A Saucer of Loneliness
E773347
A Saucer of Loneliness is a classic science fiction short story that explores themes of isolation, communication, and human connection through the encounter between a lonely woman and a mysterious alien message.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Saucer of Loneliness canonical | 2 |
| Saucer of Loneliness | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9034363 — 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 Saucer of Loneliness Context triple: [Theodore Sturgeon, notableWork, A Saucer of Loneliness]
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A.
The Day the Saucers Came
"The Day the Saucers Came" is a humorous, apocalyptic poem by Neil Gaiman that imagines multiple world-ending catastrophes happening at once while the narrator is too distracted by personal concerns to notice.
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B.
The Man Who Fell to Earth
The Man Who Fell to Earth is a 1976 British science fiction film, directed by Nicolas Roeg and starring David Bowie as an alien visitor whose experiences critique human society and capitalism.
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C.
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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D.
Light-Space Machine
The Light-Space Machine is an experimental kinetic light sculpture by artist László Moholy-Nagy that uses moving parts and projected light to explore the interplay of space, motion, and illumination.
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E.
The Far Side of the Moon
The Far Side of the Moon is a critically acclaimed theatrical work by Robert Lepage that blends multimedia staging and introspective storytelling to explore themes of isolation, memory, and humanity’s fascination with space.
- 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 Saucer of Loneliness Target entity description: A Saucer of Loneliness is a classic science fiction short story that explores themes of isolation, communication, and human connection through the encounter between a lonely woman and a mysterious alien message.
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A.
The Day the Saucers Came
"The Day the Saucers Came" is a humorous, apocalyptic poem by Neil Gaiman that imagines multiple world-ending catastrophes happening at once while the narrator is too distracted by personal concerns to notice.
-
B.
The Man Who Fell to Earth
The Man Who Fell to Earth is a 1976 British science fiction film, directed by Nicolas Roeg and starring David Bowie as an alien visitor whose experiences critique human society and capitalism.
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C.
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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D.
Light-Space Machine
The Light-Space Machine is an experimental kinetic light sculpture by artist László Moholy-Nagy that uses moving parts and projected light to explore the interplay of space, motion, and illumination.
-
E.
The Far Side of the Moon
The Far Side of the Moon is a critically acclaimed theatrical work by Robert Lepage that blends multimedia staging and introspective storytelling to explore themes of isolation, memory, and humanity’s fascination with space.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | science fiction short story ⓘ |
| author | Theodore Sturgeon ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| explores |
difficulty of interpersonal communication
ⓘ
emotional loneliness ⓘ search for understanding ⓘ |
| features | mysterious alien message ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Galaxy Science Fiction ⓘ |
| focusesOn | inner life of a marginalized individual ⓘ |
| genre |
science fiction
ⓘ
speculative fiction ⓘ |
| hasConflict |
desire for connection versus fear of rejection
ⓘ
individual versus society ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose fiction ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
alien contact
ⓘ
message in an unknown language ⓘ social alienation ⓘ |
| hasSetting | Earth ⓘ |
| hasSymbol |
message as symbol of hope
ⓘ
saucer as symbol of otherness ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacterTrait | loneliness ⓘ |
| hasTone |
introspective
ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | readers of science fiction ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
character-driven
ⓘ
emotionally focused ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | a lonely woman ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
communication
ⓘ
human connection ⓘ isolation ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
empathetic portrayal of loneliness
ⓘ
humanistic approach to science fiction ⓘ |
| partOf | Theodore Sturgeon short fiction corpus ⓘ |
| publicationType | magazine ⓘ |
| publishedInDecade | 1950s ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
impact of contact with extraterrestrial intelligence
ⓘ
relationship between humans and the unknown ⓘ |
| workOf | Theodore Sturgeon ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A Saucer of Loneliness Description of subject: A Saucer of Loneliness is a classic science fiction short story that explores themes of isolation, communication, and human connection through the encounter between a lonely woman and a mysterious alien message.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.