The Black Cloud

1957 novel by Fred Hoyle
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The Black Cloud

Summary

The Black Cloud is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (67 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Black Cloud authored Fred Hoyle[3].
  • The Black Cloud's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Black Cloud's publisher is recorded as Heinemann[5].
  • The Black Cloud's genre is recorded as science fiction[6].
  • The Black Cloud's depicts is recorded as Christopher Kingsley[7].
  • The Black Cloud's OCLC number is recorded as 795508734[8].
  • The Black Cloud's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • The Black Cloud's publication date is recorded as +1957-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • The Black Cloud's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06mn34[11].
  • The Black Cloud's Open Library ID is recorded as OL7477971W[12].
  • The Black Cloud's cover art by is recorded as Desmond Skirrow[13].
  • The Black Cloud's has edition or translation is recorded as The Black Cloud[14].
  • The Black Cloud's has edition or translation is recorded as The Black Cloud[15].
  • The Black Cloud's narrative location is recorded as United Kingdom[16].
  • The Black Cloud's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 49161[17].
  • The Black Cloud's ISFDB title ID is recorded as 2355[18].
  • The Black Cloud's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Black Cloud'}[19].
  • The Black Cloud's has characteristic is recorded as debut novel[20].
  • The Black Cloud's Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature NILF ID is recorded as 1039883[21].
  • The Black Cloud's OCLC work ID is recorded as 1571875[22].
  • The Black Cloud's FantLab work ID is recorded as 64469[23].
  • The Black Cloud's form of creative work is recorded as novel[24].
  • The Black Cloud's Goodreads work ID is recorded as 1398552[25].

Body

Works and Contributions

The Black Cloud authored Fred Hoyle[3].

Why It Matters

The Black Cloud ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (67 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Goodreads. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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