The Time Ships
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The Time Ships is a science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter that serves as an authorized sequel to H. G. Wells's The Time Machine, expanding its time-travel concepts with hard-science speculation and complex alternate timelines.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Time Ships canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4805612 — 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 Time Ships Context triple: [Stephen Baxter, notableWork, The Time Ships]
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A.
Ships in a Calm
Ships in a Calm is a serene 17th-century maritime painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Willem van de Velde the Younger, celebrated for its meticulous detail and atmospheric depiction of ships at rest.
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B.
The Voyage
"The Voyage" is an essay by Washington Irving that reflects on the emotions and experiences of transatlantic travel, serving as the opening piece in his collection *The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.*
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C.
The Ship Who Sang
The Ship Who Sang is a science fiction novel by Anne McCaffrey about a severely disabled girl whose brain is integrated into a starship, exploring themes of identity, autonomy, and humanity.
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D.
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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E.
Las Naves
Las Naves is a small town located in Bolívar Province in central Ecuador.
- 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 Time Ships Target entity description: The Time Ships is a science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter that serves as an authorized sequel to H. G. Wells's The Time Machine, expanding its time-travel concepts with hard-science speculation and complex alternate timelines.
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A.
Ships in a Calm
Ships in a Calm is a serene 17th-century maritime painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Willem van de Velde the Younger, celebrated for its meticulous detail and atmospheric depiction of ships at rest.
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B.
The Voyage
"The Voyage" is an essay by Washington Irving that reflects on the emotions and experiences of transatlantic travel, serving as the opening piece in his collection *The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.*
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C.
The Ship Who Sang
The Ship Who Sang is a science fiction novel by Anne McCaffrey about a severely disabled girl whose brain is integrated into a starship, exploring themes of identity, autonomy, and humanity.
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D.
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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E.
Las Naves
Las Naves is a small town located in Bolívar Province in central Ecuador.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
science fiction novel
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sequel novel ⓘ time travel novel ⓘ |
| author | Stephen Baxter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Time Machine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Peter Elson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| expandsConcept |
alternate timelines
ⓘ
time travel ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Eloi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Morlocks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
hard science fiction
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science fiction ⓘ time travel fiction ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 0-06-105648-0 ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre |
philosophical science fiction
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speculative physics fiction ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
alternate history
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consequences of time travel ⓘ evolution of humanity ⓘ paradox and causality ⓘ |
| isAuthorizedSequelTo | The Time Machine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 20th-century science fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | the Time Traveller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | the Time Traveller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
authorized continuation of a classic SF work
ⓘ
complex treatment of time travel physics ⓘ |
| originalAuthorOfPrequel | H. G. Wells NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalWork | The Time Machine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pageCount | 496 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | The Time Machine universe ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| publisher |
HarperCollins
NERFINISHED
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HarperPrism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
alternate timelines
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far future Earth ⓘ multiple universes ⓘ |
| shortlistedFor |
Hugo Award for Best Novel
NERFINISHED
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Locus Award for Best SF Novel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesApproach | hard-science speculation ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Time Ships Description of subject: The Time Ships is a science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter that serves as an authorized sequel to H. G. Wells's The Time Machine, expanding its time-travel concepts with hard-science speculation and complex alternate timelines.
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