Oryx and Crake
E20039
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.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oryx and Crake canonical | 13 |
| Crake | 1 |
| Oryx and Crake (novel) | 1 |
| Oryx and Crake / The Year of the Flood cycle | 1 |
| novel "Oryx and Crake" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T161967 — 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: Oryx and Crake Context triple: [Margaret Atwood, notableWork, Oryx and Crake]
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A.
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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B.
The Handmaid's Tale
The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian novel depicting a theocratic regime that strips women of their rights, widely acclaimed for its feminist themes and chilling political commentary.
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C.
The Drowned and the Saved
The Drowned and the Saved is Primo Levi’s final, reflective work of essays examining the moral, psychological, and historical complexities of the Holocaust and its survivors.
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D.
The Backbone of Night
"The Backbone of Night" is an episode of the science documentary series "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage" in which Carl Sagan explores humanity’s evolving understanding of the Milky Way and our place in the universe.
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E.
Twilight in the Wilderness
"Twilight in the Wilderness" is a celebrated 1860 landscape painting by American artist Frederic Edwin Church, renowned for its dramatic sunset sky and luminous depiction of the American wilderness.
- 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: Oryx and Crake Target entity description: 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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A.
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.
-
B.
The Handmaid's Tale
The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian novel depicting a theocratic regime that strips women of their rights, widely acclaimed for its feminist themes and chilling political commentary.
-
C.
The Drowned and the Saved
The Drowned and the Saved is Primo Levi’s final, reflective work of essays examining the moral, psychological, and historical complexities of the Holocaust and its survivors.
-
D.
The Backbone of Night
"The Backbone of Night" is an episode of the science documentary series "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage" in which Carl Sagan explores humanity’s evolving understanding of the Milky Way and our place in the universe.
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E.
Twilight in the Wilderness
"Twilight in the Wilderness" is a celebrated 1860 landscape painting by American artist Frederic Edwin Church, renowned for its dramatic sunset sky and luminous depiction of the American wilderness.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dystopian novel
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novel ⓘ science fiction novel ⓘ speculative fiction work ⓘ |
| author | Margaret Atwood ⓘ |
| awarded |
Booker Prize shortlist
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Giller Prize shortlist ⓘ Governor General's Award shortlist ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| coverArtist |
Paul Rand
ⓘ
surface form:
Chip Kidd
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| followedBy |
MaddAddam
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The Year of the Flood ⓘ |
| genre |
climate fiction
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dystopian fiction ⓘ post-apocalyptic fiction ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | stage adaptation ⓘ |
| hasSequel |
MaddAddam
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The Year of the Flood ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Oryx and Crake
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Crake
Jim ⓘ
surface form:
Jimmy
Oryx ⓘ Snowman ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
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hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of corporate capitalism
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depiction of environmental catastrophe ⓘ exploration of genetic engineering ⓘ |
| originalPublisher |
McClelland and Stewart
ⓘ
Nan A. Talese ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 400 ⓘ |
| partOf |
MaddAddam
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surface form:
MaddAddam series
|
| primaryTheme |
bioengineering ethics
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biotechnology ⓘ consumerism ⓘ corporate power ⓘ environmental collapse ⓘ genetic engineering ⓘ pandemics ⓘ posthumanism ⓘ social inequality ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2003 ⓘ |
| series |
MaddAddam
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surface form:
MaddAddam trilogy
|
| setInTimePeriod | near future ⓘ |
| setting |
corporate compounds
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pleeblands ⓘ post-apocalyptic landscape ⓘ |
| structure | nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Oryx and Crake Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Crake
this entity surface form:
Oryx and Crake (novel)
this entity surface form:
novel "Oryx and Crake"
this entity surface form:
Oryx and Crake / The Year of the Flood cycle