The Vorkosigan Companion
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The Vorkosigan Companion is a reference and guidebook exploring Lois McMaster Bujold’s Vorkosigan Saga universe, its characters, and its themes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Vorkosigan Companion canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Vorkosigan Companion Context triple: [Hugo Award for Best Related Work, notableWinner, The Vorkosigan Companion]
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Hainish Cycle
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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Prelude to Foundation
Prelude to Foundation is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov that explores the early life of Hari Seldon and the origins of his revolutionary science of psychohistory within the Foundation universe.
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C.
The Renegades of Pern
The Renegades of Pern is a science fantasy novel by Anne McCaffrey that explores the lives of outcasts and holdless people on the planet Pern, running parallel to and intersecting with events from earlier Dragonriders of Pern books.
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D.
Rocannon's World
Rocannon's World is a science fantasy novel by Ursula K. Le Guin that introduces her Hainish universe through the story of an ethnologist exploring a perilous alien planet.
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E.
The Left Hand of Darkness
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: The Vorkosigan Companion Target entity description: The Vorkosigan Companion is a reference and guidebook exploring Lois McMaster Bujold’s Vorkosigan Saga universe, its characters, and its themes.
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A.
Hainish Cycle
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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B.
Prelude to Foundation
Prelude to Foundation is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov that explores the early life of Hari Seldon and the origins of his revolutionary science of psychohistory within the Foundation universe.
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C.
The Renegades of Pern
The Renegades of Pern is a science fantasy novel by Anne McCaffrey that explores the lives of outcasts and holdless people on the planet Pern, running parallel to and intersecting with events from earlier Dragonriders of Pern books.
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D.
Rocannon's World
Rocannon's World is a science fantasy novel by Ursula K. Le Guin that introduces her Hainish universe through the story of an ethnologist exploring a perilous alien planet.
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E.
The Left Hand of Darkness
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
guidebook
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non-fiction book ⓘ reference book ⓘ |
| about |
Lois McMaster Bujold
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Vorkosigan Saga ⓘ
linked to:
Vorkosigan Saga (some editions)
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| basedOnWorkBy | Lois McMaster Bujold ⓘ |
| contains |
background information on Vorkosigan universe
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character guides ⓘ setting descriptions ⓘ story chronology ⓘ thematic essays ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Miles Vorkosigan
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Vorkosigan Saga characters ⓘ Vorkosigan Saga themes ⓘ Vorkosigan Saga universe ⓘ
linked to:
Vorkosigan Saga (some editions)
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| genre |
literary companion
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science fiction reference ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
readers of the Vorkosigan Saga
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science fiction fans ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryUniverse |
Vorkosigan Saga
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linked to:
Vorkosigan Saga (some editions)
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| purpose |
to explore the Vorkosigan Saga universe
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to guide readers through characters and themes of the Vorkosigan Saga ⓘ to provide reference material on the Vorkosigan Saga ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
character analysis
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science fiction ⓘ space opera ⓘ worldbuilding analysis ⓘ |
| title | The Vorkosigan Companion ⓘ |
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