A Private Cosmos
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A Private Cosmos is a science fiction novel by Philip José Farmer, part of his World of Tiers series that explores pocket universes ruled by godlike beings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Private Cosmos canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9868795 — 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 Private Cosmos Context triple: [Philip José Farmer, notableWork, A Private Cosmos]
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A.
Cosmic Apprentice: Dispatches from the Edges of Science
Cosmic Apprentice: Dispatches from the Edges of Science is a collection of essays by science writer Dorion Sagan that explores cutting-edge ideas in science, philosophy, and culture through an accessible, speculative lens.
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B.
The Cosmic Connection
The Cosmic Connection is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that explores humanity’s place in the universe and the possibility of extraterrestrial life.
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C.
The Cosmographic Mystery
The Cosmographic Mystery is Johannes Kepler’s 1596 astronomical work proposing a geometric model of the solar system based on nested Platonic solids.
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D.
The Restless Universe
The Restless Universe is a popular science book by physicist Max Born that explains modern physics and quantum theory to a general audience in clear, accessible language.
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E.
Cosmos (book)
Cosmos is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that explores the universe, the history of science, and humanity’s place in the cosmos.
- 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 Private Cosmos Target entity description: A Private Cosmos is a science fiction novel by Philip José Farmer, part of his World of Tiers series that explores pocket universes ruled by godlike beings.
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A.
Cosmic Apprentice: Dispatches from the Edges of Science
Cosmic Apprentice: Dispatches from the Edges of Science is a collection of essays by science writer Dorion Sagan that explores cutting-edge ideas in science, philosophy, and culture through an accessible, speculative lens.
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B.
The Cosmic Connection
The Cosmic Connection is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that explores humanity’s place in the universe and the possibility of extraterrestrial life.
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C.
The Cosmographic Mystery
The Cosmographic Mystery is Johannes Kepler’s 1596 astronomical work proposing a geometric model of the solar system based on nested Platonic solids.
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D.
The Restless Universe
The Restless Universe is a popular science book by physicist Max Born that explains modern physics and quantum theory to a general audience in clear, accessible language.
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E.
Cosmos (book)
Cosmos is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that explores the universe, the history of science, and humanity’s place in the cosmos.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | science fiction novel ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Kickaha the Trickster novel ⓘ |
| author | Philip José Farmer ⓘ |
| belongsToLiteraryMovement | New Wave-era science fiction ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| exploresConcept |
Lords of the World of Tiers
ⓘ
constructed universes ruled by Lords ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Paul Janus Finnegan ⓘ |
| featuresTheme |
artificial universes
ⓘ
godlike beings ⓘ interdimensional travel ⓘ power and godhood ⓘ |
| followedBy | Behind the Walls of Terra ⓘ |
| follows | The Gates of Creation ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
1960s science fiction novels
ⓘ
American science fiction novels ⓘ World of Tiers novels ⓘ
linked to:
World of Tiers series
novels by Philip José Farmer ⓘ |
| hasFictionalUniverse |
World of Tiers
ⓘ
linked to:
World of Tiers series
|
| hasFormat |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ |
| hasMedium | print ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
clash of godlike powers
ⓘ
quest across multiple worlds ⓘ trickster hero ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApproximate | around 190–220 pages ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
World of Tiers multiverse
ⓘ
linked to:
World of Tiers series
pocket universes ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre |
adventure science fiction
ⓘ
planetary romance ⓘ |
| hasWorkType | novel ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Kickaha ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| originalPublicationDecade | 1960s ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
World of Tiers
ⓘ
linked to:
World of Tiers series
|
| precededBy | The Gates of Creation ⓘ |
| publisher | Ace Books ⓘ |
| seriesNumberInWorldOfTiers | third novel ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Philip José Farmer ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: A Private Cosmos Description of subject: A Private Cosmos is a science fiction novel by Philip José Farmer, part of his World of Tiers series that explores pocket universes ruled by godlike beings.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.