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Something Wicked (book)

book by Carolyn Hart

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ30668077 ↗
Source-derived summary

Something Wicked is a novel written by Carolyn Hart and published by Bantam Books on 1 May 1988 which later went on to win the Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original in 1989.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Something Wicked (book)” as book by Carolyn Hart. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Something, Wicked and book.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1988, 1989—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1988-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Something, Wicked and book providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Something Wicked (book)”, the useful work is to connect “book by Carolyn Hart” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q30668077. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1988 and 1989.

Critical limits

Later fame can flatten the distinction between original context, subsequent adaptation and institutional collecting history. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Something Wicked (book)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.