A Fire Upon the Deep
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A Fire Upon the Deep is a 1992 science fiction novel by Vernor Vinge, renowned for its richly imagined galactic-scale setting, exploration of superhuman intelligence, and influential "Zones of Thought" concept.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Fire Upon the Deep canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7013479 — 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: A Fire Upon the Deep Context triple: [Vernor Vinge, notableWork, A Fire Upon the Deep]
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A.
The Fountains of Paradise
The Fountains of Paradise is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that centers on the visionary construction of a space elevator on a fictionalized Sri Lankan island, exploring themes of technological ambition, religion, and human progress.
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B.
A Mind Forever Voyaging
A Mind Forever Voyaging is a pioneering 1985 interactive fiction game by Infocom that explores political and philosophical themes through the perspective of a sentient computer.
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C.
Ringworld
Ringworld is a science fiction megastructure concept, popularized by Larry Niven’s novel of the same name, depicting a vast artificial ring encircling a star to provide an enormous habitable surface area.
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D.
The Songs of Distant Earth
The Songs of Distant Earth is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of interstellar travel, human colonization, and the emotional costs of leaving a dying Earth behind.
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E.
The City and the Stars
The City and the Stars is a classic science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of immortality, memory, and the cyclical nature of civilization in a far-future utopian city.
- 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: A Fire Upon the Deep Target entity description: A Fire Upon the Deep is a 1992 science fiction novel by Vernor Vinge, renowned for its richly imagined galactic-scale setting, exploration of superhuman intelligence, and influential "Zones of Thought" concept.
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A.
The Fountains of Paradise
The Fountains of Paradise is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that centers on the visionary construction of a space elevator on a fictionalized Sri Lankan island, exploring themes of technological ambition, religion, and human progress.
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B.
A Mind Forever Voyaging
A Mind Forever Voyaging is a pioneering 1985 interactive fiction game by Infocom that explores political and philosophical themes through the perspective of a sentient computer.
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C.
Ringworld
Ringworld is a science fiction megastructure concept, popularized by Larry Niven’s novel of the same name, depicting a vast artificial ring encircling a star to provide an enormous habitable surface area.
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D.
The Songs of Distant Earth
The Songs of Distant Earth is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of interstellar travel, human colonization, and the emotional costs of leaving a dying Earth behind.
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E.
The City and the Stars
The City and the Stars is a classic science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of immortality, memory, and the cyclical nature of civilization in a far-future utopian city.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Vernor Vinge ⓘ |
| awarded | Hugo Award for Best Novel ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| coverArtist | Boris Vallejo ⓘ |
| criticalReception | highly acclaimed ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
artificial intelligence
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communication across species ⓘ galactic civilizations ⓘ superhuman intelligence ⓘ transcendence ⓘ |
| featuresAntagonist | The Blight ⓘ |
| featuresConcept |
The Beyond
ⓘ
The Slow Zone ⓘ The Transcend ⓘ The Unthinking Depths ⓘ |
| featuresSpecies |
Skroderiders
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Tines ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| followedBy | A Deepness in the Sky ⓘ |
| genre |
science fiction
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space opera ⓘ |
| hasConcept | Zones of Thought ⓘ |
| hasMediaType |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasRelatedWork | The Children of the Sky ⓘ |
| hasSequel | A Deepness in the Sky ⓘ |
| HugoAwardYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| includesElement | galactic Usenet-style message boards ⓘ |
| influenced |
discussions of AI and superintelligence in science fiction
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later space opera works ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| narrativeScope | galactic scale ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | multiple viewpoint characters ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of superhuman and post-human intelligences
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influential Zones of Thought framework ⓘ richly imagined galactic-scale setting ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Zones of Thought series
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linked to:
Zones of Thought
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| publicationYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| publisher | Tor Books ⓘ |
| setIn |
Milky Way galaxy
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linked to:
Milky Way
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| settingCharacteristic | interstellar communication via ultrawave ⓘ |
| subgenre | hard science fiction ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfPublication | early 1990s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A Fire Upon the Deep Description of subject: A Fire Upon the Deep is a 1992 science fiction novel by Vernor Vinge, renowned for its richly imagined galactic-scale setting, exploration of superhuman intelligence, and influential "Zones of Thought" concept.
Referenced by (6)
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