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The Monsters

short story by Robert Sheckley
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Facts

10 properties
Instance of
literary work
Author
Robert Sheckley[1]
Genre
science fiction[2]
Language of work or name
English[3]
Publication date
March 1953[5]
Country of origin
United States[4]
Form of creative work
short story[8]
Published in
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction[6]
Set in environment
fictional planet[9]
Title
The Monsters[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en The Monsters fr Les Monstres it I mostri ro Monștrii (povestire) ru Чудовища ru Чудовища (рассказ) ru Чудовища (Шекли)
🔖 Identifiers · 6
FantLab work ID
2104
Goodreads version/edition ID
10053501
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11fz0x23z6
ISFDB title ID
58569
NooSFere story ID
3194
Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature NILF ID
1071039

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  1. 23w ago · Cantor · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genre → science fiction
    Publication date → +1953-03-00T00:00:00Z
    Form of creative work → short story
    Wikidata description → short story by Robert Sheckley
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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