The Shadow Out of Time
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The Shadow Out of Time is a science fiction–horror novella by H. P. Lovecraft that explores time travel, body-swapping, and cosmic entities through the fragmented memories of a professor who suspects his mind has been displaced across eons.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Shadow Out of Time canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1715083 — 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 Shadow Out of Time Context triple: [H. P. Lovecraft, notableWork, The Shadow Out of Time]
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A.
The Bird of Time
The Bird of Time is a celebrated early 20th-century poetry collection by Indian poet Sarojini Naidu, noted for its lyrical style and themes of love, mortality, and Indian life.
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B.
Against the Fall of Night
Against the Fall of Night is a classic early science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores a far-future, dying Earth and humanity’s quest to transcend its long decline.
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C.
In the Shadow of Man
In the Shadow of Man is Jane Goodall’s influential 1971 book that chronicles her pioneering field research on wild chimpanzees in Tanzania and helped transform our understanding of primate behavior and human evolution.
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D.
The Shadow of Death
The Shadow of Death is a 19th-century religious painting by William Holman Hunt depicting a pre-crucifixion vision of Christ, emblematic of the Pre-Raphaelite movement’s detailed realism and symbolic intensity.
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E.
The Moon of Gomrath
The Moon of Gomrath is a classic British fantasy novel by Alan Garner that continues the mythic adventures begun in The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, blending English folklore with modern children’s fantasy.
- 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 Shadow Out of Time Target entity description: The Shadow Out of Time is a science fiction–horror novella by H. P. Lovecraft that explores time travel, body-swapping, and cosmic entities through the fragmented memories of a professor who suspects his mind has been displaced across eons.
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A.
The Bird of Time
The Bird of Time is a celebrated early 20th-century poetry collection by Indian poet Sarojini Naidu, noted for its lyrical style and themes of love, mortality, and Indian life.
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B.
Against the Fall of Night
Against the Fall of Night is a classic early science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores a far-future, dying Earth and humanity’s quest to transcend its long decline.
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C.
In the Shadow of Man
In the Shadow of Man is Jane Goodall’s influential 1971 book that chronicles her pioneering field research on wild chimpanzees in Tanzania and helped transform our understanding of primate behavior and human evolution.
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D.
The Shadow of Death
The Shadow of Death is a 19th-century religious painting by William Holman Hunt depicting a pre-crucifixion vision of Christ, emblematic of the Pre-Raphaelite movement’s detailed realism and symbolic intensity.
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E.
The Moon of Gomrath
The Moon of Gomrath is a classic British fantasy novel by Alan Garner that continues the mythic adventures begun in The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, blending English folklore with modern children’s fantasy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novella
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science fiction horror work ⓘ weird fiction work ⓘ |
| author | H. P. Lovecraft ⓘ |
| completionYear | 1935 ⓘ |
| containsInstitution | Miskatonic University ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| featuresFictionalRace | Great Race of Yith ⓘ |
| featuresFictionalSpecies | flying polyps ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1936 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedAs | serial ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
Astounding Stories of Super-Science
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surface form:
Astounding Stories
|
| firstPublishedMonth |
July
ⓘ
June ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
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science fiction ⓘ weird fiction ⓘ |
| hasAlternateMedium |
audio drama adaptation
ⓘ
radio adaptation ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReputation | major work in Lovecraft’s oeuvre ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
ancient manuscripts
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dreams as gateways to other times ⓘ ruined alien cities ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
cosmicism
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pseudoscientific ideas about time ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Nathaniel Wingate Peaslee ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| partOf | Cthulhu Mythos ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Lovecraft’s later major works ⓘ |
| plotElement |
archaeological expedition
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discovery of buried city ⓘ mind displacement across time ⓘ |
| protagonistAffiliation | Miskatonic University ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | professor of political economy ⓘ |
| publicationMedium | pulp magazine ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstBookEdition | Arkham House ⓘ |
| setIn |
Australia
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Great Sandy Desert ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| structure | fragmented memories ⓘ |
| theme |
body swapping
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cosmic horror ⓘ forbidden knowledge ⓘ loss of identity ⓘ time travel ⓘ unreliable memory ⓘ |
| workLength | novella-length ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Shadow Out of Time Description of subject: The Shadow Out of Time is a science fiction–horror novella by H. P. Lovecraft that explores time travel, body-swapping, and cosmic entities through the fragmented memories of a professor who suspects his mind has been displaced across eons.
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