The Lincoln Train

1995 short story by Maureen F. McHugh
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The Lincoln Train

Summary

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

Key Facts

  • The Lincoln Train authored Maureen F. McHugh[3].
  • The Lincoln Train received the Hugo Award for Best Short Story[4].
  • The Lincoln Train received the Locus Award for Best Short Story[5].
  • The Lincoln Train's instance of is recorded as literary work[6].
  • The Lincoln Train's genre is recorded as alternate history[7].
  • The Lincoln Train's genre is recorded as science fiction literature[8].
  • The Lincoln Train's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • The Lincoln Train's country of origin is recorded as United States[10].
  • The Lincoln Train's publication date is recorded as +1995-04-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • The Lincoln Train's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03nt706[12].
  • The Lincoln Train's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 3348891[13].
  • The Lincoln Train's ISFDB title ID is recorded as 40364[14].
  • The Lincoln Train's nominated for is recorded as Nebula Award for Best Short Story[15].
  • The Lincoln Train's published in is recorded as Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction[16].
  • The Lincoln Train's title is recorded as The Lincoln Train[17].
  • The Lincoln Train's Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature NILF ID is recorded as 1052763[18].
  • The Lincoln Train's FantLab work ID is recorded as 70845[19].
  • The Lincoln Train's form of creative work is recorded as short story[20].

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Works and Contributions

The Lincoln Train authored Maureen F. McHugh[3].

Recognition

Awards received include Hugo Award for Best Short Story[4], a literary award[21], founded in 1955[22] and Locus Award for Best Short Story[5], a literary award[23], in United States[24].

Why It Matters

The Lincoln Train ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

FAQs

What awards did The Lincoln Train receive?

Honors received include Hugo Award for Best Short Story[4] and Locus Award for Best Short Story[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . thehugoawards.org. thehugoawards.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . sfadb.com. sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . nebulas.sfwa.org. Retrieved . nebulas.sfwa.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [24] . 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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