Cosmonaut Keep
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Cosmonaut Keep is a science fiction novel by Ken MacLeod that blends space opera, political intrigue, and speculative technology in a future shaped by alien contact and human factionalism.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cosmonaut Keep canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7060137 — 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: Cosmonaut Keep Context triple: [Ken MacLeod, notableWork, Cosmonaut Keep]
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Kozmodemyansk
Kozmodemyansk is a historic town in the Mari El Republic of Russia, situated on the Volga River and known for its traditional Mari culture and wooden architecture.
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B.
Svobodny Cosmodrome
Svobodny Cosmodrome was a former Russian military and commercial space launch facility in the Amur Oblast of the Russian Far East that preceded the development of the Vostochny Cosmodrome.
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C.
Profsoyuznaya station
Profsoyuznaya station is a stop on the Volgograd Metrotram light rail system in Volgograd, Russia.
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D.
Clavius Base
Clavius Base is a production company associated with the film "That Thing You Do!" and other entertainment projects.
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E.
Kaeson Station
Kaeson Station is a notable stop on Pyongyang’s metro system, known for its grand socialist-realist decor and proximity to the Arch of Triumph.
- 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: Cosmonaut Keep Target entity description: Cosmonaut Keep is a science fiction novel by Ken MacLeod that blends space opera, political intrigue, and speculative technology in a future shaped by alien contact and human factionalism.
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A.
Kozmodemyansk
Kozmodemyansk is a historic town in the Mari El Republic of Russia, situated on the Volga River and known for its traditional Mari culture and wooden architecture.
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B.
Svobodny Cosmodrome
Svobodny Cosmodrome was a former Russian military and commercial space launch facility in the Amur Oblast of the Russian Far East that preceded the development of the Vostochny Cosmodrome.
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C.
Profsoyuznaya station
Profsoyuznaya station is a stop on the Volgograd Metrotram light rail system in Volgograd, Russia.
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D.
Clavius Base
Clavius Base is a production company associated with the film "That Thing You Do!" and other entertainment projects.
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E.
Kaeson Station
Kaeson Station is a notable stop on Pyongyang’s metro system, known for its grand socialist-realist decor and proximity to the Arch of Triumph.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Ken MacLeod ⓘ |
| awardNomination | Arthur C. Clarke Award ⓘ |
| awardNominationYear | 2001 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Chris Moore ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Dark Light
ⓘ
Engine City ⓘ |
| genre |
hard science fiction
ⓘ
political science fiction ⓘ science fiction ⓘ space opera ⓘ |
| hasMediaType |
audiobook
ⓘ
ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| isbn | 978-1-85723-968-0 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Gregor Cairns
ⓘ
Lydia ⓘ Matt Cairns ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | dual timeline ⓘ |
| pageCount | approx. 320 ⓘ |
| partOf | Engines of Light trilogy ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | 1 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Orbit Books
ⓘ
Tor Books ⓘ |
| series | Engines of Light ⓘ |
| setting |
far future
ⓘ
multiple planets ⓘ |
| theme |
alien contact
ⓘ
human factionalism ⓘ political intrigue ⓘ space travel ⓘ speculative technology ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cosmonaut Keep Description of subject: Cosmonaut Keep is a science fiction novel by Ken MacLeod that blends space opera, political intrigue, and speculative technology in a future shaped by alien contact and human factionalism.
Referenced by (3)
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