Black Easter
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Black Easter is a 1968 dark fantasy novel by James Blish that explores the catastrophic consequences of summoning all the demons of Hell in a modern, theologically grounded setting.
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| Black Easter canonical | 4 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Black Easter Context triple: [James Blish, notableWork, Black Easter]
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Black Friday massacre
The Black Friday massacre refers to the deadly crackdown by Iranian security forces on protestors in Tehran on 8 September 1978, a pivotal and brutal event during the Iranian Revolution.
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Black July
Black July was a series of anti-Tamil pogroms in Sri Lanka in July 1983 that marked a major escalation of ethnic violence and is widely seen as the catalyst for the full-scale Sri Lankan Civil War.
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C.
Baltimore Plot
The Baltimore Plot was a failed 1861 conspiracy to assassinate President-elect Abraham Lincoln as he traveled to his inauguration, foiled in part by detective work from Allan Pinkerton’s agency.
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White House Burning
White House Burning is a nonfiction book co-authored by economist Simon Johnson that examines the history, challenges, and future of U.S. public finance and fiscal policy.
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E.
Corpus Christi massacre
The Corpus Christi massacre was a 1971 government-led attack on student demonstrators in Mexico City, in which paramilitary forces violently repressed protesters, resulting in numerous deaths and injuries.
- 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: Black Easter Target entity description: Black Easter is a 1968 dark fantasy novel by James Blish that explores the catastrophic consequences of summoning all the demons of Hell in a modern, theologically grounded setting.
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A.
Black Friday massacre
The Black Friday massacre refers to the deadly crackdown by Iranian security forces on protestors in Tehran on 8 September 1978, a pivotal and brutal event during the Iranian Revolution.
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B.
Black July
Black July was a series of anti-Tamil pogroms in Sri Lanka in July 1983 that marked a major escalation of ethnic violence and is widely seen as the catalyst for the full-scale Sri Lankan Civil War.
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C.
Baltimore Plot
The Baltimore Plot was a failed 1861 conspiracy to assassinate President-elect Abraham Lincoln as he traveled to his inauguration, foiled in part by detective work from Allan Pinkerton’s agency.
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D.
White House Burning
White House Burning is a nonfiction book co-authored by economist Simon Johnson that examines the history, challenges, and future of U.S. public finance and fiscal policy.
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E.
Corpus Christi massacre
The Corpus Christi massacre was a 1971 government-led attack on student demonstrators in Mexico City, in which paramilitary forces violently repressed protesters, resulting in numerous deaths and injuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | James Blish ⓘ |
| basedOn | Christian theology ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| exploresConcept |
limits of divine intervention
ⓘ
literal fulfillment of magical grimoires ⓘ moral responsibility for supernatural evil ⓘ |
| featuresElement |
Catholic priest
ⓘ
arms dealer ⓘ magician ⓘ summoning of demons ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | book ⓘ |
| genre |
dark fantasy
ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ horror ⓘ |
| hasSequel | The Day After Judgment ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Hell
ⓘ
demonic pact ⓘ end of the world ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literarySetting |
20th century
ⓘ
modern world ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
philosophical
ⓘ
speculative ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
apocalypse
ⓘ
consequences of summoning demons ⓘ demonology ⓘ good versus evil ⓘ theological speculation ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | catastrophic consequences of releasing all demons of Hell ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bleak, apocalyptic ending
ⓘ
detailed, systematic treatment of demonology ⓘ integration of Catholic theology into fantasy narrative ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | After Such Knowledge ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| publisher | Doubleday ⓘ |
| settingAspect | theologically grounded magic system ⓘ |
| titleAlludesTo | Easter ⓘ |
| workChronology | precedes The Day After Judgment in narrative order ⓘ |
| workInAuthorCareer | major work of James Blish ⓘ |
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