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The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath

1943 novella by H. P. Lovecraft
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The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath

Summary

The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (762 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath authored H. P. Lovecraft[3].
  • The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath was published by Arkham House[5].
  • The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath's genre is horror literature[6].
  • The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath's genre is fantasy[7].
  • The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath followed The Silver Key[8].
  • The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath was followed by The Doom that Came to Sarnath and Other Stories[9].
  • The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath was followed by Through the Gates of the Silver Key[10].
  • The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath's part of the series is recorded as Dream Cycle[11].
  • The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath's Commons category is recorded as The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath[12].
  • The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath's language of work or name is recorded as English[13].
  • The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath's country of origin is recorded as United States[14].
  • January 22, 1927 marks the founding of The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath[15].
  • The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath was published on 1943[16].
  • The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath's characters is recorded as Randolph Carter[17].
  • The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath's nominated for is recorded as Retro Hugo Award for Best Novella[18].
  • The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath'}[19].
  • The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Three times Randolph Carter dreamed of the marvelous city, and three times was he snatched away while still he paused on the high terrace above it.'}[20].
  • The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'And vast infinities away, past the Gate of Deeper Slumber and the enchanted wood and the garden lands and the Cerenarian Sea and the twilight reaches of Inquanok, the crawling chaos Nyarlathotep strode brooding into the onyx castle atop unknown Kadath in the cold waste, and taunted insolently the mild gods of earth whom he had snatched abruptly from their scented revels in the marvellous sunset city.'}[21].
  • The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath's form of creative work is recorded as novella[22].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Prose[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 2d99f00b-9a55-41a9-a7ec-8f3eaa9d1bcb[24]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath authored H. P. Lovecraft[3]. It was published by Arkham House[5].

Publication

The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath was released on 1943[16]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[13]. Genres include horror literature[6] and fantasy[7]. Its part of the series is recorded as Dream Cycle[11].

Subject and Themes

The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath's part of the series is recorded as Dream Cycle[11].

Adaptations and Inspiration

The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath followed The Silver Key[8]. Successors include The Doom that Came to Sarnath and Other Stories[9] and Through the Gates of the Silver Key[10].

Why It Matters

The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (762 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Related Entities

H. P. Lovecraft literary work United States

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] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . thehugoawards.org. thehugoawards.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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