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The State of the Art

1991 short story collection by Iain M. Banks
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The State of the Art

Summary

The State of the Art is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (57 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The State of the Art authored Iain Banks[3].
  • The State of the Art's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The State of the Art's genre is recorded as science fiction[5].
  • The State of the Art is named after The State of the Art[6].
  • The State of the Art's follows is recorded as Use of Weapons[7].
  • The State of the Art's part of the series is recorded as Culture series[8].
  • The State of the Art's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • The State of the Art's country of origin is recorded as Scotland[10].
  • The State of the Art's has part is recorded as Road of Skulls[11].
  • The State of the Art's has part is recorded as A Gift from the Culture[12].
  • The State of the Art's has part is recorded as Odd Attachment[13].
  • The State of the Art's has part is recorded as Descendant[14].
  • The State of the Art's has part is recorded as Cleaning Up[15].
  • The State of the Art's has part is recorded as Piece[16].
  • The State of the Art's has part is recorded as The State of the Art[17].
  • The State of the Art's has part is recorded as Scratch[18].
  • The State of the Art's publication date is recorded as +1989-00-00T00:00:00Z[19].
  • The State of the Art's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0hzkp[20].
  • The State of the Art's Open Library ID is recorded as OL8368448W[21].
  • The State of the Art's Internet Archive ID is recorded as stateofart00iain[22].
  • The State of the Art's has edition or translation is recorded as The State of the Art[23].
  • The State of the Art's has edition or translation is recorded as The State of the Art[24].
  • The State of the Art's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 2384641[25].
  • The State of the Art's ISFDB title ID is recorded as 39183[26].
  • The State of the Art's takes place in fictional universe is recorded as The Culture[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

The State of the Art authored Iain Banks[3].

Why It Matters

The State of the Art ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (57 views/month).[2]

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . archive.org. Retrieved . archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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