Children of Time series
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The Children of Time series is a critically acclaimed science fiction saga by Adrian Tchaikovsky that explores the evolution of alien civilizations and humanity’s struggle for survival across vast stretches of time and space.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Children of Time | 3 |
| Children of Time series canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5614013 — 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: Children of Time series Context triple: [Hugo Award for Best Series, notableWinner, Children of Time series]
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A.
The Space Trilogy
The Space Trilogy is a series of science fiction novels by C. S. Lewis that blend space travel with Christian theology, philosophical themes, and mythic storytelling.
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B.
Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy
The Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy is a renowned hard science fiction series by Liu Cixin that explores humanity’s contact and conflict with an alien civilization across vast scales of time and space.
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C.
Hainish Cycle
The Hainish Cycle is a loosely connected series of science fiction works by Ursula K. Le Guin that explore themes of culture, politics, and anthropology across a shared interstellar setting.
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D.
Time's Eye
Time's Eye is a science fiction novel, co-written by Stephen Baxter and Arthur C. Clarke, that explores a fragmented Earth where different eras collide due to a mysterious cosmic event.
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E.
The Night's Dawn Trilogy
The Night's Dawn Trilogy is a sprawling space opera series by Peter F. Hamilton that blends hard science fiction with horror and political intrigue in a far-future human civilization.
- 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: Children of Time series Target entity description: The Children of Time series is a critically acclaimed science fiction saga by Adrian Tchaikovsky that explores the evolution of alien civilizations and humanity’s struggle for survival across vast stretches of time and space.
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A.
The Space Trilogy
The Space Trilogy is a series of science fiction novels by C. S. Lewis that blend space travel with Christian theology, philosophical themes, and mythic storytelling.
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B.
Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy
The Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy is a renowned hard science fiction series by Liu Cixin that explores humanity’s contact and conflict with an alien civilization across vast scales of time and space.
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C.
Hainish Cycle
The Hainish Cycle is a loosely connected series of science fiction works by Ursula K. Le Guin that explore themes of culture, politics, and anthropology across a shared interstellar setting.
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D.
Time's Eye
Time's Eye is a science fiction novel, co-written by Stephen Baxter and Arthur C. Clarke, that explores a fragmented Earth where different eras collide due to a mysterious cosmic event.
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E.
The Night's Dawn Trilogy
The Night's Dawn Trilogy is a sprawling space opera series by Peter F. Hamilton that blends hard science fiction with horror and political intrigue in a far-future human civilization.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | science fiction book series ⓘ |
| author | Adrian Tchaikovsky ⓘ |
| awardedFor |
complex worldbuilding
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innovative depiction of non-human intelligence ⓘ |
| continuedIn | 2020s ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdBy | Adrian Tchaikovsky ⓘ |
| criticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
artificial intelligence
ⓘ
cultural evolution ⓘ post-apocalyptic futures ⓘ terraforming ⓘ |
| firstBook |
Children of Time
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linked to:
Children of Time series
|
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasAwardedWork |
Children of Ruin
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Children of Time ⓘ
linked to:
Children of Time series
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| hasFandom | science fiction readership ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Children of Memory
ⓘ
Children of Ruin ⓘ Children of Time ⓘ
linked to:
Children of Time series
|
| influencedBy |
evolutionary biology
ⓘ
space exploration concepts ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose fiction ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
evolution of alien civilizations
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first contact ⓘ humanity’s survival ⓘ post-human futures ⓘ uplifted species ⓘ |
| mediaType | novels ⓘ |
| narrativeScope |
multiple civilizations
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vast stretches of time ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of uplifted spiders
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multi-species perspectives ⓘ |
| numberOfBooks | 3 ⓘ |
| publisher | Pan Macmillan ⓘ |
| publisherImprint | Tor UK ⓘ |
| secondBook | Children of Ruin ⓘ |
| setting |
far future
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interstellar space ⓘ |
| subgenre |
evolutionary science fiction
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space opera ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| thirdBook | Children of Memory ⓘ |
| workPeriod | 2010s ⓘ |
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Subject: Children of Time series Description of subject: The Children of Time series is a critically acclaimed science fiction saga by Adrian Tchaikovsky that explores the evolution of alien civilizations and humanity’s struggle for survival across vast stretches of time and space.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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