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The Gun

short story by Philip K. Dick
VisualArtwork literary_work Q7738512
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Summary

The Gun is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (83 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Gun authored Philip K. Dick[3].
  • The Gun's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Gun's genre is science fiction[5].
  • The Gun's language of work or name is recorded as American English[6].
  • The Gun's title is recorded as The Gun[7].
  • The Gun's first line is recorded as The Captain peered into the eyepiece of the telescope.[8].
  • The Gun's last line is recorded as To the damaged gun.[9].
  • The Gun's copyright status is recorded as public domain[10].
  • The Gun's form of creative work is recorded as short story[11].

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Gun authored Philip K. Dick[3].

Publication

The Gun's language of work or name is recorded as American English[6]. Its genre is science fiction[5].

Why It Matters

The Gun ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (83 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

Philip K. Dick

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] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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  1. 13w ago · Harmonia Amanda · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Last line → To the damaged gun.
    Imported from → —
    Form of creative work → short story
    First line → The Captain peered into the eyepiece of the telescope.
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Publication date: September 1952"
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