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The Billiard Ball

short story by Isaac Asimov
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Summary

The Billiard Ball is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (202 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Isaac Asimov[3]
  • Genre: science fiction[4]
  • Language of work or name: American English[5], English[6]
  • Publication date: 1967[7]
  • Form of creative work: short story[8]

Why It Matters

The Billiard Ball has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

Isaac Asimov literary work

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bookbrainz work id → 756656dc-219e-452b-9a34-85e88c5fd94f
    Author → Isaac Asimov
    Genre → science fiction
    Instance of → literary work
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Bookbrainz work id: 756656dc-219e-452b-9a34-85e88c5fd94f, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/325323758|The Billiard Ball (#325323758)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/"
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