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The Forever War

1974 novel by Joe Haldeman
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The Forever War

Summary

The Forever War is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (699 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Forever War authored Joe Haldeman[3].
  • The Forever War received the Hugo Award for Best Novel[4].
  • The Forever War received the Locus Award for Best Novel[5].
  • The Forever War received the NPR Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books[6].
  • The Forever War received the Nebula Award for Best Novel[7].
  • The Forever War's instance of is recorded as literary work[8].
  • The Forever War's publisher is recorded as St. Martin's Press[9].
  • The Forever War's genre is recorded as military science fiction[10].
  • The Forever War's genre is recorded as science fiction[11].
  • The Forever War's based on is recorded as Hero[12].
  • The Forever War's based on is recorded as We Are Very happy Here[13].
  • The Forever War's based on is recorded as You Can Never Go Back[14].
  • The Forever War's based on is recorded as This Best of All Possible Worlds[15].
  • The Forever War's based on is recorded as End Game[16].
  • The Forever War's followed by is recorded as Forever Peace[17].
  • The Forever War's part of the series is recorded as The Forever War series[18].
  • The Forever War's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 1407151656184308400004[19].
  • The Forever War's OCLC number is recorded as 11982654[20].
  • The Forever War's language of work or name is recorded as English[21].
  • The Forever War's country of origin is recorded as United States[22].
  • +1974-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Forever War[23].
  • The Forever War's publication date is recorded as +1974-12-19T00:00:00Z[24].
  • The Forever War's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01sycb[25].
  • The Forever War's Open Library ID is recorded as OL271163W[26].
  • The Forever War's Internet Archive ID is recorded as foreverwar00hald[27].

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Works and Contributions

The Forever War authored Joe Haldeman[3].

Recognition

Awards received include Hugo Award for Best Novel[4], a literary award[28], founded in 1953[29]; Locus Award for Best Novel[5], a literary award[30], in United States[31]; NPR Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books[6]; and Nebula Award for Best Novel[7], a literary award[32], in United States[33], founded in 1966[34].

Why It Matters

The Forever War ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (699 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35]

FAQs

What awards did The Forever War receive?

Honors received include Hugo Award for Best Novel[4], Locus Award for Best Novel[5], NPR Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books[6], and Nebula Award for Best Novel[7].

Related Entities

Joe Haldeman literary work United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. isfdb.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. isfdb.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. isfdb.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. isfdb.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [16] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. isfdb.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [4] ↑ . thehugoawards.org. thehugoawards.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [5] ↑ . sfadb.com. sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [7] ↑ . nebulas.sfwa.org. nebulas.sfwa.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . archive.org. Retrieved . archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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