The War in the Air

1908 novel by H. G. Wells
VisualArtwork literary_work Q964055
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The War in the Air

Summary

The War in the Air is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (78 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The War in the Air authored H. G. Wells[3].
  • The War in the Air's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The War in the Air's genre is recorded as apocalyptic fiction[5].
  • The War in the Air's genre is recorded as science fiction[6].
  • The War in the Air's follows is recorded as In the Days of the Comet[7].
  • The War in the Air's follows is recorded as First and Last Things[8].
  • The War in the Air's follows is recorded as New Worlds for Old[9].
  • The War in the Air's followed by is recorded as Tono-bungay[10].
  • The War in the Air's place of publication is recorded as England[11].
  • The War in the Air's Commons category is recorded as The War in the Air[12].
  • The War in the Air's language of work or name is recorded as English[13].
  • The War in the Air's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[14].
  • The War in the Air's publication date is recorded as +1908-00-00T00:00:00Z[15].
  • The War in the Air's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06r8vj[16].
  • The War in the Air's Open Library ID is recorded as OL52253W[17].
  • The War in the Air's ISFDB title ID is recorded as 9772[18].
  • The War in the Air's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The War in the Air'}[19].
  • The War in the Air's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en-gb', 'text': '“This here Progress,” said Mr. Tom Smallways, “it keeps on.”'}[20].
  • The War in the Air's Project Gutenberg ebook ID is recorded as 780[21].
  • The War in the Air's Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature NILF ID is recorded as 1082001[22].
  • The War in the Air's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'en-gb', 'text': 'He said it simply—somebody somewhere ought to have stopped something, but who or how or why were all beyond his ken.'}[23].
  • The War in the Air's NooSFere book ID is recorded as 18192[24].
  • The War in the Air's copyright status is recorded as public domain[25].
  • The War in the Air's copyright status is recorded as public domain[26].
  • The War in the Air's FantLab work ID is recorded as 9465[27].

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Works and Contributions

The War in the Air authored H. G. Wells[3].

Why It Matters

The War in the Air ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (78 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . openlibrary.org. Retrieved . openlibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
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  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.

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  1. 5w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genre apocalyptic fiction, science fiction
    Country of origin United Kingdom
    Followed by Tono-bungay
    Followed by
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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