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The Blade Itself

2006 novel by Joe Abercrombie
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Summary

The Blade Itself is a literary work[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Joe Abercrombie[3]
  • Publisher: Gollancz[4]
  • Genre: fantasy[5]
  • Followed by: Before They Are Hanged[6]
  • Part of the series: The First Law[7]
  • Language of work or name: English[8]
  • Publication date: May 4, 2006[9]
  • Nominated for: Locus Award for Best First Novel[10]
  • Title: The Blade Itself[11]
  • Form of creative work: novel[12]

Why It Matters

The Blade Itself is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

Joe Abercrombie literary work

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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] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . sfadb.com. sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bookbrainz work id → 83b8d6cc-f093-4b43-84ce-f6ca5dc64f12
    Wikipedia languages → ['fi', 'it', 'nl', 'ro', 'ru', 'uk']
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 21w ago · Iamcarbon · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of series → —
    Publication date → —
    Part of the series → The First Law
    Genre → —
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ Form of creative work: novel, add [[:Q2629164|ISFDB]] reference"
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