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Tower of Babylon

1990 novelette by Ted Chiang
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Tower of Babylon

Summary

Tower of Babylon is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (192 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tower of Babylon authored Ted Chiang[3].
  • Tower of Babylon received the Nebula Award for Best Novelette[4].
  • Tower of Babylon's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • Tower of Babylon's genre is recorded as science fantasy[6].
  • Tower of Babylon's genre is recorded as science fiction[7].
  • Tower of Babylon's genre is recorded as fantasy[8].
  • Tower of Babylon's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Tower of Babylon's country of origin is recorded as United States[10].
  • Tower of Babylon's publication date is recorded as +1990-11-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Tower of Babylon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05q3wqg[12].
  • Tower of Babylon's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 9884056[13].
  • Tower of Babylon's ISFDB title ID is recorded as 40853[14].
  • Tower of Babylon's nominated for is recorded as Hugo Award for Best Novelette[15].
  • Tower of Babylon's nominated for is recorded as Locus Award for Best Novelette[16].
  • Tower of Babylon's published in is recorded as Omni[17].
  • Tower of Babylon's published in is recorded as Stories of Your Life and Others[18].
  • Tower of Babylon's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Tower of Babylon'}[19].
  • Tower of Babylon's title is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Der Turmbau zu Babel'}[20].
  • Tower of Babylon's title is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'La torre de Babilonia'}[21].
  • Tower of Babylon's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'La Tour de Babylone'}[22].
  • Tower of Babylon's title is recorded as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'La torre di Babilonia'}[23].
  • Tower of Babylon's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'バビロンの塔'}[24].
  • Tower of Babylon's title is recorded as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'Wieża Babilonu'}[25].
  • Tower of Babylon's title is recorded as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'A torre da Babilônia'}[26].
  • Tower of Babylon's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ro', 'text': 'Turnul Babilonului'}[27].

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Works and Contributions

Tower of Babylon authored Ted Chiang[3].

Recognition

Tower of Babylon received the Nebula Award for Best Novelette[4].

Why It Matters

Tower of Babylon ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (192 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

FAQs

What awards did Tower of Babylon receive?

Honors received include Nebula Award for Best Novelette[4].

Related Entities

literary work Ted Chiang United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [4] ↑ . nebulas.sfwa.org. Retrieved . nebulas.sfwa.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . thehugoawards.org. thehugoawards.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . sfadb.com. sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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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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