Lord Valentine’s Castle

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novel science fantasy novel

Lord Valentine’s Castle is a science fantasy novel by Robert Silverberg set on the vast and vividly imagined world of Majipoor, following the amnesiac Valentine as he journeys to reclaim his rightful role as ruler.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Lord Valentine’s Castle canonical	4
Lord Valentine's Castle	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1804793 — 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: Lord Valentine’s Castle
Context triple: [Robert Silverberg, notableWork, Lord Valentine’s Castle]

A. Blackrock Castle
Blackrock Castle is a historic riverside fortification near Cork City that now serves as an observatory and science centre open to the public.
B. Cyfarthfa Castle
Cyfarthfa Castle is a 19th-century mock-Gothic mansion in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, historically linked to the iron industry and now serving as a museum and public park.
C. Stormont Castle
Stormont Castle is a historic government building in Belfast that serves as the main administrative headquarters and meeting place for Northern Ireland’s executive leadership.
D. St Donat’s Castle
St Donat’s Castle is a historic medieval fortress on the South Wales coast, best known as the long-time residence of American newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst and now home to the international boarding school Atlantic College.
E. Raglan Castle
Raglan Castle is a grand late medieval and Tudor-era fortress in southeast Wales, renowned for its impressive ruins and distinctive hexagonal Great Tower.
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: Lord Valentine’s Castle
Target entity description: Lord Valentine’s Castle is a science fantasy novel by Robert Silverberg set on the vast and vividly imagined world of Majipoor, following the amnesiac Valentine as he journeys to reclaim his rightful role as ruler.

A. Blackrock Castle
Blackrock Castle is a historic riverside fortification near Cork City that now serves as an observatory and science centre open to the public.
B. Cyfarthfa Castle
Cyfarthfa Castle is a 19th-century mock-Gothic mansion in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, historically linked to the iron industry and now serving as a museum and public park.
C. Stormont Castle
Stormont Castle is a historic government building in Belfast that serves as the main administrative headquarters and meeting place for Northern Ireland’s executive leadership.
D. St Donat’s Castle
St Donat’s Castle is a historic medieval fortress on the South Wales coast, best known as the long-time residence of American newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst and now home to the international boarding school Atlantic College.
E. Raglan Castle
Raglan Castle is a grand late medieval and Tudor-era fortress in southeast Wales, renowned for its impressive ruins and distinctive hexagonal Great Tower.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	novel ⓘ science fantasy novel ⓘ
author	Robert Silverberg ⓘ
award	Locus Award ⓘ surface form: Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel
awardYear	1981 ⓘ
chronologicalOrderInSeries	first novel in the Majipoor series ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
coverArtist	Ron Walotsky ⓘ Val Lakey Lindahn ⓘ
criticalReception	considered a classic of science fantasy ⓘ widely praised for world-building ⓘ
features	complex political structure on Majipoor ⓘ diverse alien and human cultures ⓘ telepathic powers ⓘ
fictionalWorldType	giant planet ⓘ
firstPublicationYear	1980 ⓘ
genre	fantasy fiction ⓘ science fantasy ⓘ science fiction ⓘ
hasCharacter	Carabella ⓘ Deliamber ⓘ Hissune ⓘ Sleet ⓘ Valentine ⓘ
hasSequel	The Majipoor Chronicles ⓘ surface form: Majipoor Chronicles Valentine Pontifex ⓘ
isbn	0-06-014026-0 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainCharacter	Valentine ⓘ
mediaType	hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ print ⓘ
narrativeFocus	Valentine’s journey to reclaim his rightful role as ruler ⓘ
narrativeStyle	third-person narrative ⓘ
nominatedFor	Hugo Award for Best Novel ⓘ Nebula Award for Best Novel ⓘ
pageCount	500+ ⓘ
partOf	Majipoor ⓘ surface form: Majipoor cycle
protagonistTrait	amnesiac ⓘ
publisher	Harper & Row ⓘ Timescape Books ⓘ
series	The Majipoor Chronicles ⓘ surface form: Majipoor series
setting	Majipoor ⓘ
theme	identity ⓘ journey and quest ⓘ legitimacy of rule ⓘ memory and self-discovery ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

Robert Silverberg → notableWork → Lord Valentine’s Castle ⓘ

Silverberg → notableWork → Lord Valentine’s Castle ⓘ

subject surface form: Robert Silverberg

The Majipoor Chronicles → follows → Lord Valentine’s Castle ⓘ

The Majipoor Chronicles → relatedWork → Lord Valentine’s Castle ⓘ

Valentine Pontifex → follows → Lord Valentine’s Castle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Valentine's Castle

Valentine Pontifex → prequel → Lord Valentine’s Castle ⓘ