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The City and the Stars

1956 novel by Arthur C. Clarke
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The City and the Stars

Summary

The City and the Stars is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (208 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The City and the Stars authored Arthur C. Clarke[3].
  • The City and the Stars's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The City and the Stars's genre is recorded as science fiction[5].
  • The City and the Stars's genre is recorded as Dying Earth[6].
  • The City and the Stars's based on is recorded as Against the Fall of Night[7].
  • The City and the Stars's follows is recorded as Against the Fall of Night[8].
  • The City and the Stars's followed by is recorded as Beyond the Fall of Night[9].
  • The City and the Stars's GND ID is recorded as 7737733-3[10].
  • The City and the Stars's OCLC number is recorded as 500252499[11].
  • The City and the Stars's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2024025203[12].
  • The City and the Stars's language of work or name is recorded as English[13].
  • The City and the Stars's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[14].
  • +1956-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The City and the Stars[15].
  • The City and the Stars's publication date is recorded as +1956-06-01T00:00:00Z[16].
  • The City and the Stars's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02v7g4[17].
  • The City and the Stars's Open Library ID is recorded as OL17400W[18].
  • The City and the Stars's Internet Archive ID is recorded as citystarsandsand00clar[19].
  • The City and the Stars's cover art by is recorded as George Salter[20].
  • The City and the Stars's has edition or translation is recorded as Q120730864[21].
  • The City and the Stars's has edition or translation is recorded as Q120730913[22].
  • The City and the Stars's has edition or translation is recorded as The City and the Stars[23].
  • The City and the Stars's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 19035[24].
  • The City and the Stars's ISFDB title ID is recorded as 2231[25].
  • The City and the Stars's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The City and the Stars'}[26].
  • The City and the Stars's Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature NILF ID is recorded as 1020145[27].

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Works and Contributions

The City and the Stars authored Arthur C. Clarke[3].

Why It Matters

The City and the Stars ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (208 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

Arthur C. Clarke literary work United Kingdom

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . archive.org. Retrieved . archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . 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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  1. 9w ago · Iamcarbon · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Cover art by → George Salter
    Followed by → Beyond the Fall of Night
    Publication date → +1956-06-01T00:00:00Z
    Country of origin → —
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ [[Property:P7937]]: [[Q8261]], add [[:Q2629164|ISFDB]] reference"
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