The Ruins

2006 novel by Scott Smith
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The Ruins

Summary

The Ruins is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (219 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Ruins authored Scott Smith[3].
  • The Ruins's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Ruins's publisher is recorded as Vintage Books[5].
  • The Ruins's genre is recorded as horror literature[6].
  • The Ruins's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • The Ruins's country of origin is recorded as United States[8].
  • The Ruins's publication date is recorded as +2006-07-18T00:00:00Z[9].
  • The Ruins's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0fx9dv[10].
  • The Ruins's Open Library ID is recorded as OL3951579W[11].
  • The Ruins's Open Library ID is recorded as OL6218186W[12].
  • The Ruins's has edition or translation is recorded as The Ruins[13].
  • The Ruins's has edition or translation is recorded as The Ruins[14].
  • The Ruins's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 689300[15].
  • The Ruins's ISFDB title ID is recorded as 364811[16].
  • The Ruins's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Ruins'}[17].
  • The Ruins's derivative work is recorded as The Ruins[18].
  • The Ruins's OCLC work ID is recorded as 105003785[19].
  • The Ruins's NooSFere book ID is recorded as 27685[20].
  • The Ruins's FantLab work ID is recorded as 140693[21].
  • The Ruins's form of creative work is recorded as novel[22].
  • The Ruins's Goodreads work ID is recorded as 2453000[23].
  • The Ruins's Penguin Random House work ID is recorded as 169514[24].

Body

Works and Contributions

The Ruins authored Scott Smith[3].

Why It Matters

The Ruins ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (219 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25]

References

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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] . archive.org. Retrieved . archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Goodreads. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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