The Big Time
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The Big Time is a Hugo Award–winning science fiction novel by Fritz Leiber that explores time travel, reality manipulation, and the psychological impact of an endless temporal war.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Big Time canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10172946 — 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 Big Time Context triple: [Fritz Leiber, notableWork, The Big Time]
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A.
The Big Time
The Big Time is a 2002 Croatian comedy film directed by Milan Trenc that satirizes the world of television and media ambition.
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B.
Big Time
"Big Time" is a 1986 funk-influenced art rock song by Peter Gabriel that satirically explores consumerism, ambition, and the excesses of 1980s culture.
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C.
Right on Time
"Right on Time" is a 2021 piano-driven ballad by American singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile, noted for its powerful vocals and introspective lyrics about regret and reconciliation.
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D.
The Big Thing
The Big Thing is a public sculpture in Chicago, Illinois, known for its bold, contemporary design and prominent placement in the city’s urban landscape.
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E.
What a Time
"What a Time" is a melancholic pop song by Julia Michaels, featuring Niall Horan, that reflects on the bittersweet memories of a past relationship.
- 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 Big Time Target entity description: The Big Time is a Hugo Award–winning science fiction novel by Fritz Leiber that explores time travel, reality manipulation, and the psychological impact of an endless temporal war.
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A.
The Big Time
The Big Time is a 2002 Croatian comedy film directed by Milan Trenc that satirizes the world of television and media ambition.
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B.
Big Time
"Big Time" is a 1986 funk-influenced art rock song by Peter Gabriel that satirically explores consumerism, ambition, and the excesses of 1980s culture.
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C.
Right on Time
"Right on Time" is a 2021 piano-driven ballad by American singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile, noted for its powerful vocals and introspective lyrics about regret and reconciliation.
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D.
The Big Thing
The Big Thing is a public sculpture in Chicago, Illinois, known for its bold, contemporary design and prominent placement in the city’s urban landscape.
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E.
What a Time
"What a Time" is a melancholic pop song by Julia Michaels, featuring Niall Horan, that reflects on the bittersweet memories of a past relationship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | science fiction novel ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Change War novel ⓘ |
| author | Fritz Leiber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Hugo Award
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hugo Award for Best Novel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
endless temporal war
ⓘ
psychological impact of war ⓘ reality manipulation ⓘ time travel ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| coverArtist | Ed Emshwiller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
closed environment drama
ⓘ
existentialism ⓘ identity and memory ⓘ paradoxes of time travel ⓘ |
| featuresOrganization |
Snakes
ⓘ
Spiders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | serial ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Galaxy Science Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacterRole | soldiers recruited from different historical periods ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later time-war narratives ⓘ |
| hasSequelOrRelatedWork | The Change War (short stories cycle) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
dialogue-driven
ⓘ
theatrical, single-location structure ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | novel ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Golden Age of Science Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainConflict | Change War between Spiders and Snakes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePointOfView | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | Greta Forzane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Hugo Award recognition early in award history
ⓘ
depicting war as psychological confinement ⓘ |
| originalMedium | magazine publication ⓘ |
| pageCount | short novel ⓘ |
| partOf | Change War series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1958 ⓘ |
| publisher | Ace Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | The Place NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgenre |
philosophical science fiction
ⓘ
space opera ⓘ time travel fiction ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Big Time Description of subject: The Big Time is a Hugo Award–winning science fiction novel by Fritz Leiber that explores time travel, reality manipulation, and the psychological impact of an endless temporal war.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.