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The Rule of Four

novel by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason
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Summary

The Rule of Four is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (539 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Ian Caldwell[3], Dustin Thomason[4]
  • Publisher: Dial Press[5]
  • Language of work or name: English[6]
  • Country of origin: United States[7]
  • Publication date: 2004[8]
  • Has edition or translation: Q131844395[9], The Rule of Four[10]
  • Narrative location: New Jersey[11]
  • Title: The Rule of Four[12]
  • Form of creative work: novel[13]

Why It Matters

The Rule of Four is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

literary work New Jersey United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['en', 'fr', 'it', 'nn', 'ur', 'zh']
    Sitelink count → 7
    Bookbrainz work id → d17ae3de-1cf0-430e-a554-6e3fad812be7
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 23w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Form of creative work → novel
    Has edition or translation → Q131844395, The Rule of Four
    Publication date → —
    Publisher → Dial Press
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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