Time Out of Joint

1959 novel by Philip K. Dick
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Time Out of Joint
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Time Out of Joint

Summary

Time Out of Joint is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (350 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Time Out of Joint authored Philip K. Dick[3].
  • Time Out of Joint's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Time Out of Joint's genre is science fiction[5].
  • Time Out of Joint's genre is dystopian fiction[6].
  • Time Out of Joint's language of work or name is recorded as American English[7].
  • Time Out of Joint's country of origin is recorded as United States[8].
  • Time Out of Joint was published on January 1, 1959[9].
  • Time Out of Joint's has edition or translation is recorded as Q132291629[10].
  • Time Out of Joint's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Time out of Joint'}[11].
  • Time Out of Joint's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'From the cold-storage locker at the rear of the store, Victor Nielson wheeled a cart of winter potatoes to the vegetable section of the produce department.'}[12].
  • Time Out of Joint's uses is recorded as brain in a vat[13].
  • Time Out of Joint's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1980247', 'amount': '+14'}[14].
  • Time Out of Joint's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'en-us', 'text': 'The man with the colored light resembled Walter Keitelbein to a striking degree. As a matter of fact, he was Walter Keitelbein.'}[15].
  • Time Out of Joint's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[16].
  • Time Out of Joint's form of creative work is recorded as novel[17].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

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  • Release type: Prose[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 103ecbf7-1d96-4f94-887c-1e195c92487f[19]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Time Out of Joint authored Philip K. Dick[3].

Publication

Time Out of Joint was published on January 1, 1959[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as American English[7]. Genres include science fiction[5] and dystopian fiction[6].

Why It Matters

Time Out of Joint ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (350 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

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] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . 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.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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