The Godhead Fires
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The Godhead Fires is a science fiction novel by John Varley that forms part of his Pygmalion and the Image series, exploring themes of transformation, identity, and human evolution.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Godhead Fires canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11387592 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Godhead Fires Context triple: [Pygmalion and the Image series, hasPart, The Godhead Fires]
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A.
Voice of the Fire
Voice of the Fire is a 1996 experimental novel by Alan Moore that interweaves twelve narratives set in and around Northampton, England, across 6,000 years of history.
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B.
Eternal Fire
Eternal Fire is a 1960 novel by American writer Calder Willingham, known for its darkly comic and satirical exploration of small-town Southern life.
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C.
The Lonely God
The Lonely God is a poetic epithet for the Doctor in Doctor Who, emphasizing his near-divine power, immense responsibility, and profound isolation as a time-traveling alien.
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D.
Souls on Fire
Souls on Fire is a collection of spiritual and biographical tales in which Elie Wiesel portrays the lives, teachings, and inner struggles of Hasidic masters.
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E.
Godhead
The Godhead is a theological concept referring to the divine nature or essence of God, often understood as the unified divinity of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in Christian doctrine.
- 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 Godhead Fires Target entity description: The Godhead Fires is a science fiction novel by John Varley that forms part of his Pygmalion and the Image series, exploring themes of transformation, identity, and human evolution.
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A.
Voice of the Fire
Voice of the Fire is a 1996 experimental novel by Alan Moore that interweaves twelve narratives set in and around Northampton, England, across 6,000 years of history.
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B.
Eternal Fire
Eternal Fire is a 1960 novel by American writer Calder Willingham, known for its darkly comic and satirical exploration of small-town Southern life.
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C.
The Lonely God
The Lonely God is a poetic epithet for the Doctor in Doctor Who, emphasizing his near-divine power, immense responsibility, and profound isolation as a time-traveling alien.
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D.
Souls on Fire
Souls on Fire is a collection of spiritual and biographical tales in which Elie Wiesel portrays the lives, teachings, and inner struggles of Hasidic masters.
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E.
Godhead
The Godhead is a theological concept referring to the divine nature or essence of God, often understood as the unified divinity of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in Christian doctrine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | John Varley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOfSeries | John Varley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOccupation | science fiction writer ⓘ |
| hasCreator | John Varley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFictionalTheme |
changing identity
ⓘ
evolution of humanity ⓘ metamorphosis ⓘ |
| hasFictionalUniverse | Pygmalion and the Image universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose narrative ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Godhead Fires NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryCategory | speculative fiction ⓘ |
| literarySeries | Pygmalion and the Image series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
character transformation
ⓘ
exploration of self ⓘ future human development ⓘ |
| partOf | John Varley bibliography ⓘ |
| subgenre | futuristic fiction ⓘ |
| theme |
human evolution
ⓘ
identity ⓘ transformation ⓘ |
| workType | novel ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Godhead Fires Description of subject: The Godhead Fires is a science fiction novel by John Varley that forms part of his Pygmalion and the Image series, exploring themes of transformation, identity, and human evolution.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.