The Year of the Flood
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The Year of the Flood is a dystopian science fiction novel by Margaret Atwood that explores a bioengineered apocalypse and its survivors from new perspectives within the world of the MaddAddam trilogy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Year of the Flood canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T928520 — 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 Year of the Flood Context triple: [Oryx and Crake, followedBy, The Year of the Flood]
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Oryx and Crake
Oryx and Crake is a dystopian science fiction novel by Margaret Atwood that explores genetic engineering, corporate power, and environmental collapse through a post-apocalyptic narrative.
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B.
MaddAddam
MaddAddam is a dystopian science fiction novel by Margaret Atwood that concludes her speculative trilogy exploring genetic engineering, ecological collapse, and post-apocalyptic survival.
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C.
Gilead
Gilead is a historically significant region east of the Jordan River, known from biblical and ancient Near Eastern sources for its strategic location and fertile, wooded highlands.
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D.
The Sixth Extinction
The Sixth Extinction is a nonfiction book by Elizabeth Kolbert that examines humanity’s role in causing an ongoing mass extinction of species and its implications for the planet’s future.
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E.
The Climate of Eden
The Climate of Eden is a novel by American playwright and director Moss Hart that explores complex human relationships and social tensions in a richly drawn setting.
- 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 Year of the Flood Target entity description: The Year of the Flood is a dystopian science fiction novel by Margaret Atwood that explores a bioengineered apocalypse and its survivors from new perspectives within the world of the MaddAddam trilogy.
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A.
Oryx and Crake
Oryx and Crake is a dystopian science fiction novel by Margaret Atwood that explores genetic engineering, corporate power, and environmental collapse through a post-apocalyptic narrative.
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B.
MaddAddam
MaddAddam is a dystopian science fiction novel by Margaret Atwood that concludes her speculative trilogy exploring genetic engineering, ecological collapse, and post-apocalyptic survival.
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C.
Gilead
Gilead is a historically significant region east of the Jordan River, known from biblical and ancient Near Eastern sources for its strategic location and fertile, wooded highlands.
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D.
The Sixth Extinction
The Sixth Extinction is a nonfiction book by Elizabeth Kolbert that examines humanity’s role in causing an ongoing mass extinction of species and its implications for the planet’s future.
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E.
The Climate of Eden
The Climate of Eden is a novel by American playwright and director Moss Hart that explores complex human relationships and social tensions in a richly drawn setting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian novel
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dystopian novel ⓘ novel ⓘ science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Margaret Atwood ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| featuresGroup | God’s Gardeners ⓘ |
| followedBy | MaddAddam ⓘ |
| follows | Oryx and Crake ⓘ |
| genre |
dystopian fiction
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science fiction ⓘ speculative fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | stage adaptation ⓘ |
| hasISBN |
978-0-385-52876-7
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978-0-7710-0868-9 ⓘ |
| hasPrequel | Oryx and Crake ⓘ |
| hasSequel | MaddAddam ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryAwardNomination |
Giller Prize longlist
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Trillium Book Award shortlist ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Adam One
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Ren ⓘ Toby ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | alternating first-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | multiple viewpoints ⓘ |
| notableFor |
expanding the world of Oryx and Crake
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exploring a bioengineered apocalypse ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 450 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
MaddAddam
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surface form:
MaddAddam trilogy
|
| publicationDate | 2009 ⓘ |
| publisher |
McClelland and Stewart
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surface form:
McClelland & Stewart
Nan A. Talese ⓘ |
| setting |
bioengineered dystopia
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near-future ⓘ post-apocalyptic world ⓘ |
| theme |
bioengineering
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class inequality ⓘ corporate power ⓘ ecology ⓘ environmental collapse ⓘ ethics of science ⓘ pandemic ⓘ religion and spirituality ⓘ survival ⓘ |
| workInSeriesNumber | 2 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Year of the Flood Description of subject: The Year of the Flood is a dystopian science fiction novel by Margaret Atwood that explores a bioengineered apocalypse and its survivors from new perspectives within the world of the MaddAddam trilogy.
Referenced by (12)
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