded as Universe 4[11].
  • If the Stars Are Gods's title is recorded as If the Stars Are Gods[12].
  • If the Stars Are Gods's derivative work is recorded as If the Stars Are Gods[13].
  • If the Stars Are Gods's form of creative work is recorded as novelette[14].

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Authorship and Creation

Authored works include Gordon Eklund[2], a novelist[15], b. 1945[16], of United States[17], awarded the Nebula Award for Best Novelette[18] and Gregory Benford[3], a physicist[19], b. 1941[20], of United States[21], awarded the Nebula Award for Best Novelette[22].

Publication

If the Stars Are Gods was published on March 1974[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[7]. Its genre is science fiction[6].

Reception

If the Stars Are Gods received the Nebula Award for Best Novelette[4].

FAQs

What awards did If the Stars Are Gods receive?

Honors received include Nebula Award for Best Novelette[4].

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  5. [4] . nebulas.sfwa.org. Retrieved . nebulas.sfwa.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . sfadb.com. sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

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    Publication date +1974-03-00T00:00:00Z
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