The Nameless City

Summary

The Nameless City is a literary work^[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (456 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• The Nameless City authored H. P. Lovecraft^[3].
• The Nameless City's instance of is recorded as literary work^[4].
• The Nameless City's genre is science fiction^[5].
• The Nameless City's genre is speculative fiction^[6].
• The Nameless City's genre is horror literature^[7].
• The Nameless City's genre is weird fiction^[8].
• The Nameless City's part of the series is recorded as Dream Cycle^[9].
• The Nameless City's Commons category is recorded as The Nameless City^[10].
• The Nameless City's language of work or name is recorded as English^[11].
• The Nameless City's country of origin is recorded as United States^[12].
• January 1921 marks the founding of The Nameless City^[13].
• The Nameless City was released on November 1, 1921^[14].
• The Nameless City's published in is recorded as The Outsider^[15].
• The Nameless City's published in is recorded as Beyond Midnight^[16].
• The Nameless City's takes place in fictional universe is recorded as Cthulhu Mythos^[17].
• The Nameless City's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Nameless City'}^[18].
• The Nameless City's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'When I drew nigh the nameless city I knew it was accursed.'}^[19].
• The Nameless City's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "And as the wind died away I was plunged into the ghoul-pooled darkness of earth's bowels; for behind the last of the creatures the great brazen door clanged shut with a deafening peal of metallic music whose reverberations swelled out to the distant world to hail the rising sun as Memnon hails it from the banks of the Nile."}^[20].
• The Nameless City's public domain date is recorded as January 1, 1997^[21].
• The Nameless City's copyright status is recorded as public domain^[22].
• The Nameless City's copyright status is recorded as public domain^[23].
• The Nameless City's form of creative work is recorded as short story^[24].

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^[25]

• MusicBrainz ID: 378a4d09-09fd-4af6-83e1-9fc32dc6bbbc^[26]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Nameless City authored H. P. Lovecraft^[3].

Publication

The Nameless City was published on November 1, 1921^[14]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English^[11]. Genres include science fiction^[5], speculative fiction^[6], horror literature^[7], and weird fiction^[8]. Its part of the series is recorded as Dream Cycle^[9].

Subject and Themes

The Nameless City's part of the series is recorded as Dream Cycle^[9].

Why It Matters

The Nameless City ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (456 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27]