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Random Acts of Senseless Violence

1993 novel by Jack Womack
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Summary

Random Acts of Senseless Violence is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (323 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Jack Womack[3]
  • Publisher: Grove Press[4], Grove Atlantic[5]
  • Genre: dystopian fiction[6], satirical fiction[7]
  • Follows: Elvissey[8]
  • Followed by: Going, Going, Gone[9]
  • Language of work or name: English[10]
  • Country of origin: United States[11]
  • Publication date: September 1994[12]
  • Has edition or translation: Random Acts of Senseless Violence[13]
  • Narrative location: New York City[14]
  • Nominated for: Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel[15], Kurd Lasswitz Award for Best Foreign Work[16]
  • Title: Random Acts of Senseless Violence[17], Zufällige Akte sinnloser Gewalt[18], Journal de nuit[19]
  • Form of creative work: novel[20]

Why It Matters

Random Acts of Senseless Violence is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . sfadb.com. sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . kurd-lasswitz-preis.de. kurd-lasswitz-preis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · Iamcarbon · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Title → Random Acts of Senseless Violence, Zufällige Akte sinnloser Gewalt, Journal de nuit
    Wikidata description → 1993 novel by Jack Womack
    Author → Jack Womack
    Follows → Elvissey
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ Form of creative work: novel, add [[:Q2629164|ISFDB]] reference"
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