Hainish Cycle
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The Hainish Cycle is a loosely connected series of science fiction works by Ursula K. Le Guin that explore themes of culture, politics, and anthropology across a shared interstellar setting.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hainish Cycle canonical | 12 |
| Hainish universe | 4 |
| The Hainish Novels and Stories (Library of America) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3799289 — 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: Hainish Cycle Context triple: [Ursula K. Le Guin, series, Hainish Cycle]
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A.
Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy
The Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy is a renowned hard science fiction series by Liu Cixin that explores humanity’s contact and conflict with an alien civilization across vast scales of time and space.
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B.
Dragonriders of Pern
Dragonriders of Pern is a long-running science fantasy book series by Anne McCaffrey (later continued by her son Todd) that follows telepathically bonded dragonriders defending the planet Pern from a deadly extraterrestrial threat called Thread.
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C.
Ringworld
Ringworld is a science fiction megastructure concept, popularized by Larry Niven’s novel of the same name, depicting a vast artificial ring encircling a star to provide an enormous habitable surface area.
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D.
The Broken Earth trilogy
The Broken Earth trilogy is an award-winning science fantasy series by N. K. Jemisin that explores a geologically unstable world, systemic oppression, and survival through the lives of powerful orogenes.
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E.
The Expanse
The Expanse is a critically acclaimed science fiction television series set in a colonized solar system, known for its realistic space physics, complex political intrigue, and richly developed characters.
- 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: Hainish Cycle Target entity description: The Hainish Cycle is a loosely connected series of science fiction works by Ursula K. Le Guin that explore themes of culture, politics, and anthropology across a shared interstellar setting.
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A.
Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy
The Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy is a renowned hard science fiction series by Liu Cixin that explores humanity’s contact and conflict with an alien civilization across vast scales of time and space.
-
B.
Dragonriders of Pern
Dragonriders of Pern is a long-running science fantasy book series by Anne McCaffrey (later continued by her son Todd) that follows telepathically bonded dragonriders defending the planet Pern from a deadly extraterrestrial threat called Thread.
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C.
Ringworld
Ringworld is a science fiction megastructure concept, popularized by Larry Niven’s novel of the same name, depicting a vast artificial ring encircling a star to provide an enormous habitable surface area.
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D.
The Broken Earth trilogy
The Broken Earth trilogy is an award-winning science fantasy series by N. K. Jemisin that explores a geologically unstable world, systemic oppression, and survival through the lives of powerful orogenes.
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E.
The Expanse
The Expanse is a critically acclaimed science fiction television series set in a colonized solar system, known for its realistic space physics, complex political intrigue, and richly developed characters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional universe
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science fiction series ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthorRole | Ursula K. Le Guin as anthropologist's daughter ⓘ |
| connectsWorks |
City of Illusions
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Four Ways to Forgiveness ⓘ Planet of Exile ⓘ Rocannon's World ⓘ The Birthday of the World and Other Stories ⓘ The Dispossessed ⓘ The Left Hand of Darkness ⓘ The Telling ⓘ The Word for World Is Forest ⓘ |
| continuityType | shared universe ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| creator | Ursula K. Le Guin ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
cultural relativism
ⓘ
ethical ambiguity ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
ansible
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non-Western perspectives ⓘ simultaneous interstellar communication ⓘ utopian and dystopian societies ⓘ |
| featuresOrganization | Ekumen ⓘ |
| featuresPlanet |
Anarres
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Gethen ⓘ Hain ⓘ Terra ⓘ Urras ⓘ |
| firstWorkPublicationDecade | 1960s ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
envoy figures
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intercultural contact ⓘ world-building ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasChronology | nonlinear timeline ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
anthropological science fiction
ⓘ
later feminist science fiction ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | New Wave science fiction ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
anthropology
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colonialism ⓘ communication ⓘ culture ⓘ gender ⓘ politics ⓘ relativism ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | loosely connected series ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Dispossessed
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The Left Hand of Darkness ⓘ The Word for World Is Forest ⓘ |
| setting | interstellar civilization ⓘ |
| subgenre |
social science fiction
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soft science fiction ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Hainish Cycle Description of subject: The Hainish Cycle is a loosely connected series of science fiction works by Ursula K. Le Guin that explore themes of culture, politics, and anthropology across a shared interstellar setting.
Referenced by (17)
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