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Sphere

1987 novel by Michael Crichton
VisualArtwork literary_work Q1666691

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
literary work
Author
Michael Crichton[2]
Genre
science fiction[4]
Language of work or name
English[7]
Publication date
1987[9]
Follows
Congo[5]
Followed by
Jurassic Park[6]
Country of origin
United States[8]
Derivative work
Sphere[13]
Form of creative work
novel[14]
Has edition or translation
Sphere, Sphere, Q138023988[10][11]
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf[3]
Title
Sphere[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en Sphere de Sphere – Die Gedanken des Bösen es Esfera fr Sphère it Sfera ja スフィア 球体 pl Kula ro Sfera (roman) ru Сфера sv Farkosten tr Küre
🔖 Identifiers · 12
BookBrainz work ID
fee6945e-5737-4cc1-8ed2-41ce970e7487
FantLab work ID
21679
Freebase ID
/m/03mnzx
Goodreads work ID
2651694
ISFDB title ID
6353
Internet Archive ID
esfera00mich
LibraryThing work ID
17543
NooSFere book ID
10540
OCLC number
15198625, 40192468
Open Library ID
OL16234496W
Penguin Random House work ID
33517
Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature NILF ID
1022182

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Author 1
Michael Crichton
Country of origin 1
United States
Derivative work 1
Sphere
Followed by 1
Jurassic Park
Follows 1
Congo
Form of creative work 1
novel
Genre 1
science fiction
Instance of 1
literary work
Language of work or name 1
English
Preceded by (successor) 1
Congo
Publisher 1
Alfred A. Knopf
← Based on 1
Sphere
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Summary

Sphere is a literary work[1].

Related Entities

Jurassic Park literary work Michael Crichton Sphere United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → literary work
    Genre → science fiction
    Has edition or translation → Sphere, Sphere, Q138023988
    Derivative work → Sphere
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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