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The Shadow Out of Time

novella of H.P. Lovecraft
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The Shadow Out of Time
H. P. Lovecraft · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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The Shadow Out of Time

Summary

The Shadow Out of Time is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (251 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Shadow Out of Time authored H. P. Lovecraft[3].
  • The Shadow Out of Time is located in Western Australia[4].
  • The Shadow Out of Time is in the country of Australia[5].
  • The Shadow Out of Time is in the country of United States[6].
  • The Shadow Out of Time's instance of is recorded as literary work[7].
  • The Shadow Out of Time's genre is science fantasy[8].
  • The Shadow Out of Time's genre is cosmic horror[9].
  • The Shadow Out of Time's Commons category is recorded as The Shadow Out of Time[10].
  • The Shadow Out of Time's language of work or name is recorded as British English[11].
  • The Shadow Out of Time's country of origin is recorded as United States[12].
  • +1935-02-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Shadow Out of Time[13].
  • The Shadow Out of Time was published on +1936-06-00T00:00:00Z[14].
  • The Shadow Out of Time's narrative location is recorded as Massachusetts[15].
  • The Shadow Out of Time's narrative location is recorded as Australia[16].
  • The Shadow Out of Time's published in is recorded as Analog Science Fiction and Fact[17].
  • The Shadow Out of Time's published in is recorded as Q3015368[18].
  • The Shadow Out of Time's published in is recorded as The Arbor House Celebrity Book of Horror Stories[19].
  • The Shadow Out of Time's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Shadow Out of Time'}[20].
  • The Shadow Out of Time's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'After twenty-two years of nightmare and terror, saved only by a desperate conviction of the mythical source of certain impressions, I am unwilling to vouch for the truth of that which I think I found in Western Australia on the night of July 17–18, 1935.'}[21].
  • The Shadow Out of Time's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'They were, instead, the letters of our familiar alphabet, spelling out the words of the English language in my own handwriting.'}[22].
  • The Shadow Out of Time's copyright status is recorded as public domain[23].
  • The Shadow Out of Time's form of creative work is recorded as novella[24].

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Shadow Out of Time authored H. P. Lovecraft[3].

Publication

The Shadow Out of Time was released on +1936-06-00T00:00:00Z[14]. Its language of work or name is recorded as British English[11]. Genres include science fantasy[8] and cosmic horror[9].

Why It Matters

The Shadow Out of Time ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (251 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Related Entities

Australia H. P. Lovecraft literary work Massachusetts public domain United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . 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.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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