Solar Lottery

novel by Philip K. Dick
VisualArtwork literary_work Q2520381
Solar Lottery
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Solar Lottery

Summary

Solar Lottery is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (56 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Solar Lottery authored Philip K. Dick[3].
  • Solar Lottery's image is recorded as Solar Lottery (1955).jpg[4].
  • Solar Lottery's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • Solar Lottery's publisher is recorded as Ace Books[6].
  • Solar Lottery's genre is recorded as science fiction[7].
  • Solar Lottery's language of work or name is recorded as American English[8].
  • Solar Lottery's country of origin is recorded as United States[9].
  • Solar Lottery's publication date is recorded as +1955-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Solar Lottery's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07h_l2[11].
  • Solar Lottery's Open Library ID is recorded as OL2172509W[12].
  • Solar Lottery's has edition or translation is recorded as Q113653399[13].
  • Solar Lottery's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 128173[14].
  • Solar Lottery's ISFDB title ID is recorded as 4662[15].
  • Solar Lottery's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Solar-Lottery[16].
  • Solar Lottery's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Solar Lottery'}[17].
  • Solar Lottery's has characteristic is recorded as debut novel[18].
  • Solar Lottery's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'There had been harbingers.'}[19].
  • Solar Lottery's Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature NILF ID is recorded as 1027273[20].
  • Solar Lottery's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1980247', 'amount': '+17'}[21].
  • Solar Lottery's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': '“It isn’t a brute instinct that keeps us restless and dissatisfied. I’ll tell you what it is: it’s the highest goal of man—the need to grow and advance … to find new things … to expand. To spread out, reach areas, experiences, comprehend and live in an evolving fashion. To push aside routine and repetition, to break out of mindless monotony and thrust forward. To keep moving on …”'}[22].
  • Solar Lottery's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Book", "SolarLottery"][23].
  • Solar Lottery's OCLC work ID is recorded as 752845[24].
  • Solar Lottery's NooSFere book ID is recorded as 7282[25].
  • Solar Lottery's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[26].
  • Solar Lottery's FantLab work ID is recorded as 5373[27].

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Works and Contributions

Solar Lottery authored Philip K. Dick[3].

Why It Matters

Solar Lottery ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (56 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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.
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  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  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.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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