The Sound of Thunder
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The Sound of Thunder is a historical adventure novel by Wilbur Smith that continues the saga of the Courtney family amid the turmoil of the Second Boer War in South Africa.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Sound of Thunder canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3892541 — 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 Sound of Thunder Context triple: [Wilbur Smith, notableWork, The Sound of Thunder]
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A.
Voyage in Time
Voyage in Time is a 1983 documentary film that follows director Andrei Tarkovsky and screenwriter Tonino Guerra as they travel through Italy discussing cinema, art, and Tarkovsky’s creative philosophy.
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B.
Nick of Time
"Nick of Time" is a classic episode of the original The Twilight Zone series in which a superstitious man becomes obsessed with a fortune-telling machine in a small-town diner.
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C.
The Island of the Day Before
The Island of the Day Before is a 1994 historical and philosophical novel by Umberto Eco that follows a 17th-century Italian nobleman stranded near the International Date Line, blending adventure with reflections on time, science, and perception.
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D.
Timescape
Timescape is a science fiction novel by Gregory Benford that explores time communication and ecological catastrophe through a hard-science, character-driven narrative.
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E.
The Lathe of Heaven
The Lathe of Heaven is a science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin that explores the power of dreams to alter reality and the ethical dilemmas that arise from such control.
- 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 Sound of Thunder Target entity description: The Sound of Thunder is a historical adventure novel by Wilbur Smith that continues the saga of the Courtney family amid the turmoil of the Second Boer War in South Africa.
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A.
Voyage in Time
Voyage in Time is a 1983 documentary film that follows director Andrei Tarkovsky and screenwriter Tonino Guerra as they travel through Italy discussing cinema, art, and Tarkovsky’s creative philosophy.
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B.
Nick of Time
"Nick of Time" is a classic episode of the original The Twilight Zone series in which a superstitious man becomes obsessed with a fortune-telling machine in a small-town diner.
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C.
The Island of the Day Before
The Island of the Day Before is a 1994 historical and philosophical novel by Umberto Eco that follows a 17th-century Italian nobleman stranded near the International Date Line, blending adventure with reflections on time, science, and perception.
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D.
Timescape
Timescape is a science fiction novel by Gregory Benford that explores time communication and ecological catastrophe through a hard-science, character-driven narrative.
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E.
The Lathe of Heaven
The Lathe of Heaven is a science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin that explores the power of dreams to alter reality and the ethical dilemmas that arise from such control.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
adventure novel
ⓘ
historical novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | Wilbur Smith ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | South Africa ⓘ |
| depictsEvent | Second Boer War ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Sean Courtney ⓘ |
| follows | When the Lion Feeds ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | South African ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780434599170 ⓘ |
| hasMediaType |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist | Sean Courtney ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Boer Wars
ⓘ
surface form:
Boer War
South African history ⓘ big-game hunting ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
family saga
ⓘ
greed and power ⓘ love and betrayal ⓘ war ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | popular fiction ⓘ |
| literarySeriesPosition | second Courtney novel ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Sean Courtney ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| partOf | Courtney family saga ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Heinemann publishing group
ⓘ
surface form:
Heinemann
|
| series | Courtney series ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Second Boer War ⓘ |
| settingPlace | South Africa ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Sound of Thunder Description of subject: The Sound of Thunder is a historical adventure novel by Wilbur Smith that continues the saga of the Courtney family amid the turmoil of the Second Boer War in South Africa.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Wilbur Smith