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It!

short story by Theodore Sturgeon
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Summary

It! is a literary work[1]. It! ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (147 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Theodore Sturgeon[3]
  • Genre: horror fiction[4]
  • Language of work or name: English[5]
  • Country of origin: United States[6]
  • Publication date: August 1940[7]
  • Published in: Who Knocks?[8], Br-r-r-![9], Famous Monster Stories[10], Stories That Scared Even Me[11], Nursery Crimes[12], Q140073610[13]
  • Title: It![14]
  • Form of creative work: short story[15]

Why It Matters

It! is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['en', 'es']
    Vegetti catalog of fantastic literature nilf id → 1075352
    Sitelink count → 2
    Publication date → +1940-08-00T00:00:00Z
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Bookbrainz work id: 08aa3fa9-539a-4996-b6de-9ffa5b89e9c6, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290269|batch #290269]]"
  2. 18w ago · Cantor · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Title → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'It!'}
    Language of work or name → English
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Title: It!"
  3. 18w ago · TenebrousFox · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Freebase id → /m/04y6lhf
    Isfdb title id → 41269
    Wikidata description → short story by Theodore Sturgeon
    Imported from → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Published in: Q140073610"
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