Neal Stephenson

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Neal Stephenson is an American speculative fiction author known for his dense, idea-driven novels that blend science, history, technology, and philosophy, such as "Snow Crash" and "Cryptonomicon."

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Label	Occurrences
Neal Stephenson canonical	19

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T913027 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Neal Stephenson
Context triple: [Arthur C. Clarke Award, notableWinner, Neal Stephenson]

A. Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow is a Canadian-British science fiction author, technology activist, and co-editor of the blog Boing Boing, known for his work on digital rights, copyright reform, and internet freedom.
B. Stephen Baxter
Stephen Baxter is a British science fiction author known for his hard science narratives, expansive space operas, and collaborations with Arthur C. Clarke.
C. Gregory Benford
Gregory Benford is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist best known for his hard science fiction novels such as "Timescape" and his contributions to the Galactic Center series.
D. Peter Hamilton
Peter Hamilton is a British science fiction author best known for his expansive space opera series such as the Night's Dawn trilogy and the Commonwealth Saga.
E. Gunnar Birkerts
Gunnar Birkerts was a Latvian-American modernist architect renowned for his innovative, sculptural designs for cultural and institutional buildings in the United States.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Neal Stephenson
Target entity description: Neal Stephenson is an American speculative fiction author known for his dense, idea-driven novels that blend science, history, technology, and philosophy, such as "Snow Crash" and "Cryptonomicon."

A. Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow is a Canadian-British science fiction author, technology activist, and co-editor of the blog Boing Boing, known for his work on digital rights, copyright reform, and internet freedom.
B. Stephen Baxter
Stephen Baxter is a British science fiction author known for his hard science narratives, expansive space operas, and collaborations with Arthur C. Clarke.
C. Gregory Benford
Gregory Benford is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist best known for his hard science fiction novels such as "Timescape" and his contributions to the Galactic Center series.
D. Peter Hamilton
Peter Hamilton is a British science fiction author best known for his expansive space opera series such as the Night's Dawn trilogy and the Commonwealth Saga.
E. Gunnar Birkerts
Gunnar Birkerts was a Latvian-American modernist architect renowned for his innovative, sculptural designs for cultural and institutional buildings in the United States.
F. None of above. chosen

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awardReceived	Hugo Award ⓘ surface form: Hugo Award nomination Locus Award ⓘ Prometheus Award ⓘ
coinedBy	Neal Stephenson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1959-10-31 ⓘ
educatedAt	Boston University ⓘ
familyName	Stephenson ⓘ
fieldOfWork	historical fiction ⓘ science fiction literature ⓘ speculative fiction ⓘ
firstAppearedIn	Snow Crash ⓘ
genre	cyberpunk ⓘ cyberpunk ⓘ historical fiction ⓘ historical fiction ⓘ historical fiction ⓘ science fiction ⓘ science fiction ⓘ science fiction ⓘ science fiction ⓘ science fiction ⓘ science fiction ⓘ science fiction ⓘ science fiction ⓘ speculative fiction ⓘ techno-thriller ⓘ
givenName	Neal ⓘ
hasPart	Quicksilver ⓘ The Confusion ⓘ The System of the World ⓘ
hasWrittenAbout	computer science ⓘ cryptography ⓘ history ⓘ mathematics ⓘ nanotechnology ⓘ philosophy ⓘ virtual reality ⓘ
hasWrittenNonfiction	In the Beginning... Was the Command Line ⓘ
influencedBy	Jorge Luis Borges ⓘ Thomas Pynchon ⓘ William Gibson ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
name	Neal Stephenson self-link ⓘ
notableConcept	Metaverse ⓘ
notableSeries	The Baroque Cycle ⓘ
notableWork	Anathem ⓘ Cryptonomicon ⓘ Fall; or, Dodge in Hell ⓘ Reamde ⓘ Seveneves ⓘ Snow Crash ⓘ The Diamond Age ⓘ
occupation	essayist ⓘ game designer ⓘ novelist ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Fort Meade, Maryland ⓘ surface form: Fort Meade, Maryland, United States
publicationDate	1992 ⓘ 1995 ⓘ 1999 ⓘ 2008 ⓘ 2011 ⓘ 2015 ⓘ 2019 ⓘ
writingStyle	dense prose ⓘ idea-driven ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arthur C. Clarke Award → notableWinner → Neal Stephenson ⓘ

Prometheus Award → notableWinner → Neal Stephenson ⓘ

Neal Stephenson → name → Neal Stephenson self-link ⓘ