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"If This Goes On—"

novella by Robert A. Heinlein
VisualArtwork literary_work Q4177203

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14 properties
Instance of
literary work
Award received
Retro Hugo Award for Best Novella[2]
Inception
1940[9]
Author
Robert A. Heinlein[1]
Genre
science fiction[3]
Language of work or name
English[7]
Publication date
1953, February 1940[10][11]
Follows
The Menace from Earth[4]
Followed by
Coventry[5]
Part of the series
Future History[6]
Country of origin
United States[8]
Form of creative work
novella[24]
Published in
Revolt in 2100, Analog Science Fiction and Fact[12][13]
Title
Si ça arrivait, Si ça arrivait..., "If This Goes On—", Revolte im Jahre 2100, Se isto continuar, Se isso continuar, Si esto continúa ..., »Wenn das so weitergeht ...«, "Se continua così...", If This Goes On[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]
🏷️ Also known as
en "If This Goes On—" en If This Goes On en If This Goes On... de Revolte im Jahre 2100 de »Wenn das so weitergeht ...« es «Si esto continúa ..» es Si esto continúa ... fr Si ça arrivait fr Si ça arrivait... fr "Si ça continue..." it Rivolta 2100 it "Se continua così..." ja もしこのまま続けば ko 이대로 간다면 pt Se isso continuar pt Se isto continuar ru Если это будет продолжаться… tr If This Goes On- uk Якщо це триватиме zh 如果這樣下去……
🔖 Identifiers · 5
FantLab work ID
2726
Freebase ID
/m/0g8vd
ISFDB title ID
1.9M (59k–2.9M, n=10)
NooSFere story ID
24521
Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature NILF ID
1037570

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🔗 Connections
Form of creative work 3
novel, short story, novella
Author 1
Robert A. Heinlein
Country of origin 1
United States
Followed by 1
Coventry
Followed by (predecessor) 1
Coventry
Genre 1
science fiction
Instance of 1
literary work
Language of work or name 1
English
Part of the series 1
Future History
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What awards did "If This Goes On—" receive?

Honors received include Retro Hugo Award for Best Novella[2].

Related Entities

literary work Robert A. Heinlein United States

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  1. [1] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [2] ↑ . thehugoawards.org. thehugoawards.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  17. [17] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 16w ago · Harmonia Amanda · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Award received → —
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    Form of creative work → novella
    Country of origin → United States
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