On the Beach

Summary

On the Beach is a literary work^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (735 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• On the Beach authored Nevil Shute^[3].
• On the Beach's instance of is recorded as literary work^[4].
• On the Beach's publisher is recorded as Heinemann^[5].
• On the Beach's genre is recorded as post-apocalyptic literature^[6].
• On the Beach's genre is recorded as science fiction^[7].
• On the Beach's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 174153985^[8].
• On the Beach's language of work or name is recorded as English^[9].
• On the Beach's country of origin is recorded as Australia^[10].
• +1957-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of On the Beach^[11].
• On the Beach's publication date is recorded as +1957-00-00T00:00:00Z^[12].
• On the Beach's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/014chh^[13].
• On the Beach's Open Library ID is recorded as OL2779745W^[14].
• On the Beach's has edition or translation is recorded as Q138018851^[15].
• On the Beach's has edition or translation is recorded as Q138019067^[16].
• On the Beach's narrative location is recorded as Australian continent^[17].
• On the Beach's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 3677552^[18].
• On the Beach's ISFDB title ID is recorded as 1437^[19].
• On the Beach's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/On-the-Beach-novel-by-Shute^[20].
• On the Beach's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'On the Beach'}^[21].
• On the Beach's different from is recorded as The Beach^[22].
• On the Beach's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Lieutenant Commander Peter Holmes of the Royal Australian Navy woke soon after dawn.'}^[23].
• On the Beach's author name string is recorded as Shute^[24].
• On the Beach's Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature NILF ID is recorded as 1071850^[25].
• On the Beach's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Then she put the tablets in her mouth and swallowed them down with a mouthful of brandy, sitting behind the wheel of her big car.'}^[26].
• On the Beach's derivative work is recorded as On the Beach^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

On the Beach authored Nevil Shute^[3].

Why It Matters

On the Beach ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (735 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]