The Exiles
E478110
The Exiles is a Ray Bradbury short story in which the ghosts of banned authors and their fictional creations, exiled to Mars, confront the last Earthmen bringing their works to be destroyed.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Exiles canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4915567 — 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 Exiles Context triple: [The Illustrated Man, containsWork, The Exiles]
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A.
Exiles
Exiles is a three-act play by James Joyce that explores themes of love, betrayal, and personal freedom within a tense emotional triangle.
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B.
The Exile
"The Exile" is the common English title of Surah Al-Hashr, a chapter of the Qur’an that reflects on the expulsion of certain groups from Medina and emphasizes God’s power, justice, and beautiful names.
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C.
Out of Exile
Out of Exile is the second studio album by American rock supergroup Audioslave, blending hard rock and alternative metal with politically charged and introspective lyrics.
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D.
Out of Exile
Out of Exile is a collection of writings by Indonesian nationalist leader Sutan Sjahrir that reflects his political thought and experiences during the struggle for independence.
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E.
The Grays
The Grays were a short-lived early-1990s power pop supergroup featuring songwriters like Jon Brion, known for their melodic, guitar-driven rock and cult-favorite album "Ro Sham Bo."
- 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 Exiles Target entity description: The Exiles is a Ray Bradbury short story in which the ghosts of banned authors and their fictional creations, exiled to Mars, confront the last Earthmen bringing their works to be destroyed.
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A.
Exiles
Exiles is a three-act play by James Joyce that explores themes of love, betrayal, and personal freedom within a tense emotional triangle.
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B.
The Exile
"The Exile" is the common English title of Surah Al-Hashr, a chapter of the Qur’an that reflects on the expulsion of certain groups from Medina and emphasizes God’s power, justice, and beautiful names.
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C.
Out of Exile
Out of Exile is the second studio album by American rock supergroup Audioslave, blending hard rock and alternative metal with politically charged and introspective lyrics.
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D.
Out of Exile
Out of Exile is a collection of writings by Indonesian nationalist leader Sutan Sjahrir that reflects his political thought and experiences during the struggle for independence.
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E.
The Grays
The Grays were a short-lived early-1990s power pop supergroup featuring songwriters like Jon Brion, known for their melodic, guitar-driven rock and cult-favorite album "Ro Sham Bo."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
science fiction short story
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short story ⓘ |
| author | Ray Bradbury ⓘ |
| basedOnEarlierWork | The Mad Wizards of Mars ⓘ |
| collectionPublicationYear | 1951 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| depicts |
destruction of books on Earth
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psychological dependence of ghosts on surviving books ⓘ |
| earlierVersionPublicationYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| earlierVersionTitle | The Mad Wizards of Mars ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
ghost of Ambrose Bierce
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ghost of Charles Dickens ⓘ ghost of Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ ghost of William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType |
Earth astronauts
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banned authors ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverseElement |
fictional creations of banned authors
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ghosts of banned authors ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| genre |
fantasy
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science fiction ⓘ |
| hasImagery | surreal Martian landscapes ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
decay of a dying Mars
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magic and witchcraft as metaphors for imagination ⓘ |
| hasTone |
fantastical
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melancholic ⓘ |
| includedInCollection | The Illustrated Man ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
allegory for cultural repression
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intertextual references to classic literature ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | mid-20th-century American science fiction ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depicting authors and their creations as literally sustained by their books
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early exploration of themes later expanded in Fahrenheit 451 ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Ghosts of banned authors and their creations, exiled to Mars, confront the last Earthmen who come to destroy the remaining copies of their works. ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollection | Doubleday ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Fahrenheit 451 ⓘ |
| relatedWorkRelation | shares themes of censorship and book burning with Fahrenheit 451 ⓘ |
| setting | Mars ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
book burning
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censorship ⓘ conflict between art and authoritarianism ⓘ freedom of imagination ⓘ power of literature ⓘ |
| timePeriodInFiction | future relative to time of writing ⓘ |
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Subject: The Exiles Description of subject: The Exiles is a Ray Bradbury short story in which the ghosts of banned authors and their fictional creations, exiled to Mars, confront the last Earthmen bringing their works to be destroyed.
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