Junkyard Planet
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Junkyard Planet is a science fiction novel by Henry Beam Piper that explores themes of interstellar politics, economic exploitation, and military adventure on a resource-stripped colony world.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Junkyard Planet canonical | 4 |
| The Cosmic Computer (a.k.a. Junkyard Planet) | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10417112 — 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: Junkyard Planet Context triple: [Henry Beam Piper, notableWork, Junkyard Planet]
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A.
Police Your Planet
Police Your Planet is a science fiction novel by Lester del Rey, set on a corrupt and crime-ridden Mars where a disgraced ex-cop becomes entangled in political and criminal conspiracies.
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B.
Junkspace
Junkspace is Rem Koolhaas’s critical concept describing the sprawling, formless, and homogenized spaces produced by contemporary capitalism and globalized development, such as malls, airports, and other generic commercial environments.
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C.
Crystal Planet
Crystal Planet is an instrumental rock album by virtuoso guitarist Joe Satriani, known for its intricate guitar work and futuristic, high-energy sound.
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D.
Hostile Planet
Hostile Planet is a visually striking National Geographic nature documentary series that explores how wildlife survives in some of the world’s most extreme and rapidly changing environments.
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E.
The Angry Red Planet
The Angry Red Planet is a 1959 American science fiction film known for its expedition-to-Mars storyline and distinctive red-tinted cinematography.
- 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: Junkyard Planet Target entity description: Junkyard Planet is a science fiction novel by Henry Beam Piper that explores themes of interstellar politics, economic exploitation, and military adventure on a resource-stripped colony world.
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A.
Police Your Planet
Police Your Planet is a science fiction novel by Lester del Rey, set on a corrupt and crime-ridden Mars where a disgraced ex-cop becomes entangled in political and criminal conspiracies.
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B.
Junkspace
Junkspace is Rem Koolhaas’s critical concept describing the sprawling, formless, and homogenized spaces produced by contemporary capitalism and globalized development, such as malls, airports, and other generic commercial environments.
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C.
Crystal Planet
Crystal Planet is an instrumental rock album by virtuoso guitarist Joe Satriani, known for its intricate guitar work and futuristic, high-energy sound.
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D.
Hostile Planet
Hostile Planet is a visually striking National Geographic nature documentary series that explores how wildlife survives in some of the world’s most extreme and rapidly changing environments.
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E.
The Angry Red Planet
The Angry Red Planet is a 1959 American science fiction film known for its expedition-to-Mars storyline and distinctive red-tinted cinematography.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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science fiction novel ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The Cosmic Computer ⓘ |
| author |
H. Beam Piper
ⓘ
linked to:
Henry Beam Piper
Henry Beam Piper ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| features | search for supercomputer Merlin ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | book ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtBy | Ed Emshwiller ⓘ |
| hasFandom | science fiction fandom ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later military SF about postwar economies ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
colonial planets in fiction
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computers in fiction ⓘ economic development ⓘ interstellar trade ⓘ military surplus ⓘ political corruption ⓘ technological myths ⓘ |
| includedIn | H. Beam Piper bibliographies ⓘ |
| isSetAfterWorkBySameAuthor | Four-Day Planet ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Conn Maxwell
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Judge Ledue ⓘ Kurt Fawzi ⓘ Rodrik (Rod) Maxwell ⓘ Tom Brangwyn ⓘ Wade Lucas ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| originalTitle | The Cosmic Computer ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Terro-Human Future History
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linked to:
The Terro-Human Future History
|
| plotElement |
aftermath of the System States War
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attempt to revive Poictesme’s economy ⓘ rediscovery of military surplus technology ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1963 ⓘ |
| publisher | J. B. Lippincott & Co. ⓘ |
| setting |
planet Poictesme
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resource-stripped colony world ⓘ |
| theme |
economic exploitation
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impact of war on frontier worlds ⓘ interstellar politics ⓘ military adventure ⓘ myth versus reality ⓘ postwar economic reconstruction ⓘ search for advanced technology ⓘ |
| timePeriodInFiction | post-System States War era ⓘ |
| universe |
Terro-Human Future History universe
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linked to:
The Terro-Human Future History
|
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: Junkyard Planet Description of subject: Junkyard Planet is a science fiction novel by Henry Beam Piper that explores themes of interstellar politics, economic exploitation, and military adventure on a resource-stripped colony world.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Junkyard Planet
linked to: Junkyard Planet