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The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

1973 short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
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The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

Summary

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 0.71% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,294 views/month, #202 of 28,446).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas authored Ursula K. Le Guin[3].
  • The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas received the Hugo Award for Best Short Story[4].
  • The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas's genre is science fiction[6].
  • The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas's country of origin is recorded as United States[8].
  • The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas was published on October 1973[9].
  • The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas's nominated for is recorded as Locus Award for Best Short Fiction[10].
  • The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas's published in is recorded as New Dimensions 3[11].
  • The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas's published in is recorded as The Wind's Twelve Quarters[12].
  • The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas's published in is recorded as Q63930155[13].
  • The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas'}[14].
  • The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas's form of creative work is recorded as short story[15].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Prose[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: c4c8a1ea-30c8-410c-9c5e-a39c2a00bf6f[17]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas authored Ursula K. Le Guin[3].

Publication

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas was released on October 1973[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[7]. Its genre is science fiction[6].

Reception

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas received the Hugo Award for Best Short Story[4].

Why It Matters

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas ranks in the top 0.71% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,294 views/month, #202 of 28,446).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

FAQs

What awards did The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas receive?

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

Related Entities

literary work United States Ursula K. Le Guin

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . thehugoawards.org. thehugoawards.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . sfadb.com. Retrieved . sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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