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The Talisman

1984 novel by Stephen King and Peter Straub
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Summary

The Talisman is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,554 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Stephen King[3], Peter Straub[4]
  • Publisher: Viking Press[5]
  • Genre: fantasy[6], horror fiction[7], dark fantasy[8]
  • Followed by: Black House[9]
  • Language of work or name: English[10]
  • Country of origin: United States[11]
  • Publication date: November 8, 1984[12]
  • Has edition or translation: Q122120134[13]
  • Narrative location: United States[14], New Hampshire[15]
  • Described at URL: https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2013/mar/26/stephen-king-rereading-the-talisman[16]
  • Nominated for: Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel[17], World Fantasy Award for Best Novel[18]
  • Title: The Talisman[19]
  • Form of creative work: novel[20]

Why It Matters

The Talisman has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

It literary work New Hampshire Stephen King United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . sfadb.com. sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . sfadb.com. sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bg', 'bn', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'he', 'hu', 'hy', 'it', 'pl', '
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  2. 5w ago · Juustila · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Followed by → Black House
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  3. 22w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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