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The Pause

short story by Isaac Asimov
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Summary

The Pause is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Isaac Asimov[3]
  • Genre: science fiction[4]
  • Language of work or name: English[5]
  • Publication date: 1954[6]
  • Published in: Flûte, flûte et flûtes ![7]
  • Title: La Pause[8], Die Pause[9], The Pause[10]
  • Form of creative work: short story[11]

Why It Matters

The Pause is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_the-pause_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{The Pause}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-pause}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-16}}
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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. 12d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Freebase id → /m/026g3b6
    Vegetti catalog of fantastic literature nilf id → 1002716
    Isfdb title id → 68266
    Published in → Flûte, flûte et flûtes !
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Bookbrainz work id: 65004752-1572-427e-889b-6d500c607d28, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/325316643|The Pause (#325316643)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalo"
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