The Tain

2002 novella by China Miéville
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The Tain

Summary

The Tain is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Tain authored China Miéville[3].
  • The Tain received the Locus Award for Best Novella[4].
  • The Tain's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • The Tain's publisher is recorded as PS Publishing[6].
  • The Tain's genre is recorded as fantasy[7].
  • The Tain's follows is recorded as The Scar[8].
  • The Tain's followed by is recorded as Iron Council[9].
  • The Tain's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • The Tain's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[11].
  • The Tain's publication date is recorded as +2002-10-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • The Tain's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/098x73[13].
  • The Tain's Open Library ID is recorded as OL8766105M[14].
  • The Tain's has edition or translation is recorded as The Tain[15].
  • The Tain's narrative location is recorded as London[16].
  • The Tain's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 121208[17].
  • The Tain's ISFDB title ID is recorded as 102066[18].
  • The Tain's nominated for is recorded as British Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction[19].
  • The Tain's published in is recorded as Looking for Jake[20].
  • The Tain's title is recorded as The Tain[21].
  • The Tain's OCLC work ID is recorded as 899158598[22].
  • The Tain's FantLab work ID is recorded as 36283[23].
  • The Tain's form of creative work is recorded as novella[24].
  • The Tain's Goodreads work ID is recorded as 66385[25].

Body

Works and Contributions

The Tain authored China Miéville[3].

Recognition

The Tain received the Locus Award for Best Novella[4].

Why It Matters

The Tain ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26 views/month).[2]

FAQs

What awards did The Tain receive?

Honors received include Locus Award for Best Novella[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . sfadb.com. Retrieved . sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Goodreads. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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