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The Last Castle

1966 novella by Jack Vance
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The Last Castle

Summary

The Last Castle is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (40 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Last Castle authored Jack Vance[3].
  • The Last Castle received the Nebula Award for Best Novella[4].
  • The Last Castle received the Hugo Award for Best Novelette[5].
  • The Last Castle's instance of is recorded as literary work[6].
  • The Last Castle's illustrator is recorded as Alicia Austin[7].
  • The Last Castle's genre is recorded as science fiction[8].
  • The Last Castle's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • The Last Castle's country of origin is recorded as United States[10].
  • The Last Castle's publication date is recorded as +1966-04-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • The Last Castle's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03hgmp7[12].
  • The Last Castle's Open Library ID is recorded as OL2071499W[13].
  • The Last Castle's ISFDB title ID is recorded as 29365[14].
  • The Last Castle's published in is recorded as Galaxy Science Fiction[15].
  • The Last Castle's published in is recorded as Q56302248[16].
  • The Last Castle's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Last Castle'}[17].
  • The Last Castle's title is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Die letzte Burg'}[18].
  • The Last Castle's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Le Dernier château'}[19].
  • The Last Castle's title is recorded as {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'Az utolsó várkastély'}[20].
  • The Last Castle's title is recorded as {'lang': 'it', 'text': "L'ultimo castello"}[21].
  • The Last Castle's title is recorded as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Het laatste kasteel'}[22].
  • The Last Castle's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Последняя цитадель'}[23].
  • The Last Castle's title is recorded as {'lang': 'sr', 'text': 'Poslednji zamak'}[24].
  • The Last Castle's Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature NILF ID is recorded as 1079173[25].
  • The Last Castle's NooSFere story ID is recorded as 1271[26].
  • The Last Castle's FantLab work ID is recorded as 13529[27].

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Works and Contributions

The Last Castle authored Jack Vance[3].

Recognition

Awards received include Nebula Award for Best Novella[4], a literary award[28], in United States[29], founded in 1966[30] and Hugo Award for Best Novelette[5], a literary award[31], founded in 1955[32].

Why It Matters

The Last Castle ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (40 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

FAQs

What awards did The Last Castle receive?

Honors received include Nebula Award for Best Novella[4] and Hugo Award for Best Novelette[5].

Related Entities

Jack Vance literary work United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . nebulas.sfwa.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . thehugoawards.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . 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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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