The Rule of Four

novel by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason
VisualArtwork literary_work Q2321357
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The Rule of Four

Summary

The Rule of Four is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (51 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Rule of Four authored Ian Caldwell[3].
  • The Rule of Four authored Dustin Thomason[4].
  • The Rule of Four's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • The Rule of Four's publisher is recorded as Dial Press[6].
  • The Rule of Four's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • The Rule of Four's country of origin is recorded as United States[8].
  • The Rule of Four's publication date is recorded as +2004-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • The Rule of Four's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05h26x[10].
  • The Rule of Four's Open Library ID is recorded as OL18161905W[11].
  • The Rule of Four's has edition or translation is recorded as Q131844395[12].
  • The Rule of Four's has edition or translation is recorded as The Rule of Four[13].
  • The Rule of Four's narrative location is recorded as New Jersey[14].
  • The Rule of Four's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 3040[15].
  • The Rule of Four's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Rule of Four'}[16].
  • The Rule of Four's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Book", "TheRuleOfFour"][17].
  • The Rule of Four's OCLC work ID is recorded as 904752[18].
  • The Rule of Four's form of creative work is recorded as novel[19].
  • The Rule of Four's Goodreads work ID is recorded as 3805[20].
  • The Rule of Four's Penguin Random House work ID is recorded as 22924[21].

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Works and Contributions

Authored works include Ian Caldwell[3], a novelist[22], b. 1976[23], of United States[24] and Dustin Thomason[4], a novelist[25], b. 1976[26], of United States[27].

Why It Matters

The Rule of Four ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (51 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . 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] . Goodreads. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [27] . 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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    Form of creative work novel
    Has edition or translation Q131844395, The Rule of Four
    Publication date
    Publisher Dial Press
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