Glory Road
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Glory Road is a 1963 science fantasy novel by Robert A. Heinlein that blends adventure, satire, and speculative fiction in a quest across multiple dimensions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Glory Road canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5066605 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Glory Road Context triple: [Robert A. Heinlein, notableWork, Glory Road]
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A.
Glory Road
Glory Road is a 2006 sports drama film based on the true story of the Texas Western College basketball team that broke racial barriers by winning the 1966 NCAA championship with an all-Black starting lineup.
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B.
Hometown Glory
"Hometown Glory" is Adele's debut single, a soulful piano ballad reflecting on her emotional connection to her hometown and marking the beginning of her rise to fame.
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C.
Blaze of Glory
"Blaze of Glory" is a song featured on the country music album "Share Your Love" by Kenny Rogers.
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D.
Glory Days
"Glory Days" is a rock song by Bruce Springsteen, known for its nostalgic reflection on youth and aging and released as one of the hit singles from his 1984 album Born in the U.S.A.
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E.
Moonlight Mile
Moonlight Mile is a crime novel by Dennis Lehane that revisits private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro as they confront the consequences of a child abduction case from their past.
- 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: Glory Road Target entity description: Glory Road is a 1963 science fantasy novel by Robert A. Heinlein that blends adventure, satire, and speculative fiction in a quest across multiple dimensions.
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A.
Glory Road
Glory Road is a 2006 sports drama film based on the true story of the Texas Western College basketball team that broke racial barriers by winning the 1966 NCAA championship with an all-Black starting lineup.
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B.
Hometown Glory
"Hometown Glory" is Adele's debut single, a soulful piano ballad reflecting on her emotional connection to her hometown and marking the beginning of her rise to fame.
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C.
Blaze of Glory
"Blaze of Glory" is a song featured on the country music album "Share Your Love" by Kenny Rogers.
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D.
Glory Days
"Glory Days" is a rock song by Bruce Springsteen, known for its nostalgic reflection on youth and aging and released as one of the hit singles from his 1984 album Born in the U.S.A.
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E.
Moonlight Mile
Moonlight Mile is a crime novel by Dennis Lehane that revisits private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro as they confront the consequences of a child abduction case from their past.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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science fantasy novel ⓘ speculative fiction work ⓘ |
| author | Robert A. Heinlein ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
heroism
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identity and self-discovery ⓘ romantic relationships ⓘ satire of heroic fantasy ⓘ the meaning of glory ⓘ the nature of adventure ⓘ |
| containsElement |
interdimensional travel
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metafictional commentary ⓘ quest narrative ⓘ sword-and-sorcery tropes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| coverArtist | Irving Freeman ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | serial ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction ⓘ |
| followedByInCareerOfAuthor | Farnham's Freehold ⓘ |
| followsInCareerOfAuthor | Stranger in a Strange Land ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
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fantasy ⓘ satire ⓘ science fantasy ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Evelyn Cyril Gordon
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Rufo ⓘ Star ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
fish out of water
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reluctant hero ⓘ subversion of chivalric romance ⓘ |
| hasNotableObject | Egg of the Phoenix ⓘ |
| hasReception | mixed to positive critical reception ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre |
picaresque novel
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portal fantasy ⓘ |
| isConsidered | minor classic of science fantasy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Golden Age science fiction
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linked to:
Golden Age of Science Fiction
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| mainCharacterNationality | American ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | ex-soldier ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| protagonistAlias | Oscar Gordon ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1963 ⓘ |
| publisher |
G. P. Putnam's Sons
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linked to:
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
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| setting |
alternate universes
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multiple dimensions ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfStory | post–Korean War era ⓘ |
| workByAuthor | Robert A. Heinlein ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Glory Road Description of subject: Glory Road is a 1963 science fantasy novel by Robert A. Heinlein that blends adventure, satire, and speculative fiction in a quest across multiple dimensions.
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