The Book of the Short Sun
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The Book of the Short Sun is a science fantasy trilogy by Gene Wolfe that concludes his Solar Cycle with a complex, layered narrative blending space travel, memory, and identity.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Book of the Short Sun canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19707018 — 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 Book of the Short Sun Context triple: [Gene Wolfe, notableWork, The Book of the Short Sun]
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The Book of the Long Sun
The Book of the Long Sun is a science fantasy series by Gene Wolfe that follows the priest Patera Silk amid political and religious upheaval in the vast generation starship-city called the Whorl.
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The Urth of the New Sun
The Urth of the New Sun is a science fantasy novel by Gene Wolfe that serves as a coda to his acclaimed Book of the New Sun series, continuing the story of Severian in a far-future, dying Earth.
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Across the Sea of Suns
Across the Sea of Suns is a hard science fiction novel by Gregory Benford that follows humanity’s first deep-space expedition and its encounter with mysterious alien civilizations.
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The Shadowed Sun
The Shadowed Sun is a fantasy novel by N. K. Jemisin that continues her Dreamblood duology with a richly imagined world, political intrigue, and explorations of power, faith, and healing.
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E.
The Book of the New Sun
The Book of the New Sun is a critically acclaimed, densely layered science fantasy series by Gene Wolfe, renowned for its unreliable narration, rich symbolism, and intricate world-building.
- 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 Book of the Short Sun Target entity description: The Book of the Short Sun is a science fantasy trilogy by Gene Wolfe that concludes his Solar Cycle with a complex, layered narrative blending space travel, memory, and identity.
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A.
The Book of the Long Sun
The Book of the Long Sun is a science fantasy series by Gene Wolfe that follows the priest Patera Silk amid political and religious upheaval in the vast generation starship-city called the Whorl.
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B.
The Urth of the New Sun
The Urth of the New Sun is a science fantasy novel by Gene Wolfe that serves as a coda to his acclaimed Book of the New Sun series, continuing the story of Severian in a far-future, dying Earth.
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C.
Across the Sea of Suns
Across the Sea of Suns is a hard science fiction novel by Gregory Benford that follows humanity’s first deep-space expedition and its encounter with mysterious alien civilizations.
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D.
The Shadowed Sun
The Shadowed Sun is a fantasy novel by N. K. Jemisin that continues her Dreamblood duology with a richly imagined world, political intrigue, and explorations of power, faith, and healing.
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E.
The Book of the New Sun
The Book of the New Sun is a critically acclaimed, densely layered science fantasy series by Gene Wolfe, renowned for its unreliable narration, rich symbolism, and intricate world-building.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.