Tim Powers
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Tim Powers is an American science fiction and fantasy author known for his intricate, historically grounded novels such as "The Anubis Gates" and "Declare."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tim Powers canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8888833 — 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: Tim Powers Context triple: [Powers, hasNotableBearer, Tim Powers]
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A.
Dan Simmons
Dan Simmons is an American author best known for his genre-spanning speculative fiction, including acclaimed works of science fiction, horror, and historical fiction.
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B.
Philip José Farmer
Philip José Farmer was an American science fiction and fantasy author known for his imaginative world-building, boundary-pushing themes, and influential series such as the Riverworld and World of Tiers sagas.
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C.
Gregory Benford
Gregory Benford is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist best known for his hard science fiction novels such as "Timescape" and his contributions to the Galactic Center series.
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D.
Brian Hartnett
Brian Hartnett is a notable individual distinguished enough in his field or public life to be specifically recognized as a bearer of the Hartnett surname.
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E.
L. Neil Smith
L. Neil Smith was an American libertarian science fiction author and activist known for his pro-freedom themes and influential role in promoting libertarian ideas within speculative fiction.
- 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: Tim Powers Target entity description: Tim Powers is an American science fiction and fantasy author known for his intricate, historically grounded novels such as "The Anubis Gates" and "Declare."
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A.
Dan Simmons
Dan Simmons is an American author best known for his genre-spanning speculative fiction, including acclaimed works of science fiction, horror, and historical fiction.
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B.
Philip José Farmer
Philip José Farmer was an American science fiction and fantasy author known for his imaginative world-building, boundary-pushing themes, and influential series such as the Riverworld and World of Tiers sagas.
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C.
Gregory Benford
Gregory Benford is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist best known for his hard science fiction novels such as "Timescape" and his contributions to the Galactic Center series.
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D.
Brian Hartnett
Brian Hartnett is a notable individual distinguished enough in his field or public life to be specifically recognized as a bearer of the Hartnett surname.
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E.
L. Neil Smith
L. Neil Smith was an American libertarian science fiction author and activist known for his pro-freedom themes and influential role in promoting libertarian ideas within speculative fiction.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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novel ⓘ novelist ⓘ science fiction writer ⓘ |
| author |
Tim Powers
NERFINISHED
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Tim Powers NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Powers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Locus Award
NERFINISHED
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Philip K. Dick Award NERFINISHED ⓘ World Fantasy Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1952-02-29 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Buffalo, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | California State University, Fullerton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Orange County High School of the Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Powers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
fantasy
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science fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Timothy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
J. R. R. Tolkien
NERFINISHED
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Philip K. Dick NERFINISHED ⓘ T. S. Eliot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | steampunk ⓘ |
| name | Tim Powers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
integration of occult themes with real history
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intricate plotting ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Alternate Routes
NERFINISHED
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Declare NERFINISHED ⓘ Dinner at Deviant's Palace NERFINISHED ⓘ Earthquake Weather NERFINISHED ⓘ Expiration Date NERFINISHED ⓘ Forced Perspectives NERFINISHED ⓘ Hide Me Among the Graves NERFINISHED ⓘ Last Call NERFINISHED ⓘ Medusa's Web NERFINISHED ⓘ On Stranger Tides NERFINISHED ⓘ The Anubis Gates NERFINISHED ⓘ The Stress of Her Regard NERFINISHED ⓘ Three Days to Never NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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novelist ⓘ |
| residence | California, United States ⓘ |
| spouse | Serena Powers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
historically grounded fantasy
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secret history ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Tim Powers Description of subject: Tim Powers is an American science fiction and fantasy author known for his intricate, historically grounded novels such as "The Anubis Gates" and "Declare."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.