The Left Hand of Darkness
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The Left Hand of Darkness is a landmark science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin that explores themes of gender, politics, and culture on a distant, ambisexual world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Left Hand of Darkness canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3799271 — 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 Left Hand of Darkness Context triple: [Ursula K. Le Guin, notableWork, The Left Hand of Darkness]
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A.
The Naked Sun
The Naked Sun is a science fiction mystery novel by Isaac Asimov featuring detective Elijah Baley investigating a murder on the sparsely populated, robot-dominated planet Solaria.
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B.
The City and the Stars
The City and the Stars is a classic science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of immortality, memory, and the cyclical nature of civilization in a far-future utopian city.
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C.
The Man Who Fell to Earth
The Man Who Fell to Earth is a 1976 British science fiction film, directed by Nicolas Roeg and starring David Bowie as an alien visitor whose experiences critique human society and capitalism.
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D.
The Martian Chronicles
The Martian Chronicles is a classic science fiction collection of interconnected stories depicting human colonization of Mars and its consequences, written by Ray Bradbury.
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E.
The Songs of Distant Earth
The Songs of Distant Earth is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of interstellar travel, human colonization, and the emotional costs of leaving a dying Earth behind.
- 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 Left Hand of Darkness Target entity description: The Left Hand of Darkness is a landmark science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin that explores themes of gender, politics, and culture on a distant, ambisexual world.
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A.
The Naked Sun
The Naked Sun is a science fiction mystery novel by Isaac Asimov featuring detective Elijah Baley investigating a murder on the sparsely populated, robot-dominated planet Solaria.
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B.
The City and the Stars
The City and the Stars is a classic science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of immortality, memory, and the cyclical nature of civilization in a far-future utopian city.
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C.
The Man Who Fell to Earth
The Man Who Fell to Earth is a 1976 British science fiction film, directed by Nicolas Roeg and starring David Bowie as an alien visitor whose experiences critique human society and capitalism.
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D.
The Martian Chronicles
The Martian Chronicles is a classic science fiction collection of interconnected stories depicting human colonization of Mars and its consequences, written by Ray Bradbury.
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E.
The Songs of Distant Earth
The Songs of Distant Earth is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of interstellar travel, human colonization, and the emotional costs of leaving a dying Earth behind.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Ursula K. Le Guin ⓘ |
| awarded |
Hugo Award for Best Novel
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Nebula Award for Best Novel ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| centralConcept | ambisexuality ⓘ |
| contains | myths and legends of Gethen ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| coverArtist |
Diane Dillon
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Leo Dillon ⓘ |
| depicts | ambisexual humans ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Dispossessed ⓘ |
| genre |
science fiction
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social science fiction ⓘ speculative fiction ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | gender studies discourse in science fiction ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780441478125 ⓘ |
| languageFeature | invented Gethenian terms ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Genly Ai
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Therem Harth rem ir Estraven ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | alternating viewpoints ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalPublicationDate | 1969-03-01 ⓘ |
| pageCount | over 300 pages ⓘ |
| partOf | Hainish Cycle ⓘ |
| precededBy | City of Illusions ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Ace Books
ⓘ
Walker and Company ⓘ
linked to:
Walker & Company
|
| recognizedAs |
classic of science fiction literature
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landmark of feminist science fiction ⓘ |
| series | Hainish Cycle ⓘ |
| setInFictionalWorld | Gethen ⓘ |
| settingType | distant planet ⓘ |
| subgenre | planetary romance ⓘ |
| theme |
betrayal
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culture ⓘ duality ⓘ friendship ⓘ gender ⓘ identity ⓘ loyalty ⓘ nationalism ⓘ otherness ⓘ politics ⓘ sexuality ⓘ |
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Subject: The Left Hand of Darkness Description of subject: The Left Hand of Darkness is a landmark science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin that explores themes of gender, politics, and culture on a distant, ambisexual world.
Referenced by (12)
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