Redshirts

2012 novel by John Scalzi
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Redshirts

Summary

Redshirts is a literary work[1]. Redshirts ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (324 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Redshirts authored John Scalzi[3].
  • Redshirts received the Hugo Award for Best Novel[4].
  • Redshirts received the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel[5].
  • Redshirts's instance of is recorded as literary work[6].
  • Redshirts was published by Tor Books[7].
  • Redshirts's genre is science fiction[8].
  • Redshirts's place of publication is recorded as United States[9].
  • Redshirts's language of work or name is recorded as American English[10].
  • Redshirts's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • Redshirts's country of origin is recorded as United States[12].
  • Redshirts was released on June 5, 2012[13].
  • Redshirts's has edition or translation is recorded as Redshirts[14].
  • Redshirts's nominated for is recorded as Kurd Lasswitz Award for Best Foreign Work[15].
  • Redshirts's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Redshirts'}[16].
  • Redshirts's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Redshirts - Au mépris du danger'}[17].
  • Redshirts's title is recorded as {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'Червеноризци'}[18].
  • Redshirts's title is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Redshirts'}[19].
  • Redshirts's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Redshirts: Au mépris du danger'}[20].
  • Redshirts's title is recorded as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Uomini in rosso'}[21].
  • Redshirts's title is recorded as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'Redshirts'}[22].
  • Redshirts's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'A Novel with Three Codas'}[23].
  • Redshirts's form of creative work is recorded as novel[24].

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[25]

  • MusicBrainz ID: e7b6c14c-75aa-42e8-a040-a35c5aef5b99[26]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Redshirts authored John Scalzi[3]. Redshirts was published by Tor Books[7].

Publication

Redshirts was released on June 5, 2012[13]. Redshirts's place of publication is recorded as United States[9]. Languages include American English[10] and English[11]. Redshirts's genre is science fiction[8].

Reception

Awards received include Hugo Award for Best Novel[4], a literary award[27], founded in 1953[28] and Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel[5], a literary award[29], in United States[30], founded in 1978[31].

Why It Matters

Redshirts ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (324 views/month).[2] Redshirts has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Redshirts is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

FAQs

What awards did Redshirts receive?

Honors received include Hugo Award for Best Novel[4] and Locus 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. [4] . thehugoawards.org. thehugoawards.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . sfadb.com. sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . kurd-lasswitz-preis.de. kurd-lasswitz-preis.de. Provenance: 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.

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

  1. [25] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [26] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [31] . 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. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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