Little Brother

novel by Cory Doctorow
VisualArtwork literary_work Q1865620
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Little Brother

Summary

Little Brother is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (362 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Little Brother authored Cory Doctorow[3].
  • Little Brother received the Prometheus Award[4].
  • Little Brother received the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel[5].
  • Little Brother's instance of is recorded as literary work[6].
  • Little Brother's genre is dystopian fiction[7].
  • Little Brother's genre is young adult fiction[8].
  • Little Brother was followed by Homeland[9].
  • Little Brother's part of the series is recorded as Little Brother[10].
  • Little Brother's depicts is recorded as Cory Doctorow[11].
  • Little Brother's copyright license is recorded as Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike[12].
  • Little Brother's Commons category is recorded as Little Brother illustrations[13].
  • Little Brother's language of work or name is recorded as English[14].
  • Little Brother's country of origin is recorded as United States[15].
  • Little Brother was published on April 29, 2008[16].
  • Little Brother's has edition or translation is recorded as Little Brother[17].
  • Little Brother's has edition or translation is recorded as Little Brother[18].
  • Little Brother's has edition or translation is recorded as Little Brother[19].
  • Little Brother's narrative location is recorded as San Francisco[20].
  • Little Brother's official website is recorded as http://craphound.com/category/littlebrother[21].
  • Little Brother's main subject is terrorism[22].
  • Little Brother's main subject is privacy[23].
  • Little Brother's work available at URL is recorded as http://craphound.com/littlebrother/download[24].
  • Little Brother's nominated for is recorded as Hugo Award for Best Novel[25].
  • Little Brother's nominated for is recorded as Nebula Award for Best Novel[26].
  • Little Brother's nominated for is recorded as Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Prose[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: fa70f4f0-b809-4402-b200-eb0d6185a2b3[29]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Little Brother authored Cory Doctorow[3].

Publication

Little Brother was published on April 29, 2008[16]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[14]. Genres include dystopian fiction[7] and young adult fiction[8]. Its part of the series is recorded as it[10].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include terrorism[22] and privacy[23]. Little Brother's part of the series is recorded as it[10].

Reception

Awards received include Prometheus Award[4], a group of awards[30], in United States[31], founded in 1979[32] and John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel[5], a literary award[33], in United States[34], founded in 1973[35].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Little Brother was followed by Homeland[9].

Why It Matters

Little Brother ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (362 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36]

FAQs

What awards did Little Brother receive?

Honors received include Prometheus Award[4] and John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . thehugoawards.org. Retrieved . thehugoawards.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . nebulas.sfwa.org. Retrieved . nebulas.sfwa.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . sfadb.com. Retrieved . sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [35] . 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. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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