Bordertown
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Bordertown is a shared-world urban fantasy series set on the border between the human world and a magical realm, featuring interconnected stories by multiple authors.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bordertown canonical | 1 |
| Bordertown (1986 anthology) | 1 |
| The Essential Bordertown | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8959315 — 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: Bordertown Context triple: [Sue Smith, wroteFor, Bordertown]
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A.
The Town
The Town is a 2010 crime thriller film directed by and starring Ben Affleck, centered on a crew of Boston bank robbers and the personal and moral conflicts that arise after one of them falls for a former hostage.
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B.
The Town
The Town is a 1957 novel by William Faulkner, part of his Snopes trilogy, that explores the rise of the Snopes family and the changing social fabric of the fictional Yoknapatawpha County.
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C.
Banditland
Banditland is the passionate and raucous fan community of the Buffalo Bandits professional box lacrosse team.
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D.
Seven Corners
Seven Corners is a densely developed commercial and residential area in Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, known for its major road junction and large shopping centers.
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E.
L-Town
L-Town is a colloquial nickname for Lansing, the capital city of the U.S. state of Michigan.
- 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: Bordertown Target entity description: Bordertown is a shared-world urban fantasy series set on the border between the human world and a magical realm, featuring interconnected stories by multiple authors.
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A.
The Town
The Town is a 2010 crime thriller film directed by and starring Ben Affleck, centered on a crew of Boston bank robbers and the personal and moral conflicts that arise after one of them falls for a former hostage.
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B.
The Town
The Town is a 1957 novel by William Faulkner, part of his Snopes trilogy, that explores the rise of the Snopes family and the changing social fabric of the fictional Yoknapatawpha County.
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C.
Banditland
Banditland is the passionate and raucous fan community of the Buffalo Bandits professional box lacrosse team.
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D.
Seven Corners
Seven Corners is a densely developed commercial and residential area in Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, known for its major road junction and large shopping centers.
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E.
L-Town
L-Town is a colloquial nickname for Lansing, the capital city of the U.S. state of Michigan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional city
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fictional shared-world setting ⓘ urban fantasy series ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Borderland anthology series
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Bordertown (1986 anthology) ⓘ
linked to:
Bordertown
Life on the Border ⓘ The Essential Bordertown ⓘ
linked to:
Bordertown
Welcome to Bordertown ⓘ |
| createdBy | Terri Windling ⓘ |
| editor | Terri Windling ⓘ |
| featuredAuthor |
Charles de Lint
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Cory Doctorow ⓘ Ellen Kushner ⓘ Emma Bull ⓘ Holly Black ⓘ Midori Snyder ⓘ Neil Gaiman ⓘ Patricia A. McKillip ⓘ Terri Windling ⓘ Will Shetterly ⓘ |
| genre |
fantasy
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urban fantasy ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
interconnected stories
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magic-technology interference ⓘ punk aesthetic ⓘ shared-world continuity ⓘ urban decay ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
coming of age
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culture clash ⓘ identity ⓘ outsider communities ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy |
elves
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halfies ⓘ humans ⓘ runaway teens ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedOn | border between human world and magical realm ⓘ |
| medium |
interlinked stories
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novellas ⓘ short fiction ⓘ |
| notableElement |
mixture of magic and punk subculture
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street gangs and artists community ⓘ unreliable technology near magic ⓘ |
| partOf | Borderland universe ⓘ |
| setBetween |
Elflands
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human world ⓘ |
| settingFor | Borderland series ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
adult fantasy readers
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young adults ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bordertown Description of subject: Bordertown is a shared-world urban fantasy series set on the border between the human world and a magical realm, featuring interconnected stories by multiple authors.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Bordertown
linked to: Bordertown