The Man in the Maze
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The Man in the Maze is a science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg that follows a telepathically altered diplomat who retreats into an alien-built labyrinth to escape humanity’s tormenting thoughts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Man in the Maze canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1804800 — 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: The Man in the Maze Context triple: [Robert Silverberg, notableWork, The Man in the Maze]
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A.
The General in His Labyrinth
The General in His Labyrinth is a historical novel by Gabriel García Márquez that fictionalizes the final journey and inner turmoil of Latin American liberator Simón Bolívar.
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B.
Door into the Dark
Door into the Dark is a 1969 poetry collection by Irish Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney that deepens his exploration of rural life, memory, and identity through richly textured, earthy verse.
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C.
The Double Man
The Double Man is a 1941 poetry collection by W. H. Auden that reflects his transition from political to more religious and philosophical themes.
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D.
The Man in the Glass Booth
The Man in the Glass Booth is a 1967 stage play by Robert Shaw that explores identity, guilt, and the legacy of the Holocaust through the trial of a mysterious Jewish industrialist accused of being a Nazi war criminal.
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E.
In the Shadow of Man
In the Shadow of Man is Jane Goodall’s influential 1971 book that chronicles her pioneering field research on wild chimpanzees in Tanzania and helped transform our understanding of primate behavior and human evolution.
- 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: The Man in the Maze Target entity description: The Man in the Maze is a science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg that follows a telepathically altered diplomat who retreats into an alien-built labyrinth to escape humanity’s tormenting thoughts.
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A.
The General in His Labyrinth
The General in His Labyrinth is a historical novel by Gabriel García Márquez that fictionalizes the final journey and inner turmoil of Latin American liberator Simón Bolívar.
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B.
Door into the Dark
Door into the Dark is a 1969 poetry collection by Irish Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney that deepens his exploration of rural life, memory, and identity through richly textured, earthy verse.
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C.
The Double Man
The Double Man is a 1941 poetry collection by W. H. Auden that reflects his transition from political to more religious and philosophical themes.
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D.
The Man in the Glass Booth
The Man in the Glass Booth is a 1967 stage play by Robert Shaw that explores identity, guilt, and the legacy of the Holocaust through the trial of a mysterious Jewish industrialist accused of being a Nazi war criminal.
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E.
In the Shadow of Man
In the Shadow of Man is Jane Goodall’s influential 1971 book that chronicles her pioneering field research on wild chimpanzees in Tanzania and helped transform our understanding of primate behavior and human evolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Robert Silverberg ⓘ |
| centralLocation |
alien-built labyrinth
ⓘ
planet Lemnos ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| exploresConcept |
first contact with alien species
ⓘ
use of individuals as tools of state policy ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | serial ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Worlds of If ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasAlternateForm | magazine serial version ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Charles Boardman
ⓘ
Ned Rawlins ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtist | Jeff Jones ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780380018663 ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Richard Muller ⓘ |
| hasMediaType |
paperback
ⓘ
print ⓘ |
| hasMotiveForProtagonistRetreat | torment from unfiltered human thoughts ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeTone |
bleak
ⓘ
introspective ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | 192 ⓘ |
| hasReception | regarded as a notable work in Robert Silverberg’s late-1960s period ⓘ |
| hasStructureElement | labyrinth as both physical and psychological barrier ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| hasTimePeriodOfWriting | late 1960s ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Philoctetes (Sophocles)
ⓘ
surface form:
Sophocles’ play Philoctetes
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | novel ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorBibliography | works of Robert Silverberg ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A telepathically altered diplomat retreats into an alien labyrinth to escape the torment of human thoughts and is later sought out for a critical mission involving alien contact. ⓘ |
| protagonistAbility | telepathy ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | diplomat ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| publisher | Avon Books ⓘ |
| setting | future ⓘ |
| subgenre | social science fiction ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
ⓘ
ethics of telepathy ⓘ exploitation of individuals with special abilities ⓘ isolation ⓘ relationship between individual and society ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Man in the Maze Description of subject: The Man in the Maze is a science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg that follows a telepathically altered diplomat who retreats into an alien-built labyrinth to escape humanity’s tormenting thoughts.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Robert Silverberg