The Sharing Knife series
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The Sharing Knife series is a romantic fantasy saga by Lois McMaster Bujold that blends frontier-style worldbuilding with magic, cultural conflict, and an interclass love story between a farmer girl and a seasoned soldier.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6910284 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Sharing Knife series Context triple: [Lois McMaster Bujold, notableWork, The Sharing Knife series]
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A.
The Shannara Chronicles
The Shannara Chronicles is a fantasy television series that follows a group of heroes battling dark forces in a post-apocalyptic world where magic has returned.
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Shannara series
The Shannara series is a popular epic fantasy book saga by Terry Brooks, set in a post-apocalyptic world where magic has replaced advanced technology.
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C.
The Wheel of Time
The Wheel of Time is an epic fantasy television series, based on Robert Jordan’s novel series, that follows a powerful magic user guiding a group of young villagers who may hold the key to saving or destroying the world.
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D.
Legends of Shannara
Legends of Shannara is a fantasy duology by Terry Brooks that serves as a prequel sequence within his larger Shannara universe, exploring the early history that shapes the later series.
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E.
The Sword of Shannara
The Sword of Shannara is a classic epic fantasy novel that launched Terry Brooks’s Shannara series, following a young hero’s quest to wield a magical sword against a dark warlock in a post-apocalyptic 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Sharing Knife series Target entity description: The Sharing Knife series is a romantic fantasy saga by Lois McMaster Bujold that blends frontier-style worldbuilding with magic, cultural conflict, and an interclass love story between a farmer girl and a seasoned soldier.
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A.
The Shannara Chronicles
The Shannara Chronicles is a fantasy television series that follows a group of heroes battling dark forces in a post-apocalyptic world where magic has returned.
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B.
Shannara series
The Shannara series is a popular epic fantasy book saga by Terry Brooks, set in a post-apocalyptic world where magic has replaced advanced technology.
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C.
The Wheel of Time
The Wheel of Time is an epic fantasy television series, based on Robert Jordan’s novel series, that follows a powerful magic user guiding a group of young villagers who may hold the key to saving or destroying the world.
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D.
Legends of Shannara
Legends of Shannara is a fantasy duology by Terry Brooks that serves as a prequel sequence within his larger Shannara universe, exploring the early history that shapes the later series.
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E.
The Sword of Shannara
The Sword of Shannara is a classic epic fantasy novel that launched Terry Brooks’s Shannara series, following a young hero’s quest to wield a magical sword against a dark warlock in a post-apocalyptic world.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fantasy novel
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fantasy novel series ⓘ romantic fantasy series ⓘ |
| author |
Lois McMaster Bujold
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Lois McMaster Bujold ⓘ Lois McMaster Bujold ⓘ Lois McMaster Bujold ⓘ Lois McMaster Bujold ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| firstBook |
The Sharing Knife: Beguilement
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linked to:
The Sharing Knife
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| focusesOn | relationship between a farmer girl and a Lakewalker soldier ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
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fantasy ⓘ romantic fantasy ⓘ |
| hasPart |
The Sharing Knife: Beguilement
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linked to:
The Sharing Knife
The Sharing Knife: Horizon ⓘ
linked to:
The Sharing Knife
The Sharing Knife: Legacy ⓘ
linked to:
The Sharing Knife
The Sharing Knife: Passage ⓘ
linked to:
The Sharing Knife series
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| hasSubgenreElement |
character-driven fantasy
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frontier fantasy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lastBook |
The Sharing Knife: Horizon
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linked to:
The Sharing Knife
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| magicSystem | sharing knives that store and transfer power ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Dag Redwing Hickory
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Fawn Bluefield ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of domestic life and epic fantasy elements
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detailed frontier-style worldbuilding ⓘ |
| numberOfBooks | 4 ⓘ |
| partOf |
The Sharing Knife series
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The Sharing Knife series ⓘ The Sharing Knife series ⓘ The Sharing Knife series ⓘ |
| publicationYear |
2006
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2007 ⓘ 2008 ⓘ 2009 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Eos
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HarperCollins ⓘ |
| setting | a secondary-world frontier society ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
cultural conflict
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family and community ⓘ interclass romance ⓘ prejudice and reconciliation ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: The Sharing Knife series Description of subject: The Sharing Knife series is a romantic fantasy saga by Lois McMaster Bujold that blends frontier-style worldbuilding with magic, cultural conflict, and an interclass love story between a farmer girl and a seasoned soldier.
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