The Star Fraction
E638254
The Star Fraction is a science fiction novel by Ken MacLeod that explores revolutionary politics, artificial intelligence, and post-Cold War geopolitics in a near-future Britain.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Star Fraction canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7060133 — 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 Star Fraction Context triple: [Ken MacLeod, notableWork, The Star Fraction]
-
A.
The Star
The Star is the English title of Surah An-Najm, a chapter of the Qur’an that emphasizes the divine origin of revelation and the authority of the Prophet Muhammad.
-
B.
The Star
The Star is a mixed-use development in Frisco, Texas that serves as the Dallas Cowboys’ headquarters and practice facility, surrounded by retail, dining, and entertainment venues.
-
C.
The Star
The Star was a late 19th-century London evening newspaper known for its sensational and often moralistic coverage of crime and scandal.
-
D.
The Star
The Star is a 1952 drama film starring Bette Davis as a fading Hollywood actress struggling with the loss of her fame and career.
-
E.
The Star
"The Star" is a science fiction short story by H. G. Wells that depicts the catastrophic approach of a celestial body toward Earth and explores humanity’s varied reactions to impending global disaster.
- 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 Star Fraction Target entity description: The Star Fraction is a science fiction novel by Ken MacLeod that explores revolutionary politics, artificial intelligence, and post-Cold War geopolitics in a near-future Britain.
-
A.
The Star
The Star was a late 19th-century London evening newspaper known for its sensational and often moralistic coverage of crime and scandal.
-
B.
The Star
The Star is the English title of Surah An-Najm, a chapter of the Qur’an that emphasizes the divine origin of revelation and the authority of the Prophet Muhammad.
-
C.
The Star
The Star is a mixed-use development in Frisco, Texas that serves as the Dallas Cowboys’ headquarters and practice facility, surrounded by retail, dining, and entertainment venues.
-
D.
The Star
The Star is a 1952 drama film starring Bette Davis as a fading Hollywood actress struggling with the loss of her fame and career.
-
E.
The Star
"The Star" is a science fiction short story by H. G. Wells that depicts the catastrophic approach of a celestial body toward Earth and explores humanity’s varied reactions to impending global disaster.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Ken MacLeod ⓘ |
| awardNomination | Arthur C. Clarke Award shortlist ⓘ |
| awardNominationYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Mark Harrison ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
AI-managed security systems
ⓘ
global financial networks ⓘ privatized warfare ⓘ space-based weapons ⓘ |
| genre |
cyberpunk
ⓘ
political fiction ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 0-09-955871-4 ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Janis Taine
ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ Moh Kohn ⓘ |
| hasSequel |
The Cassini Division
ⓘ
linked to:
Cassini Division
The Sky Road ⓘ The Stone Canal ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Cold War politics
ⓘ
leftist political theory ⓘ libertarian political theory ⓘ |
| isDebutNovelOf | Ken MacLeod ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of fragmented post-UK microstates
ⓘ
integration of Marxist and libertarian ideas ⓘ use of emergent artificial intelligence as political actor ⓘ |
| originalPublisherImprint | Legend ⓘ |
| pageCount | approx. 320 pages ⓘ |
| partOf | Fall Revolution series continuity ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | first novel ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| publisher | Legend Books ⓘ |
| series | The Fall Revolution ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Britain
ⓘ
linked to:
Great Britain
|
| settingTime | near future ⓘ |
| theme |
anarchism
ⓘ
artificial intelligence ⓘ libertarianism ⓘ military intervention ⓘ post-Cold War geopolitics ⓘ post-Soviet politics ⓘ revolutionary politics ⓘ socialism ⓘ surveillance ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Star Fraction Description of subject: The Star Fraction is a science fiction novel by Ken MacLeod that explores revolutionary politics, artificial intelligence, and post-Cold War geopolitics in a near-future Britain.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.