The Voyage of the Space Beagle
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The Voyage of the Space Beagle is a classic 1950 science fiction fix-up novel by A. E. van Vogt that follows an exploratory starship’s encounters with a series of strange and dangerous alien lifeforms.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Voyage of the Space Beagle canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8964108 — 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: The Voyage of the Space Beagle Context triple: [A. E. van Vogt, notableWork, The Voyage of the Space Beagle]
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A.
The Skylark of Space
The Skylark of Space is a pioneering early space opera novel by E. E. "Doc" Smith that helped define many of the genre’s classic interstellar adventure tropes.
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B.
The Star Rover
The Star Rover is a 1915 novel by Jack London that blends prison realism with mystical astral projection, following an inmate who escapes torture by journeying through his past lives.
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C.
The Space Children
The Space Children is a 1958 American science fiction film about a group of children telepathically guided by an alien intelligence to prevent a nuclear catastrophe.
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D.
The First Men in the Moon
The First Men in the Moon is a 1901 science fiction novel by H. G. Wells that follows two Englishmen who travel to the Moon and encounter an underground civilization of insect-like beings called Selenites.
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E.
The Impossible Voyage
The Impossible Voyage is a 1904 French silent fantasy film directed by Georges Méliès, renowned for its pioneering special effects and imaginative depiction of a fantastical journey.
- 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: The Voyage of the Space Beagle Target entity description: The Voyage of the Space Beagle is a classic 1950 science fiction fix-up novel by A. E. van Vogt that follows an exploratory starship’s encounters with a series of strange and dangerous alien lifeforms.
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A.
The Skylark of Space
The Skylark of Space is a pioneering early space opera novel by E. E. "Doc" Smith that helped define many of the genre’s classic interstellar adventure tropes.
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B.
The Star Rover
The Star Rover is a 1915 novel by Jack London that blends prison realism with mystical astral projection, following an inmate who escapes torture by journeying through his past lives.
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C.
The Space Children
The Space Children is a 1958 American science fiction film about a group of children telepathically guided by an alien intelligence to prevent a nuclear catastrophe.
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D.
The First Men in the Moon
The First Men in the Moon is a 1901 science fiction novel by H. G. Wells that follows two Englishmen who travel to the Moon and encounter an underground civilization of insect-like beings called Selenites.
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E.
The Impossible Voyage
The Impossible Voyage is a 1904 French silent fantasy film directed by Georges Méliès, renowned for its pioneering special effects and imaginative depiction of a fantastical journey.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fix-up novel
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science fiction novel ⓘ |
| allusionContext | Charles Darwin’s voyage on the Beagle ⓘ |
| author | A. E. van Vogt ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Co-Operate or Else!
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Discord in Scarlet ⓘ M33 in Andromeda ⓘ War of Nerves ⓘ |
| containsStory |
Black Destroyer
ⓘ
Discord in Scarlet ⓘ M33 in Andromeda ⓘ
linked to:
Triangulum Galaxy
War of Nerves ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| features |
encounters with alien lifeforms
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exploratory starship mission ⓘ hostile extraterrestrial species ⓘ |
| format |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistRole | Elliot Grosvenor as scientific generalist ⓘ |
| hasSequelOrRelatedWork | Mission to the Stars ⓘ |
| influenceClaim | similarities between Ixtl and Alien xenomorph ⓘ |
| influenced | Alien (1979 film) ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Elliot Grosvenor ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | Nexialist ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | episodic ⓘ |
| notableAlien |
Coeurl
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Ixtl ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early depiction of systematic interdisciplinary science
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influential alien-monster episodes ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1950 ⓘ |
| period | Golden Age of Science Fiction ⓘ |
| publisher | Simon & Schuster ⓘ |
| setting |
interstellar space
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starship Space Beagle ⓘ |
| shipName | Space Beagle ⓘ |
| structure | fix-up of previously published stories ⓘ |
| subgenre |
adventure fiction
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space opera ⓘ |
| theme |
conflict between science and authority
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exploration of the unknown ⓘ rational problem-solving ⓘ scientific method ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFiction | far future ⓘ |
| titleAlludesTo | HMS Beagle ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Voyage of the Space Beagle Description of subject: The Voyage of the Space Beagle is a classic 1950 science fiction fix-up novel by A. E. van Vogt that follows an exploratory starship’s encounters with a series of strange and dangerous alien lifeforms.
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