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The Gem in the Tower

1978 short story by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter
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The Gem in the Tower

Summary

The Gem in the Tower is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Gem in the Tower authored L. Sprague de Camp[3].
  • The Gem in the Tower authored Lin Carter[4].
  • The Gem in the Tower's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • The Gem in the Tower's genre is recorded as sword and sorcery[6].
  • The Gem in the Tower's based on is recorded as Black Moonlight[7].
  • The Gem in the Tower's follows is recorded as The Star of Khorala[8].
  • The Gem in the Tower's followed by is recorded as The Ivory Goddess[9].
  • The Gem in the Tower's part of is recorded as Conan non-canonical works[10].
  • The Gem in the Tower's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • The Gem in the Tower's country of origin is recorded as United States[12].
  • The Gem in the Tower's publication date is recorded as +1978-08-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • The Gem in the Tower's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dlj8yj[14].
  • The Gem in the Tower's characters is recorded as Conan the Barbarian[15].
  • The Gem in the Tower's ISFDB title ID is recorded as 68678[16].
  • The Gem in the Tower's published in is recorded as Conan the Swordsman[17].
  • The Gem in the Tower's title is recorded as The Gem in the Tower[18].
  • The Gem in the Tower's set in period is recorded as Hyborian Age[19].
  • The Gem in the Tower's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[20].
  • The Gem in the Tower's NooSFere story ID is recorded as 44259[21].
  • The Gem in the Tower's FantLab work ID is recorded as 14623[22].
  • The Gem in the Tower's form of creative work is recorded as short story[23].
  • The Gem in the Tower's set in environment is recorded as fictional country[24].

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Works and Contributions

Authored works include L. Sprague de Camp[3], a writer[25], 1907–2000[26], of United States[27], awarded the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award[28] and Lin Carter[4], a writer[29], 1930–1988[30], of United States[31].

Why It Matters

The Gem in the Tower ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [31] ↑ . 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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