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The Egg

short story about the meaning and purpose of life and humankind
Creative Work Literary Work Q25203901

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9 properties
Instance of
literary work
Author
Andy Weir[2]
Genre
speculative fiction[3]
Language of work or name
English[4]
Publication date
2009[6]
Official website
www.galactanet.com, www.galactanet.com[7][8]
Country of origin
United States[5]
Form of creative work
short story[10]
Title
The Egg[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en The Egg ar البيضة de Das Ei (Kurzgeschichte) he הביצה pt The Egg (conto de Weir) ro Oul tr Yumurta uk Яйце
🔖 Identifiers · 3
BookBrainz work ID
0c4b4fa1-00e7-44d7-a513-d2d72ffd8b96
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11bxfw2q2c
ISFDB title ID
2283031

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United States
Form of creative work 1
short story
Genre 1
speculative fiction
Instance of 1
literary work
Language of work or name 1
English
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Summary

The Egg is a literary work[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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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. 4w ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    BookBrainz work ID → 0c4b4fa1-00e7-44d7-a513-d2d72ffd8b96
    "Created claim: BookBrainz work ID: 0c4b4fa1-00e7-44d7-a513-d2d72ffd8b96, batch #290269"
  2. 16w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → 2009
    Language of work or name → English
    Official website → https://www.galactanet.com/oneoff/theegg_mod.html, http://www.galactanet.com/oneoff/theegg_ar.html
    Author → Andy Weir
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed labels, descriptions or aliases: import labels from sitelinks"
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