The Curse of the Monolith

1968 short story by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter
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The Curse of the Monolith

Summary

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

Key Facts

  • The Curse of the Monolith authored L. Sprague de Camp[3].
  • The Curse of the Monolith authored Lin Carter[4].
  • The Curse of the Monolith's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • The Curse of the Monolith's genre is recorded as sword and sorcery[6].
  • The Curse of the Monolith's genre is recorded as fantasy[7].
  • The Curse of the Monolith's followed by is recorded as The Blood-Stained God[8].
  • The Curse of the Monolith's part of is recorded as Conan non-canonical works[9].
  • The Curse of the Monolith's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • The Curse of the Monolith's country of origin is recorded as United States[11].
  • The Curse of the Monolith's publication date is recorded as +1968-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • The Curse of the Monolith's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02zb4vl[13].
  • The Curse of the Monolith's characters is recorded as Conan the Barbarian[14].
  • The Curse of the Monolith's ISFDB title ID is recorded as 559817[15].
  • The Curse of the Monolith's published in is recorded as Conan of Cimmeria[16].
  • The Curse of the Monolith's published in is recorded as Worlds of Fantasy[17].
  • The Curse of the Monolith's title is recorded as The Curse of the Monolith[18].
  • The Curse of the Monolith's title is recorded as Conan and the Cenotaph[19].
  • The Curse of the Monolith's set in period is recorded as Hyborian Age[20].
  • The Curse of the Monolith's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[21].
  • The Curse of the Monolith's NooSFere story ID is recorded as 29508[22].
  • The Curse of the Monolith's FantLab work ID is recorded as 1653[23].
  • The Curse of the Monolith's form of creative work is recorded as short story[24].
  • The Curse of the Monolith's set in environment is recorded as fictional country[25].

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Works and Contributions

Authored works include L. Sprague de Camp[3], a writer[26], 1907–2000[27], of United States[28], awarded the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award[29] and Lin Carter[4], a writer[30], 1930–1988[31], of United States[32].

Why It Matters

The Curse of the Monolith ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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