The Man Who Japed

novel by Philip K. Dick
VisualArtwork literary_work Q3931527
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The Man Who Japed

Summary

The Man Who Japed is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (62 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Man Who Japed authored Philip K. Dick[3].
  • The Man Who Japed's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Man Who Japed was published by Ace Books[5].
  • The Man Who Japed's genre is science fiction[6].
  • The Man Who Japed's genre is dystopian fiction[7].
  • The Man Who Japed's language of work or name is recorded as American English[8].
  • The Man Who Japed's country of origin is recorded as United States[9].
  • The Man Who Japed was published on 1956[10].
  • The Man Who Japed's cover art by is recorded as Ed Emshwiller[11].
  • The Man Who Japed's narrative location is recorded as New York City[12].
  • The Man Who Japed's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Man Who Japed'}[13].
  • The Man Who Japed's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'At seven A.M., Allen Purcell, the forward-looking young president of the newest and most creative of the Research Agencies, lost a bedroom.'}[14].
  • The Man Who Japed's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1980247', 'amount': '+23'}[15].
  • The Man Who Japed's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Allen, his arm around his wife, waited composedly for the Getabouts of the Cohorts.'}[16].
  • The Man Who Japed's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[17].
  • The Man Who Japed's form of creative work is recorded as novel[18].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Prose[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ec85079e-1d8c-4b2b-bfa3-a553539a1008[20]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Man Who Japed authored Philip K. Dick[3]. It was published by Ace Books[5].

Publication

The Man Who Japed was released on 1956[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as American English[8]. Genres include science fiction[6] and dystopian fiction[7].

Why It Matters

The Man Who Japed ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (62 views/month).[2] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  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] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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