The Windup Girl

2009 novel by Paolo Bacigalupi
VisualArtwork literary_work Q92630
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The Windup Girl

Summary

The Windup Girl is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (301 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Windup Girl authored Paolo Bacigalupi[3].
  • The Windup Girl received the Hugo Award for Best Novel[4].
  • The Windup Girl received the Locus Award for Best First Novel[5].
  • The Windup Girl received the Compton Crook Award[6].
  • The Windup Girl received the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel[7].
  • The Windup Girl received the Kurd Lasswitz Award for Best Foreign Work[8].
  • The Windup Girl received the Seiun Award for Best Translated Long Work[9].
  • The Windup Girl's instance of is recorded as literary work[10].
  • The Windup Girl's publisher is recorded as Night Shade Books[11].
  • The Windup Girl's genre is recorded as biopunk[12].
  • The Windup Girl's genre is recorded as climate fiction[13].
  • The Windup Girl's genre is recorded as science fiction[14].
  • The Windup Girl's genre is recorded as dystopian fiction[15].
  • The Windup Girl's followed by is recorded as Ship Breaker[16].
  • The Windup Girl's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 7448151656374708400006[17].
  • The Windup Girl's OCLC number is recorded as 779754125[18].
  • The Windup Girl's OCLC number is recorded as 373482688[19].
  • The Windup Girl's language of work or name is recorded as English[20].
  • The Windup Girl's country of origin is recorded as United States[21].
  • The Windup Girl's publication date is recorded as +2009-09-01T00:00:00Z[22].
  • The Windup Girl's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09s5xn2[23].
  • The Windup Girl's Open Library ID is recorded as OL15000756W[24].
  • The Windup Girl's has edition or translation is recorded as The Windup Girl[25].
  • The Windup Girl's spoken text audio is recorded as Wikipedia - The Windup Girl.mp3[26].
  • The Windup Girl's ISFDB title ID is recorded as 1017019[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

The Windup Girl authored Paolo Bacigalupi[3].

Recognition

Awards received include Hugo Award for Best Novel[4], a literary award[28], founded in 1953[29]; Locus Award for Best First Novel[5], a literary award[30], in United States[31]; Compton Crook Award[6], a science fiction award[32], in United States[33], founded in 1983[34]; John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel[7], a literary award[35], in United States[36], founded in 1973[37]; Kurd Lasswitz Award for Best Foreign Work[8], a class of award[38], founded in 1980[39]; and Seiun Award for Best Translated Long Work[9], a literary award[40], in Japan[41], founded in 1970[42].

Why It Matters

The Windup Girl ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (301 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43]

FAQs

What awards did The Windup Girl receive?

Honors received include Hugo Award for Best Novel[4], Locus Award for Best First Novel[5], Compton Crook Award[6], and John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel[7].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [10] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [16] . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] . thehugoawards.org. Retrieved . thehugoawards.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [5] . sfadb.com. sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [6] . wikidata.org.
  12. [7] . christopher-mckitterick.com. christopher-mckitterick.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [8] . kurd-lasswitz-preis.de. kurd-lasswitz-preis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [9] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . openlibrary.org. Retrieved . openlibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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