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Star Light

1970 novel by Hal Clement
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Summary

Star Light is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (54 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Hal Clement[3]
  • Publisher: Ballantine Books[4]
  • Genre: science fiction[5]
  • Follows: Mission of Gravity[6]
  • Part of the series: Mesklin[7]
  • Language of work or name: English[8]
  • Country of origin: United States[9]
  • Publication date: September 1970[10]
  • Cover art by: H. R. Van Dongen[11]
  • Has edition or translation: Star Light[12]
  • Nominated for: Hugo Award for Best Novel[13], Locus Award for Best Novel[14]
  • Title: Star Light[15], Luce di stelle (Complete Novel)[16]
  • Form of creative work: novel[17]

Why It Matters

Star Light is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . thehugoawards.org. thehugoawards.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . sfadb.com. sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 12d ago · Falcorian · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 12d ago · Falcorian · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['en', 'id']
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  4. 22w ago · Iamcarbon · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Language of work or name → English
    Open library id → OL15005203W
    Title → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Star Light'}, {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Luce di stelle (Complete Novel)'}
    Goodreads work id → 1405013
    + 19 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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