The World Set Free

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novel science fiction novel

The World Set Free is a 1914 science fiction novel by H. G. Wells that famously anticipated the development and devastating impact of atomic weapons.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
The World Set Free canonical	3
The World Set Free: A Story of Mankind	1
The World Set Free: A Story of a World Set Free (serialized material)?	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5364574 — 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 World Set Free
Context triple: [H. G. Wells bibliography, includesWork, The World Set Free]

A. A World Destroyed
A World Destroyed is a historical study by Martin J. Sherwin examining the development and use of the atomic bomb and its profound political and moral consequences.
B. The Wars to Come
"The Wars to Come" is a musical track from the Game of Thrones Season 5 soundtrack composed by Ramin Djawadi, reflecting the series’ dark, foreboding tone.
C. The Destiny of Man
The Destiny of Man is a philosophical and religious work by Russian thinker Nicolas Berdyaev that explores human freedom, creativity, and spiritual purpose in relation to God and history.
D. The Last Night of the World
"The Last Night of the World" is a Ray Bradbury short story that quietly explores how an ordinary couple spends their final evening together after learning the world will end.
E. Fatelessness
Fatelessness is a semi-autobiographical novel by Nobel laureate Imre Kertész that portrays a Hungarian Jewish boy’s harrowing experiences in Nazi concentration camps and his struggle to comprehend them afterward.
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 World Set Free
Target entity description: The World Set Free is a 1914 science fiction novel by H. G. Wells that famously anticipated the development and devastating impact of atomic weapons.

A. A World Destroyed
A World Destroyed is a historical study by Martin J. Sherwin examining the development and use of the atomic bomb and its profound political and moral consequences.
B. The Wars to Come
"The Wars to Come" is a musical track from the Game of Thrones Season 5 soundtrack composed by Ramin Djawadi, reflecting the series’ dark, foreboding tone.
C. The Destiny of Man
The Destiny of Man is a philosophical and religious work by Russian thinker Nicolas Berdyaev that explores human freedom, creativity, and spiritual purpose in relation to God and history.
D. The Last Night of the World
"The Last Night of the World" is a Ray Bradbury short story that quietly explores how an ordinary couple spends their final evening together after learning the world will end.
E. Fatelessness
Fatelessness is a semi-autobiographical novel by Nobel laureate Imre Kertész that portrays a Hungarian Jewish boy’s harrowing experiences in Nazi concentration camps and his struggle to comprehend them afterward.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	novel ⓘ science fiction novel ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	The World Set Free: A Story of Mankind ⓘ linked to: The World Set Free
anticipated	devastating impact of atomic weapons ⓘ development of atomic weapons ⓘ
author	H. G. Wells ⓘ linked to: Herbert George Wells
centralConcept	“atomic bombs” that explode continuously ⓘ
copyrightStatus	public domain in many countries ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
form	novel in chapters ⓘ
genre	science fiction ⓘ speculative fiction ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	later nuclear war fiction ⓘ public imagination of atomic bombs ⓘ
hasPart	creation of a world state ⓘ depiction of a world war ⓘ
hasSubject	atomic weapons ⓘ future war ⓘ global politics ⓘ nuclear warfare ⓘ technological change ⓘ utopian society ⓘ
hasTheme	destructive power of science ⓘ responsibility of scientists ⓘ transition from war to peace ⓘ world government as solution to war ⓘ
influenced	Leo Szilard ⓘ early nuclear scientists ⓘ
inSeries	H. G. Wells future history works ⓘ
isPartOf	H. G. Wells bibliography ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryMovement	early 20th-century science fiction ⓘ
mainConflict	global war using atomic bombs ⓘ
mediaType	print ⓘ
narrativePerspective	third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor	early fictional description of atomic bombs ⓘ influence on thinking about nuclear weapons ⓘ
period	pre-World War I literature ⓘ
precededBy	The World Set Free: A Story of a World Set Free (serialized material)? ⓘ linked to: The World Set Free
publicationDate	1914 ⓘ
publisher	Macmillan ⓘ linked to: The Macmillan Company
resolution	establishment of a world council ⓘ
setting	future Earth ⓘ
structure	prose narrative ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting	late 20th century and beyond (as imagined in 1914) ⓘ
title	The World Set Free ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

H. G. Wells bibliography → includesWork → The World Set Free ⓘ

H. G. Wells fictional universe → includesWork → The World Set Free ⓘ

The World Set Free → precededBy → The World Set Free: A Story of a World Set Free (serialized material)? ⓘ

linked to: The World Set Free

The World Set Free → title → The World Set Free ⓘ

The World Set Free → alsoKnownAs → The World Set Free: A Story of Mankind ⓘ