The Poppy War

2018 novel by R.F. Kuang
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The Poppy War

Summary

The Poppy War is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,305 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Poppy War authored R.F. Kuang[3].
  • The Poppy War's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Poppy War's genre is grimdark[5].
  • The Poppy War's genre is high fantasy[6].
  • Opium Wars is named after The Poppy War[7].
  • Papaver somniferum is named after The Poppy War[8].
  • The Poppy War's part of the series is recorded as The Poppy War[9].
  • The Poppy War's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • The Poppy War was published on May 1, 2018[11].
  • The Poppy War's has edition or translation is recorded as The Poppy War[12].
  • The Poppy War's has edition or translation is recorded as The Poppy War[13].
  • The Poppy War's has edition or translation is recorded as The Poppy War[14].
  • The Poppy War's has edition or translation is recorded as Q122120426[15].
  • The Poppy War's has edition or translation is recorded as Q122139015[16].
  • Second Sino-Japanese War inspired The Poppy War[17].
  • Song dynasty inspired The Poppy War[18].
  • Opium Wars inspired The Poppy War[19].
  • The Poppy War's nominated for is recorded as Locus Award for Best First Novel[20].
  • The Poppy War's nominated for is recorded as World Fantasy Award for Best Novel[21].
  • The Poppy War's nominated for is recorded as Nebula Award for Best Novel[22].
  • The Poppy War's title is recorded as The Poppy War[23].
  • The Poppy War's has characteristic is recorded as debut novel[24].
  • The Poppy War's form of creative work is recorded as novel[25].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Prose[26]

  • Community tags: grimdark, high fantasy, novel[27]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 84ae4252-e985-450b-86b0-d9f4e2a26810[28]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Poppy War authored R.F. Kuang[3].

Publication

The Poppy War was released on May 1, 2018[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Genres include grimdark[5] and high fantasy[6]. Its part of the series is recorded as it[9].

Subject and Themes

The Poppy War's part of the series is recorded as it[9].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Inspired by Second Sino-Japanese War[17], a war[29]; Song dynasty[18], a Chinese dynasty[30], founded in 0960[31]; and Opium Wars[19], a series of wars[32].

Why It Matters

The Poppy War ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,305 views/month).[2]

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] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . sfadb.com. sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . sfadb.com. sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . nebulas.sfwa.org. Retrieved . nebulas.sfwa.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [26] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] . 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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