novel "Fight Club" (1996)
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The 1996 novel "Fight Club" is a transgressive work by Chuck Palahniuk that follows an unnamed narrator drawn into an underground fighting cult and anarchic anti-consumerist movement led by the charismatic Tyler Durden.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fight Club (novel) | 6 |
| Fight Club (1996 novel) | 1 |
| novel "Fight Club" (1996) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13472498 — 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: novel "Fight Club" (1996) Context triple: [Tyler Durden, introducedIn, novel "Fight Club" (1996)]
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Fight Club
Fight Club is a 1999 cult classic psychological drama film directed by David Fincher, based on Chuck Palahniuk’s novel, that explores consumerism, identity, and masculinity through the formation of an underground fighting club.
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American Psycho (novel)
American Psycho (novel) is Bret Easton Ellis’s controversial 1991 satirical horror novel that follows wealthy Wall Street banker and serial killer Patrick Bateman, exploring themes of consumerism, violence, and moral emptiness in 1980s Manhattan.
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American Psycho
American Psycho is a 2000 satirical psychological horror film, based on Bret Easton Ellis’s novel, that follows wealthy New York investment banker and secret serial killer Patrick Bateman.
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Just Like a Movie (novel)
Just Like a Movie is a contemporary English-language novel by Roger Bowen, typically used in educational contexts for its accessible style and engaging, film-themed storyline.
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Ubik
Ubik is a 1969 science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick that explores reality, perception, and corporate intrigue in a surreal, shifting future 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: novel "Fight Club" (1996) Target entity description: The 1996 novel "Fight Club" is a transgressive work by Chuck Palahniuk that follows an unnamed narrator drawn into an underground fighting cult and anarchic anti-consumerist movement led by the charismatic Tyler Durden.
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A.
Fight Club
Fight Club is a 1999 cult classic psychological drama film directed by David Fincher, based on Chuck Palahniuk’s novel, that explores consumerism, identity, and masculinity through the formation of an underground fighting club.
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B.
American Psycho (novel)
American Psycho (novel) is Bret Easton Ellis’s controversial 1991 satirical horror novel that follows wealthy Wall Street banker and serial killer Patrick Bateman, exploring themes of consumerism, violence, and moral emptiness in 1980s Manhattan.
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C.
American Psycho
American Psycho is a 2000 satirical psychological horror film, based on Bret Easton Ellis’s novel, that follows wealthy New York investment banker and secret serial killer Patrick Bateman.
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D.
Just Like a Movie (novel)
Just Like a Movie is a contemporary English-language novel by Roger Bowen, typically used in educational contexts for its accessible style and engaging, film-themed storyline.
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E.
Ubik
Ubik is a 1969 science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick that explores reality, perception, and corporate intrigue in a surreal, shifting future world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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transgressive fiction work ⓘ |
| adaptationType | feature film ⓘ |
| author | Chuck Palahniuk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| expandedFrom | short story "Fight Club" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | short story ⓘ |
| genre |
psychological fiction
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satire ⓘ social criticism ⓘ transgressive fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Fight Club (1999 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasComicAdaptation |
Fight Club 2
NERFINISHED
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Fight Club 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isbn | 9780393039764 ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Marla Singer
NERFINISHED
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Tyler Durden NERFINISHED ⓘ unnamed narrator ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| motif |
explosives
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fighting ⓘ soap ⓘ support groups ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | unnamed narrator ⓘ |
| notableQuote |
The first rule about fight club is you don't talk about fight club.
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The things you own end up owning you. ⓘ |
| organizationInStory |
Project Mayhem
NERFINISHED
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fight club NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | recall coordinator ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| publisher | W. W. Norton & Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenAdaptationDirector | David Fincher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenAdaptationWriter | Jim Uhls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | unnamed American city ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
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anarchism ⓘ anti-consumerism ⓘ capitalism critique ⓘ consumerism ⓘ identity ⓘ masculinity ⓘ mental illness ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: novel "Fight Club" (1996) Description of subject: The 1996 novel "Fight Club" is a transgressive work by Chuck Palahniuk that follows an unnamed narrator drawn into an underground fighting cult and anarchic anti-consumerist movement led by the charismatic Tyler Durden.
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