Gateway
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Gateway is a science fiction novel by Frederik Pohl that explores humanity’s use of mysterious alien technology and the psychological costs of high-risk space exploration.
All labels observed (1)
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| Gateway canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10486052 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Gateway Context triple: [Frederik Pohl, notableWork, Gateway]
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Gateway
Gateway is a densely populated metropolitan region in northeastern New Jersey that includes cities like Newark and Jersey City and serves as a major economic and transportation hub for the New York City area.
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Gateway
Gateway was a prominent American personal computer manufacturer known for its cow-spotted boxes and direct-to-consumer PC sales in the 1990s and early 2000s.
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Gateway
Gateway is a census-designated community in Alaska’s Matanuska-Susitna Borough, located near the city of Palmer in the south-central region of the state.
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GateKeeper
GateKeeper is a steel wing roller coaster at Cedar Point in Ohio, renowned for its record-breaking inversions and dramatic keyhole elements, designed by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard.
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Gateways
"Gateways" is a horror-thriller novel by F. Paul Wilson featuring his recurring character Repairman Jack as he investigates sinister mysteries in a secluded Florida community.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gateway Target entity description: Gateway is a science fiction novel by Frederik Pohl that explores humanity’s use of mysterious alien technology and the psychological costs of high-risk space exploration.
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A.
Gateway
Gateway was a prominent American personal computer manufacturer known for its cow-spotted boxes and direct-to-consumer PC sales in the 1990s and early 2000s.
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B.
Gateway
Gateway is a densely populated metropolitan region in northeastern New Jersey that includes cities like Newark and Jersey City and serves as a major economic and transportation hub for the New York City area.
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C.
Gateway
Gateway is a census-designated community in Alaska’s Matanuska-Susitna Borough, located near the city of Palmer in the south-central region of the state.
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GateKeeper
GateKeeper is a steel wing roller coaster at Cedar Point in Ohio, renowned for its record-breaking inversions and dramatic keyhole elements, designed by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard.
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Gateways
"Gateways" is a horror-thriller novel by F. Paul Wilson featuring his recurring character Repairman Jack as he investigates sinister mysteries in a secluded Florida community.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Frederik Pohl ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Hugo Award for Best Novel
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John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel ⓘ Locus Award for Best Novel ⓘ
linked to:
Locus Award
Nebula Award for Best Novel ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| coverArtist | Vincent Di Fate ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
economic inequality
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gambling with life and death ⓘ therapy and psychoanalysis ⓘ unknown alien motives ⓘ |
| fictionalSpecies | Heechee ⓘ |
| fictionalTechnology | Heechee spacecraft ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Robinette Broadhead ⓘ |
| hasSequel |
Beyond the Blue Event Horizon
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Heechee Rendezvous ⓘ The Annals of the Heechee ⓘ |
| influenced | later works in the Heechee Saga ⓘ |
| ISBN | 9780312860097 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | frame story with therapy sessions ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of psychological costs of space exploration
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use of abandoned alien technology as plot device ⓘ |
| originalMediaType | print ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | first novel ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| publisher | St. Martin's Press ⓘ |
| series | Heechee Saga ⓘ |
| setting | Gateway space station ⓘ |
| structureFeature | interspersed with classified ads and technical readouts ⓘ |
| subgenre |
psychological science fiction
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social science fiction ⓘ space opera ⓘ |
| theme |
alien technology
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high-risk space exploration ⓘ psychological trauma ⓘ risk and reward ⓘ survivor guilt ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfPublication | late 1970s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Gateway Description of subject: Gateway is a science fiction novel by Frederik Pohl that explores humanity’s use of mysterious alien technology and the psychological costs of high-risk space exploration.
Referenced by (6)
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