Microcosmic God
E773350
Microcosmic God is a classic science fiction short story that explores themes of creation, power, and responsibility through a scientist who engineers a race of tiny, hyper-evolving beings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Microcosmic God canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9034366 — 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: Microcosmic God Context triple: [Theodore Sturgeon, notableWork, Microcosmic God]
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A.
The Divine Milieu
The Divine Milieu is a seminal spiritual and philosophical work by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin that explores the presence of God in the evolving cosmos and everyday human experience.
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B.
Living with the Gods
Living with the Gods is a cultural history book (and related BBC radio series) by Neil MacGregor that explores how religious beliefs and rituals have shaped human societies across time and place.
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C.
The Love of Sunya
The Love of Sunya is a 1927 silent romantic drama film starring Gloria Swanson, known for its themes of fate and second chances.
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D.
Profound Desire of the Gods
Profound Desire of the Gods is a 1968 Japanese film by Shōhei Imamura that explores the clash between modernity and traditional island culture through a surreal, anthropological lens.
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E.
World of Emanation
World of Emanation is the highest of the four primary Kabbalistic worlds, representing the realm of pure divine light and closest proximity to the Infinite.
- 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: Microcosmic God Target entity description: Microcosmic God is a classic science fiction short story that explores themes of creation, power, and responsibility through a scientist who engineers a race of tiny, hyper-evolving beings.
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A.
The Divine Milieu
The Divine Milieu is a seminal spiritual and philosophical work by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin that explores the presence of God in the evolving cosmos and everyday human experience.
-
B.
Living with the Gods
Living with the Gods is a cultural history book (and related BBC radio series) by Neil MacGregor that explores how religious beliefs and rituals have shaped human societies across time and place.
-
C.
The Love of Sunya
The Love of Sunya is a 1927 silent romantic drama film starring Gloria Swanson, known for its themes of fate and second chances.
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D.
Profound Desire of the Gods
Profound Desire of the Gods is a 1968 Japanese film by Shōhei Imamura that explores the clash between modernity and traditional island culture through a surreal, anthropological lens.
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E.
World of Emanation
World of Emanation is the highest of the four primary Kabbalistic worlds, representing the realm of pure divine light and closest proximity to the Infinite.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | science fiction short story ⓘ |
| author | Theodore Sturgeon ⓘ |
| centralCharacter | Kidder ⓘ |
| centralCharacterOccupation | scientist ⓘ |
| centralCharacterTrait |
brilliant
ⓘ
reclusive ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
creation rebelling against creator
ⓘ
scientist as isolated genius ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| exploresConcept |
relative scale of life and intelligence
ⓘ
time compression for evolving species ⓘ |
| exploresRelationshipBetween | creator and created beings ⓘ |
| featuresFictionalSpecies | Neoterics ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1941 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
Astounding Science-Fiction
ⓘ
linked to:
Astounding Science Fiction
|
| genre |
science fiction
ⓘ
speculative fiction ⓘ |
| hasMoralQuestion | whether ends justify means in scientific progress ⓘ |
| hasReprint | various science fiction anthologies ⓘ |
| hasTitleWord |
God
ⓘ
Microcosmic ⓘ |
| influencedBy | contemporary scientific ideas about evolution ⓘ |
| inUniverseTechnology | controlled environment for accelerated evolution ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Golden Age of Science Fiction ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | considered a classic of early American science fiction ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | short story ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early exploration of artificial life themes
ⓘ
influence on later stories about created intelligences ⓘ |
| originalMedium | pulp magazine ⓘ |
| plotElement | scientist engineers a race of tiny hyper-evolving beings ⓘ |
| publicationType | magazine short story ⓘ |
| questions | moral obligations of a creator ⓘ |
| settingType | laboratory ⓘ |
| structure | framed as a recounting of Kidder’s work ⓘ |
| subgenre |
science fiction of ideas
ⓘ
social science fiction ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
accelerated evolution
ⓘ
creation ⓘ ethics of scientific experimentation ⓘ exploitation ⓘ playing God ⓘ power ⓘ responsibility ⓘ |
| tone |
dark
ⓘ
philosophical ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Microcosmic God Description of subject: Microcosmic God is a classic science fiction short story that explores themes of creation, power, and responsibility through a scientist who engineers a race of tiny, hyper-evolving beings.
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