To Sail Beyond the Sunset
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To Sail Beyond the Sunset is a 1987 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein that explores alternate realities, free love, and personal freedom through the life story of Maureen Johnson, mother of his recurring character Lazarus Long.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| To Sail Beyond the Sunset canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5066613 — 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: To Sail Beyond the Sunset Context triple: [Robert A. Heinlein, notableWork, To Sail Beyond the Sunset]
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A.
Sunset on the Sea
"Sunset on the Sea" is a luminous seascape painting by American landscape artist John Frederick Kensett, celebrated for its serene atmosphere and subtle exploration of light and color at dusk.
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B.
The Sunset Sea
The Sunset Sea is the vast western ocean in the world of "A Song of Ice and Fire," lying beyond the western shores of Westeros and shrouded in mystery and legend.
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C.
Ships in a Calm
Ships in a Calm is a serene 17th-century maritime painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Willem van de Velde the Younger, celebrated for its meticulous detail and atmospheric depiction of ships at rest.
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D.
Like the Sea
"Like the Sea" is a soulful R&B ballad by Alicia Keys from her album "The Element of Freedom," noted for its serene, metaphor-rich lyrics and gentle, flowing melody.
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E.
To the Sea
To the Sea is a mellow, introspective 2010 studio album by Hawaiian singer-songwriter Jack Johnson that blends acoustic surf rock with themes of family, memory, and the ocean.
- 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: To Sail Beyond the Sunset Target entity description: To Sail Beyond the Sunset is a 1987 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein that explores alternate realities, free love, and personal freedom through the life story of Maureen Johnson, mother of his recurring character Lazarus Long.
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A.
Sunset on the Sea
"Sunset on the Sea" is a luminous seascape painting by American landscape artist John Frederick Kensett, celebrated for its serene atmosphere and subtle exploration of light and color at dusk.
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B.
The Sunset Sea
The Sunset Sea is the vast western ocean in the world of "A Song of Ice and Fire," lying beyond the western shores of Westeros and shrouded in mystery and legend.
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C.
Ships in a Calm
Ships in a Calm is a serene 17th-century maritime painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Willem van de Velde the Younger, celebrated for its meticulous detail and atmospheric depiction of ships at rest.
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D.
Like the Sea
"Like the Sea" is a soulful R&B ballad by Alicia Keys from her album "The Element of Freedom," noted for its serene, metaphor-rich lyrics and gentle, flowing melody.
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E.
To the Sea
To the Sea is a mellow, introspective 2010 studio album by Hawaiian singer-songwriter Jack Johnson that blends acoustic surf rock with themes of family, memory, and the ocean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Robert A. Heinlein ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| character |
Brian Smith
ⓘ
Carolyn ⓘ Hazel Stone ⓘ Hilda Corners ⓘ Ira Weatheral ⓘ Jubal Harshaw ⓘ Lazarus Long ⓘ Minerva ⓘ Woodrow Wilson Smith ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| follows |
The Number of the Beast
ⓘ
Time Enough for Love ⓘ |
| genre |
science fiction
ⓘ
speculative fiction ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 0-441-24897-2 ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | approximately 480 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Maureen Johnson ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| narrator | Maureen Johnson ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of sexual mores
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integration of multiple Heinlein universes ⓘ |
| partOf |
Heinlein Future History
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linked to:
Heinlein Future History universe
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| precedes | none (last major Lazarus Long novel) ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Ace Books
ⓘ
New American Library ⓘ |
| series | Lazarus Long series ⓘ |
| setting |
alternate timelines
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multiple universes ⓘ |
| theme |
alternate realities
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family relationships ⓘ free love ⓘ immortality ⓘ incest ⓘ individualism ⓘ nonconformity ⓘ personal freedom ⓘ polyamory ⓘ sexual freedom ⓘ time travel ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | line from Tennyson's poem Ulysses ⓘ |
| toldFromPerspectiveOf | Maureen Johnson ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: To Sail Beyond the Sunset Description of subject: To Sail Beyond the Sunset is a 1987 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein that explores alternate realities, free love, and personal freedom through the life story of Maureen Johnson, mother of his recurring character Lazarus Long.
Referenced by (2)
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