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Creation (novel)

Creation is an epic historical fiction novel by Gore Vidal published in 1981. In 2002 he published a restored version, reinstating four chapters that a previous editor had cut and adding a brief foreword explaining what had happened and why he had restored the cut chapters.

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Author
Gore Vidal
Genre
Historical novel
Publication date
1 January 1981
Publisher
Random House
Dewey Decimal
813/.54 19
Language
English

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Creation (novel)

Nodes36
Edges35
Triples12
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.055556
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Creation (novel)

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Author · 1
Creation (novel) → Gore Vidal
Dewey Decimal · 1
Creation (novel) → 813/.54 19
Genre · 1
Creation (novel) → Historical novel
ISBN · 1
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Language · 1
Creation (novel) → English
LC Class · 1
Creation (novel) → PS3543.I26 C7
Media type · 1
Creation (novel) → Print (Hardback and Paperback)
OCLC · 1
Creation (novel) → 7158597
Pages · 1
Creation (novel) → 510 pp (first edition, hardback)
Publication date · 1
Creation (novel) → 1 January 1981

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Creation (novel)AuthorGore Vidal1.00infobox
Creation (novel)Dewey Decimal813/.54 191.00infobox
Creation (novel)GenreHistorical novel1.00infobox
Creation (novel)ISBN.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r…1.00infobox
Creation (novel)LanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Creation (novel)LC ClassPS3543.I26 C71.00infobox
Creation (novel)Media typePrint (Hardback and Paperback)1.00infobox
Creation (novel)OCLC71585971.00infobox
Creation (novel)Pages510 pp (first edition, hardback)1.00infobox
Creation (novel)Publication date1 January 19811.00infobox
Creation (novel)Publication placeUnited States1.00infobox
Creation (novel)PublisherRandom House1.00infobox

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