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Wizard's First Rule

1994 novel by Terry Goodkind
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Summary

Wizard's First Rule is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,040 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Terry Goodkind[3]
  • Publisher: Tor Books[4], B. Wahlströms bokförlag[5]
  • Genre: fantasy[6], high fantasy[7]
  • Part of the series: The Sword of Truth[8]
  • Language of work or name: English[9]
  • Country of origin: United States[10]
  • Publication date: August 15, 1994[11]
  • Characters: Richard Rahl[12], Kahlan Amnell[13], Zeddicus Z'ul Zorander[14]
  • Nominated for: Locus Award for Best First Novel[15]
  • Title: Wizard's First Rule[16]
  • Has characteristic: debut novel[17]
  • Uses: fantasy map[18]
  • Form of creative work: novel[19]

Why It Matters

Wizard's First Rule has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

literary work Terry Goodkind United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . sfadb.com. sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.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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    Wikipedia languages → ['bg', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'it', 'ka', 'nl', 'ru', 'simple', 'sv', 'ur']
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