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The Sword of Shannara

1977 novel by Terry Brooks
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The Sword of Shannara

Summary

The Sword of Shannara is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (394 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Sword of Shannara authored Terry Brooks[3].
  • The Sword of Shannara's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Sword of Shannara's illustrator is recorded as Brothers Hildebrandt[5].
  • The Sword of Shannara's publisher is recorded as Del Rey Books[6].
  • The Sword of Shannara's genre is recorded as high fantasy[7].
  • The Sword of Shannara's genre is recorded as fantasy[8].
  • The Sword of Shannara's part of the series is recorded as The Sword of Shannara Trilogy[9].
  • The Sword of Shannara's part of the series is recorded as Shannara[10].
  • The Sword of Shannara's OCLC number is recorded as 2823808[11].
  • The Sword of Shannara's language of work or name is recorded as American English[12].
  • The Sword of Shannara's language of work or name is recorded as English[13].
  • The Sword of Shannara's country of origin is recorded as United States[14].
  • The Sword of Shannara's publication date is recorded as +1977-04-00T00:00:00Z[15].
  • The Sword of Shannara's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03dj6j[16].
  • The Sword of Shannara's Open Library ID is recorded as OL5683625W[17].
  • The Sword of Shannara's Internet Archive ID is recorded as swordofshannara00terr[18].
  • The Sword of Shannara's has edition or translation is recorded as The Sword of Shannara[19].
  • The Sword of Shannara's has edition or translation is recorded as The Sword of Shannara[20].
  • The Sword of Shannara's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 536[21].
  • The Sword of Shannara's ISFDB title ID is recorded as 1066[22].
  • The Sword of Shannara's nominated for is recorded as Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel[23].
  • The Sword of Shannara's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Sword of Shannara'}[24].
  • The Sword of Shannara's has characteristic is recorded as debut novel[25].
  • The Sword of Shannara's Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature NILF ID is recorded as 1013778[26].
  • The Sword of Shannara's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11j8hywkr7[27].

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Works and Contributions

The Sword of Shannara authored Terry Brooks[3].

Why It Matters

The Sword of Shannara ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (394 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

literary work United States

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.
  13. [15] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . archive.org. Retrieved . archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . sfadb.com. sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . 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.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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