The Islanders
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The Islanders is a metafictional science fiction novel by Christopher Priest that presents a fragmented gazetteer of a mysterious archipelago, blurring the boundaries between travel guide, narrative, and unreliable testimony.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Islanders canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10444670 — 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 Islanders Context triple: [Christopher Priest, notableWork, The Islanders]
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The Islanders
The Islanders is the popular nickname of Mumbai City FC, a professional football club based in Mumbai that competes in the Indian Super League.
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Amphlett Islanders
The Amphlett Islanders are an indigenous Melanesian community inhabiting the Amphlett Islands of Papua New Guinea, known for their seafaring, inter-island trade, and cultural ties with neighboring island groups.
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C.
Islanders
Islanders is the common short name for the New York Islanders, a professional ice hockey team based in the New York metropolitan area that competes in the NHL.
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D.
Islanders
Islanders is the nickname and athletics brand for the sports teams representing Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi.
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E.
Islanders
Islanders is the team name and mascot representing the athletic and extracurricular programs of Mercer Island High School in Washington.
- 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 Islanders Target entity description: The Islanders is a metafictional science fiction novel by Christopher Priest that presents a fragmented gazetteer of a mysterious archipelago, blurring the boundaries between travel guide, narrative, and unreliable testimony.
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A.
The Islanders
The Islanders is the popular nickname of Mumbai City FC, a professional football club based in Mumbai that competes in the Indian Super League.
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B.
Amphlett Islanders
The Amphlett Islanders are an indigenous Melanesian community inhabiting the Amphlett Islands of Papua New Guinea, known for their seafaring, inter-island trade, and cultural ties with neighboring island groups.
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C.
Islanders
Islanders is the common short name for the New York Islanders, a professional ice hockey team based in the New York metropolitan area that competes in the NHL.
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D.
Islanders
Islanders is the nickname and athletics brand for the sports teams representing Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi.
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E.
Islanders
Islanders is the team name and mascot representing the athletic and extracurricular programs of Mercer Island High School in Washington.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
metafictional work
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novel ⓘ science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Christopher Priest ⓘ |
| award |
BSFA Award for Best Novel nomination
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linked to:
BSFA Award for Best Novel
John W. Campbell Memorial Award nomination ⓘ |
| blendsForm |
narrative fiction
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testimony ⓘ travel guide ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Grzegorz Domaradzki ⓘ |
| feature | unreliable testimony ⓘ |
| genre |
metafiction
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Chaster Kammeston
ⓘ
Commis Tef ⓘ Dant Willer ⓘ Esla Caurer ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-575-08862-3 ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
art and authorship
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identity ⓘ perception ⓘ reality and illusion ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
frame narrative
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self-referentiality ⓘ unreliable documents ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
metafiction
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nonlinear narrative ⓘ unreliable narration ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | fragmented gazetteer ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | multiple narrators ⓘ |
| pageCount | approx. 336 ⓘ |
| partOf | Dream Archipelago cycle ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| publisher | Gollancz ⓘ |
| publisherImprint | Victor Gollancz Ltd ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
The Adjacent
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The Affirmation ⓘ The Dream Archipelago ⓘ |
| setting |
Dream Archipelago
ⓘ
mysterious archipelago ⓘ |
| structure |
encyclopedic entries
ⓘ
interlinked stories ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
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Subject: The Islanders Description of subject: The Islanders is a metafictional science fiction novel by Christopher Priest that presents a fragmented gazetteer of a mysterious archipelago, blurring the boundaries between travel guide, narrative, and unreliable testimony.
Referenced by (8)
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