We Can Build You

1972 novel by Philip K. Dick
VisualArtwork literary_work Q785091
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We Can Build You

Summary

We Can Build You is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (169 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • We Can Build You authored Philip K. Dick[3].
  • We Can Build You's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • We Can Build You's genre is science fiction[5].
  • We Can Build You's language of work or name is recorded as American English[6].
  • We Can Build You's country of origin is recorded as United States[7].
  • We Can Build You was published on 1972[8].
  • We Can Build You's cover art by is recorded as John Schoenherr[9].
  • We Can Build You's has edition or translation is recorded as Q121974625[10].
  • We Can Build You's has edition or translation is recorded as Q132853583[11].
  • We Can Build You's dedicated to is recorded as Robert A. Heinlein[12].
  • We Can Build You's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The First in Our Family'}[13].
  • We Can Build You's has characteristic is recorded as story set in a then future date that is now the past[14].
  • We Can Build You's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Our sales technique was perfected in the early 1970s.'}[15].
  • We Can Build You's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1980247', 'amount': '+18'}[16].
  • We Can Build You's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Somewhere inside the great buildings of Kasanin Clinic Pris Frauenzimmer sat carding and weaving virgin black sheep’s wool, utterly involved, without a thought for me or for any other thing.'}[17].
  • We Can Build You's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[18].
  • We Can Build You's form of creative work is recorded as novel[19].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Prose[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: a805b596-d012-4042-a8dc-f7b12f25191a[21]

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Authorship and Creation

We Can Build You authored Philip K. Dick[3].

Publication

We Can Build You was released on 1972[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as American English[6]. Its genre is science fiction[5].

Why It Matters

We Can Build You ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (169 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

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.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . We Can Build You. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic story set in a then future date that is now the past
    Genre
    Cover art by John Schoenherr
    Author Philip K. Dick
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