Manifold: Space
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Manifold: Space is a hard science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter that explores humanity’s attempts to understand the Fermi paradox and the future of intelligent life in the universe.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Manifold: Space canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4805619 — 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: Manifold: Space Context triple: [Stephen Baxter, notableWork, Manifold: Space]
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A.
Hyperspace
Hyperspace is a popular science book by theoretical physicist Michio Kaku that explores higher dimensions, string theory, and the nature of the universe for a general audience.
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B.
The Maw
The Maw is a perilous endgame zone in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, serving as the inescapable prison of the most wicked souls and the domain of the Jailer.
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C.
The Currents of Space
The Currents of Space is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov set in his Galactic Empire universe, exploring political intrigue, planetary exploitation, and social stratification on a distant world.
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D.
On a Spaceship
"On a Spaceship" is a 2015 studio album by Nigerian artist Burna Boy that blends Afro-fusion, dancehall, and reggae influences to showcase his evolving sound.
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E.
Spaceways
Spaceways is a 1953 British science fiction film about early space travel and personal intrigue, directed by Terence Fisher and associated with editor-turned-director Harmon Jones.
- 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: Manifold: Space Target entity description: Manifold: Space is a hard science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter that explores humanity’s attempts to understand the Fermi paradox and the future of intelligent life in the universe.
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A.
Hyperspace
Hyperspace is a popular science book by theoretical physicist Michio Kaku that explores higher dimensions, string theory, and the nature of the universe for a general audience.
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B.
The Maw
The Maw is a perilous endgame zone in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, serving as the inescapable prison of the most wicked souls and the domain of the Jailer.
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C.
The Currents of Space
The Currents of Space is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov set in his Galactic Empire universe, exploring political intrigue, planetary exploitation, and social stratification on a distant world.
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D.
On a Spaceship
"On a Spaceship" is a 2015 studio album by Nigerian artist Burna Boy that blends Afro-fusion, dancehall, and reggae influences to showcase his evolving sound.
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E.
Spaceways
Spaceways is a 1953 British science fiction film about early space travel and personal intrigue, directed by Terence Fisher and associated with editor-turned-director Harmon Jones.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hard science fiction novel
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novel ⓘ science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Stephen Baxter ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
Fermi paradox
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anthropic principle ⓘ cosmic engineering ⓘ cosmology ⓘ extraterrestrial intelligence ⓘ future of intelligent life in the universe ⓘ space exploration ⓘ |
| followedBy | Manifold: Origin ⓘ |
| follows | Manifold: Time ⓘ |
| genre |
hard science fiction
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science fiction ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
2000 novels
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British science fiction novels ⓘ novels by Stephen Baxter ⓘ |
| hasPrequel | Manifold: Time ⓘ |
| hasSequel | Manifold: Origin ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
cosmic scale of time and space
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evolution of intelligence ⓘ existential risk ⓘ survival of humanity ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | contemporary science fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Reid Malenfant ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeForm |
alternate futures
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multiple timelines ⓘ |
| notableFor |
rigorous scientific detail
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speculative cosmology ⓘ treatment of Fermi paradox ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Manifold series ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| publisher |
HarperCollins
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Voyager Books ⓘ |
| setIn |
Solar System
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future ⓘ outer space ⓘ |
| workIn | Manifold series ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Manifold: Space Description of subject: Manifold: Space is a hard science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter that explores humanity’s attempts to understand the Fermi paradox and the future of intelligent life in the universe.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.