Slaughterhouse-Five

1969 novel by Kurt Vonnegut
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Slaughterhouse-Five
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Slaughterhouse-Five

Summary

Slaughterhouse-Five is a literary work[1]. Slaughterhouse-Five ranks in the top 0.28% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,512 views/month, #79 of 28,446).[2]

Key Facts

  • Slaughterhouse-Five authored Kurt Vonnegut[3].
  • Slaughterhouse-Five received the NPR Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books[4].
  • Slaughterhouse-Five received the 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction[5].
  • Slaughterhouse-Five's instance of is recorded as literary work[6].
  • Slaughterhouse-Five was published by Dell Publishing[7].
  • Slaughterhouse-Five's genre is time-travel fiction[8].
  • Slaughterhouse-Five's genre is satirical fiction[9].
  • Slaughterhouse-Five's genre is black comedy[10].
  • Slaughterhouse-Five's genre is war fiction[11].
  • Slaughterhouse-Five's genre is metafiction[12].
  • Slaughterhouse-Five's genre is science fiction[13].
  • Slaughterhouse-Five's genre is anti-war fiction[14].
  • slaughterhouse is named after Slaughterhouse-Five[15].
  • Slaughterhouse-Five's Commons category is recorded as Slaughterhouse-Five[16].
  • Slaughterhouse-Five's language of work or name is recorded as English[17].
  • Slaughterhouse-Five's country of origin is recorded as United States[18].
  • Slaughterhouse-Five was published on March 1969[19].
  • Slaughterhouse-Five's characters is recorded as Eliot Rosewater[20].
  • Slaughterhouse-Five's characters is recorded as Billy Pilgrim[21].
  • Slaughterhouse-Five's characters is recorded as Kilgore Trout[22].
  • Slaughterhouse-Five's has edition or translation is recorded as Slaughterhouse-Five[23].
  • Slaughterhouse-Five's has edition or translation is recorded as Slaughterhouse-Five[24].
  • Slaughterhouse-Five's has edition or translation is recorded as Q121920813[25].
  • Slaughterhouse-Five's has edition or translation is recorded as Q121973375[26].
  • Slaughterhouse-Five's has edition or translation is recorded as Q121977839[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Slaughterhouse-Five authored Kurt Vonnegut[3]. Slaughterhouse-Five was published by Dell Publishing[7].

Publication

Slaughterhouse-Five was published on March 1969[19]. Slaughterhouse-Five's language of work or name is recorded as English[17]. Genres include time-travel fiction[8], satirical fiction[9], black comedy[10], war fiction[11], metafiction[12], and science fiction[13].

Subject and Themes

Slaughterhouse-Five's main subject is World War II[28].

Reception

Awards received include NPR Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books[4] and 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction[5], a list of best books[29].

Why It Matters

Slaughterhouse-Five ranks in the top 0.28% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,512 views/month, #79 of 28,446).[2] Slaughterhouse-Five has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Slaughterhouse-Five is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

FAQs

What awards did Slaughterhouse-Five receive?

Honors received include NPR Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books[4] and 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . Freebase Data Dumps. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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