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A fact from A Polish Book of Monsters appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 April 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that A Polish Book of Monsters features stories in which the line between monster and human is blurred, reflecting what the editor saw as a quintessentially Polish view of monstrosity?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2025/April. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/A Polish Book of Monsters.

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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 23:53, 8 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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... that A Polish Book of Monsters features stories where the line between monster and human is blurred, reflecting what the editor saw as a quintessentially Polish view of monstrosity? Source: see reviews by Froggatt, Zechenter and Little
- ALT1: ... that A Polish Book of Monsters was praised for showing that Polish speculative fiction goes far beyond the works of Stanisław Lem? Source: see reviews by Zechenter and Little
- ALT2: ... that A Polish Book of Monsters contains an alternative translation of Andrzej Sapkowski’s The Witcher, rendered as a "Spellmaker"? Source: as discussed by Wodzynski and other sources
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Fred Verity

Created by Piotrus (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 556 past nominations.

_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 11:31, 4 April 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Date, length, hook, close paraphrase check ok. I prefer ALT0, better for a broader audience. --Soman (talk) 11:37, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]