V.

novel by Thomas Pynchon
VisualArtwork literary_work Q1191071
V.
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V.

Summary

V. is a literary work[1]. V. ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (690 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • V. authored Thomas Pynchon[3].
  • V.'s image is recorded as V. (1963 1st ed cover).jpg[4].
  • V.'s instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • V.'s genre is recorded as satirical fiction[6].
  • V.'s genre is recorded as paranoid fiction[7].
  • V.'s followed by is recorded as The Crying of Lot 49[8].
  • V.'s Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 14497128m[9].
  • V.'s language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • V.'s country of origin is recorded as United States[11].
  • +1963-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of V.[12].
  • V.'s publication date is recorded as +1963-01-01T00:00:00Z[13].
  • V.'s Freebase ID is recorded as /m/019px5[14].
  • V.'s Open Library ID is recorded as OL2636669W[15].
  • V.'s Open Library ID is recorded as OL2636676W[16].
  • V.'s Internet Archive ID is recorded as vperennialclassi00thom[17].
  • V.'s has edition or translation is recorded as Q126707687[18].
  • V.'s LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 8883[19].
  • V.'s ISFDB title ID is recorded as 15560[20].
  • V.'s Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/V-novel-by-Pynchon[21].
  • V.'s title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'V.'}[22].
  • V.'s has characteristic is recorded as debut novel[23].
  • V.'s different from is recorded as V[24].
  • V.'s first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Christmas Eve, 1955, Benny Profane, wearing black levis, suede jacket, sneakers and big cowboy hat, happened to pass through Norfolk, Virginia.'}[25].
  • V.'s Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature NILF ID is recorded as 1066590[26].
  • V.'s Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as v[27].

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Works and Contributions

V. authored Thomas Pynchon[3].

Why It Matters

V. ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (690 views/month).[2] V. has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . archive.org. Retrieved . archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . openlibrary.org. Retrieved . openlibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  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. 27d ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases
    Inception +1963-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Genre satirical fiction, paranoid fiction
    Publication date +1963-01-01T00:00:00Z
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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