"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman

short story by Harlan Ellison
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"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman

Summary

"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman is a literary work[1]. "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman authored Harlan Ellison[3].
  • "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman received the Hugo Award for Best Short Story[4].
  • "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman received the Prometheus Award - Hall of Fame[5].
  • "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman received the Nebula Award for Best Short Story[6].
  • "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman's instance of is recorded as literary work[7].
  • "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman's genre is recorded as science fiction[8].
  • "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman's language of work or name is recorded as American English[9].
  • "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman's country of origin is recorded as United States[11].
  • "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman's publication date is recorded as +1965-12-01T00:00:00Z[12].
  • "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/054qln[13].
  • "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman's Open Library ID is recorded as OL1737286W[14].
  • "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman's has edition or translation is recorded as "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman[15].
  • "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman's ISFDB title ID is recorded as 41692[16].
  • "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman's nominated for is recorded as Nebula Award for Best Short Story[17].
  • "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman's published in is recorded as Galaxy Science Fiction[18].
  • "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': '"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman'}[19].
  • "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman's Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature NILF ID is recorded as 1030143[20].
  • "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman's NooSFere story ID is recorded as 20528[21].
  • "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman's FantLab work ID is recorded as 14828[22].
  • "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman's form of creative work is recorded as short story[23].

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Works and Contributions

"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman authored Harlan Ellison[3].

Recognition

Awards received include Hugo Award for Best Short Story[4], a literary award[24], founded in 1955[25]; Prometheus Award - Hall of Fame[5], a science fiction award[26], in United States[27]; and Nebula Award for Best Short Story[6], a literary award[28], in United States[29], founded in 1966[30].

Why It Matters

"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

FAQs

What awards did "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman receive?

Honors received include Hugo Award for Best Short Story[4], Prometheus Award - Hall of Fame[5], and Nebula Award for Best Short Story[6].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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