The Stars, Like Dust

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novel science fiction novel

The Stars, Like Dust is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov set in his Galactic Empire universe, following a young nobleman entangled in political intrigue and rebellion against a tyrannical interstellar regime.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
The Stars, Like Dust canonical	10
The Stars, Like Dust is first in internal chronology	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T308337 — 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 Stars, Like Dust
Context triple: [Isaac Asimov, notableWork, The Stars, Like Dust]

A. The Lives of the Stars
"The Lives of the Stars" is an episode of the science documentary series *Cosmos: A Personal Voyage* that explores the birth, evolution, and death of stars and their role in shaping the universe.
B. The Cosmic Connection
The Cosmic Connection is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that explores humanity’s place in the universe and the possibility of extraterrestrial life.
C. The Currents of Space
The Currents of Space is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov set in his Galactic Empire universe, exploring political intrigue, planetary exploitation, and social stratification on a distant world.
D. Les Solitudes
Les Solitudes is a reflective poetic work by French writer and first Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Sully Prudhomme, exploring themes of isolation and inner life.
E. Blues for a Red Planet
"Blues for a Red Planet" is an episode of the science documentary series *Cosmos: A Personal Voyage* that explores the history, science, and human fascination surrounding the planet Mars.
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 Stars, Like Dust
Target entity description: The Stars, Like Dust is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov set in his Galactic Empire universe, following a young nobleman entangled in political intrigue and rebellion against a tyrannical interstellar regime.

A. The Lives of the Stars
"The Lives of the Stars" is an episode of the science documentary series *Cosmos: A Personal Voyage* that explores the birth, evolution, and death of stars and their role in shaping the universe.
B. The Cosmic Connection
The Cosmic Connection is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that explores humanity’s place in the universe and the possibility of extraterrestrial life.
C. The Currents of Space
The Currents of Space is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov set in his Galactic Empire universe, exploring political intrigue, planetary exploitation, and social stratification on a distant world.
D. Les Solitudes
Les Solitudes is a reflective poetic work by French writer and first Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Sully Prudhomme, exploring themes of isolation and inner life.
E. Blues for a Red Planet
"Blues for a Red Planet" is an episode of the science documentary series *Cosmos: A Personal Voyage* that explores the history, science, and human fascination surrounding the planet Mars.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	novel ⓘ science fiction novel ⓘ
author	Isaac Asimov ⓘ
containsElement	interstellar travel ⓘ planetary politics ⓘ rebellion plot ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
firstPublicationForm	serialized novel ⓘ
firstPublicationMedium	magazine ⓘ
followedBy	The Currents of Space ⓘ
genre	science fiction ⓘ space opera ⓘ
hasAuthorNationality	American ⓘ
hasCategory	American science fiction novels ⓘ novels by Isaac Asimov ⓘ
hasConflictType	man versus society ⓘ political conflict ⓘ
hasFictionalTechnology	faster-than-light travel ⓘ spaceships ⓘ
hasFictionalUniverse	Galactic Empire series ⓘ surface form: Galactic Empire universe
hasForm	prose ⓘ
hasInfluenceDomain	science fiction literature ⓘ
hasPageMedium	print ⓘ
hasSubgenre	galactic empire fiction ⓘ
hasTone	adventurous ⓘ dramatic ⓘ
hasWorkType	space adventure ⓘ
intendedAudience	adult readers ⓘ
isPartOf	Isaac Asimov bibliography ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryPeriod	20th-century science fiction ⓘ
mainCharacter	Biron Farrill ⓘ
narrativePerspective	third-person narrative ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
partOfUniverse	Galactic Empire series ⓘ surface form: Isaac Asimov's Galactic Empire universe
precededBy	Pebble in the Sky ⓘ
protagonistOccupation	nobleman ⓘ
publisher	Doubleday ⓘ
series	Galactic Empire series ⓘ
setting	future ⓘ interstellar empire ⓘ
theme	political intrigue ⓘ rebellion ⓘ resistance to dictatorship ⓘ tyranny ⓘ
writtenBy	Isaac Asimov ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Isaac Asimov → notableWork → The Stars, Like Dust ⓘ

The Currents of Space → precededBy → The Stars, Like Dust ⓘ

Galactic Empire series → hasWork → The Stars, Like Dust ⓘ

Pebble in the Sky → precedes → The Stars, Like Dust ⓘ

Pebble in the Sky → followedBy → The Stars, Like Dust ⓘ

Empire series → hasPart → The Stars, Like Dust ⓘ

Empire series → publicationOrder → The Stars, Like Dust ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Stars, Like Dust is first in internal chronology

Empire series → secondBook → The Stars, Like Dust ⓘ

Isaac Asimov bibliography → includesNotableWork → The Stars, Like Dust ⓘ

Asimov universe → hasWork → The Stars, Like Dust ⓘ

Biron Farrill → appearsIn → The Stars, Like Dust ⓘ

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