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Scanners Live in Vain

short story by Cordwainer Smith
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Scanners Live in Vain

Summary

Scanners Live in Vain is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (28 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Scanners Live in Vain authored Cordwainer Smith[3].
  • Scanners Live in Vain's image is recorded as Fantasy book 1950 n6.jpg[4].
  • Scanners Live in Vain's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • Scanners Live in Vain's language of work or name is recorded as American English[6].
  • Scanners Live in Vain's country of origin is recorded as United States[7].
  • Scanners Live in Vain's publication date is recorded as +1950-01-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • Scanners Live in Vain's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/025yshp[9].
  • Scanners Live in Vain's ISFDB title ID is recorded as 40968[10].
  • Scanners Live in Vain's published in is recorded as The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One[11].
  • Scanners Live in Vain's FantLab work ID is recorded as 81595[12].
  • Scanners Live in Vain's form of creative work is recorded as short story[13].

Body

Works and Contributions

Scanners Live in Vain authored Cordwainer Smith[3].

Why It Matters

Scanners Live in Vain ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (28 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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