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Mission of Gravity

1953 novel by Hal Clement
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Mission of Gravity

Summary

Mission of Gravity is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (45 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mission of Gravity authored Hal Clement[3].
  • Mission of Gravity's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Mission of Gravity's publisher is recorded as Doubleday[5].
  • Mission of Gravity's genre is recorded as science fiction[6].
  • Mission of Gravity's followed by is recorded as Star Light[7].
  • Mission of Gravity's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • Mission of Gravity's country of origin is recorded as United States[9].
  • Mission of Gravity's publication date is recorded as +1953-07-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Mission of Gravity's publication date is recorded as +1971-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Mission of Gravity's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/062hld[12].
  • Mission of Gravity's cover art by is recorded as Joseph Mugnaini[13].
  • Mission of Gravity's ISFDB title ID is recorded as 1511[14].
  • Mission of Gravity's nominated for is recorded as Retro Hugo Award for Best Novel[15].
  • Mission of Gravity's nominated for is recorded as International Fantasy Award for Best Fiction[16].
  • Mission of Gravity's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Mission-of-Gravity[17].
  • Mission of Gravity's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mission of Gravity'}[18].
  • Mission of Gravity's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Question de poids'}[19].
  • Mission of Gravity's Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature NILF ID is recorded as 1020678[20].
  • Mission of Gravity's Quora topic ID is recorded as Mission-of-Gravity[21].
  • Mission of Gravity's NooSFere book ID is recorded as 8250[22].
  • Mission of Gravity's FantLab work ID is recorded as 18885[23].
  • Mission of Gravity's form of creative work is recorded as novel[24].

Body

Works and Contributions

Mission of Gravity authored Hal Clement[3].

Why It Matters

Mission of Gravity ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (45 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Related Entities

Hal Clement literary work United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . isfdb.org. Retrieved . isfdb.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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