To Say Nothing of the Dog

1998 novel by Connie Willis
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To Say Nothing of the Dog

Summary

To Say Nothing of the Dog is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (341 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • To Say Nothing of the Dog authored Connie Willis[3].
  • To Say Nothing of the Dog received the Hugo Award for Best Novel[4].
  • To Say Nothing of the Dog received the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel[5].
  • To Say Nothing of the Dog received the Kurd Lasswitz Award for Best Foreign Work[6].
  • To Say Nothing of the Dog received the Bob Morane award for best foreign novel[7].
  • To Say Nothing of the Dog's instance of is recorded as literary work[8].
  • To Say Nothing of the Dog's genre is science fiction[9].
  • To Say Nothing of the Dog followed Doomsday Book[10].
  • To Say Nothing of the Dog's part of the series is recorded as Oxford time-traveling historians[11].
  • To Say Nothing of the Dog's place of publication is recorded as United States[12].
  • To Say Nothing of the Dog's language of work or name is recorded as English[13].
  • To Say Nothing of the Dog's country of origin is recorded as United States[14].
  • To Say Nothing of the Dog was published on January 1998[15].
  • To Say Nothing of the Dog's has edition or translation is recorded as To Say Nothing of the Dog[16].
  • To Say Nothing of the Dog's has edition or translation is recorded as Die Farben der Zeit[17].
  • To Say Nothing of the Dog's has edition or translation is recorded as Q137830739[18].
  • To Say Nothing of the Dog's nominated for is recorded as Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel[19].
  • To Say Nothing of the Dog's nominated for is recorded as Nebula Award for Best Novel[20].
  • To Say Nothing of the Dog's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'To Say Nothing of the Dog'}[21].
  • To Say Nothing of the Dog's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Sans parler du chien'}[22].
  • To Say Nothing of the Dog's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "To Say Nothing of the Dog, or How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last"}[23].
  • To Say Nothing of the Dog's title is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Die Farben der Zeit oder ganz zu Schweigen von dem Hunde und wie wir des Bischofs Vogeltränke schließlich doch fanden'}[24].
  • To Say Nothing of the Dog's title is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Por no mencionar al perro'}[25].
  • To Say Nothing of the Dog's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': "Sans parler du chien ou Comment nous retrouvâmes enfin la potiche de l'évêque"}[26].
  • To Say Nothing of the Dog's form of creative work is recorded as novel[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

To Say Nothing of the Dog authored Connie Willis[3].

Publication

To Say Nothing of the Dog was published on January 1998[15]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States[12]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[13]. Its genre is science fiction[9]. Its part of the series is recorded as Oxford time-traveling historians[11].

Subject and Themes

To Say Nothing of the Dog's part of the series is recorded as Oxford time-traveling historians[11].

Reception

Awards received include Hugo Award for Best Novel[4], a literary award[28], founded in 1953[29]; Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel[5], a literary award[30], in United States[31], founded in 1978[32]; Kurd Lasswitz Award for Best Foreign Work[6], a class of award[33], founded in 1980[34]; and Bob Morane award for best foreign novel[7].

Adaptations and Inspiration

To Say Nothing of the Dog followed Doomsday Book[10].

Why It Matters

To Say Nothing of the Dog ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (341 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35]

FAQs

What awards did To Say Nothing of the Dog receive?

Honors received include Hugo Award for Best Novel[4], Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel[5], Kurd Lasswitz Award for Best Foreign Work[6], and Bob Morane award for best foreign novel[7].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . thehugoawards.org. thehugoawards.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . sfadb.com. sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [6] . kurd-lasswitz-preis.de. kurd-lasswitz-preis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [7] . bobmorane.noosfere.org. Retrieved . bobmorane.noosfere.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . gpi.noosfere.org. gpi.noosfere.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . nebulas.sfwa.org. Retrieved . nebulas.sfwa.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . 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

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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