Tau Zero

1970 novel by Poul Anderson
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Tau Zero

Summary

Tau Zero is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (275 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tau Zero authored Poul Anderson[3].
  • Tau Zero received the Seiun Award for Best Translated Long Work[4].
  • Tau Zero's image is recorded as Superclusters atlasoftheuniverse.gif[5].
  • Tau Zero's instance of is recorded as literary work[6].
  • Tau Zero's publisher is recorded as Doubleday[7].
  • Tau Zero's genre is recorded as hard science fiction[8].
  • Tau Zero's OCLC number is recorded as 37202159[9].
  • Tau Zero's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Tau Zero's country of origin is recorded as United States[11].
  • Tau Zero's publication date is recorded as +1970-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Tau Zero's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0c2d6w[13].
  • Tau Zero's Open Library ID is recorded as OL90571W[14].
  • Tau Zero's work available at URL is recorded as http://www.lib.ru/ANDERSON/tau_zero.txt[15].
  • Tau Zero's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 21003918[16].
  • Tau Zero's ISFDB title ID is recorded as 1044[17].
  • Tau Zero's nominated for is recorded as Hugo Award for Best Novel[18].
  • Tau Zero's nominated for is recorded as Locus Award for Best Novel[19].
  • Tau Zero's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Tau-Zero[20].
  • Tau Zero's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Tau Zero'}[21].
  • Tau Zero's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Tau Zéro'}[22].
  • Tau Zero's title is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Universum ohne Ende'}[23].
  • Tau Zero's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Tau nolla'}[24].
  • Tau Zero's title is recorded as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Tau Zero'}[25].
  • Tau Zero's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'タウ・ゼロ'}[26].
  • Tau Zero's title is recorded as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'Tau Zero'}[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Tau Zero authored Poul Anderson[3].

Recognition

Tau Zero received the Seiun Award for Best Translated Long Work[4].

Why It Matters

Tau Zero ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (275 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

FAQs

What awards did Tau Zero receive?

Honors received include Seiun Award for Best Translated Long Work[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . 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] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . thehugoawards.org. thehugoawards.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . sfadb.com. sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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