Doomsday Book
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Doomsday Book is a Hugo and Nebula Award–winning science fiction novel by Connie Willis that intertwines time travel with a harrowing depiction of the Black Death in medieval England.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Doomsday Book canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6202285 — 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: Doomsday Book Context triple: [Connie Willis, notableWork, Doomsday Book]
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A.
Livro do Tempo
Livro do Tempo is a conceptual and participatory artwork by Brazilian Neo-Concrete artist Lygia Pape that explores time, perception, and viewer interaction through modular, geometric forms.
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B.
The Book of Skulls
The Book of Skulls is a 1972 science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg that follows four college students who discover a desert cult promising immortality at the cost of ritual sacrifice.
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C.
The Noise of Time
The Noise of Time is a novel by Julian Barnes that fictionalizes the life of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich under Stalinist oppression.
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D.
The Proud Tower
The Proud Tower is a historical work by Barbara W. Tuchman that examines the political and social landscape of the Western world in the decades leading up to World War I.
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E.
The Warden
The Warden is an 1855 novel by Anthony Trollope that inaugurates his Chronicles of Barsetshire series, focusing on church politics, moral conflict, and social reform in a fictional English cathedral town.
- 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: Doomsday Book Target entity description: Doomsday Book is a Hugo and Nebula Award–winning science fiction novel by Connie Willis that intertwines time travel with a harrowing depiction of the Black Death in medieval England.
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A.
Livro do Tempo
Livro do Tempo is a conceptual and participatory artwork by Brazilian Neo-Concrete artist Lygia Pape that explores time, perception, and viewer interaction through modular, geometric forms.
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B.
The Book of Skulls
The Book of Skulls is a 1972 science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg that follows four college students who discover a desert cult promising immortality at the cost of ritual sacrifice.
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C.
The Noise of Time
The Noise of Time is a novel by Julian Barnes that fictionalizes the life of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich under Stalinist oppression.
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D.
The Proud Tower
The Proud Tower is a historical work by Barbara W. Tuchman that examines the political and social landscape of the Western world in the decades leading up to World War I.
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E.
The Warden
The Warden is an 1855 novel by Anthony Trollope that inaugurates his Chronicles of Barsetshire series, focusing on church politics, moral conflict, and social reform in a fictional English cathedral town.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Connie Willis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Hugo Award for Best Novel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel NERFINISHED ⓘ Nebula Award for Best Novel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Agnes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Badri NERFINISHED ⓘ James Dunworthy NERFINISHED ⓘ Kivrin Engle NERFINISHED ⓘ Roche NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depicts |
Black Death pandemic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
medieval England ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| followedBy | To Say Nothing of the Dog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
historical science fiction
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ time travel fiction ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtist | Bantam Spectra art department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre |
alternate history-adjacent fiction
ⓘ
pandemic fiction ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
epidemics
ⓘ
faith ⓘ historical memory ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ |
| hasTimeTravelOrganization | Oxford University history department (fictional) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isbn | 0-553-08131-4 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| libraryOfCongressClassification | PS3573.I45652 D66 1992 ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Kivrin Engle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | time travel ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed portrayal of the Black Death
ⓘ
interweaving dual timelines ⓘ |
| oclcNumber | 24468040 ⓘ |
| originalPublisher | Bantam Spectra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pageCount | 592 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Oxford Time Travel series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| precededBy | Fire Watch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| setInFictionalYear | mid-21st century (Oxford) ⓘ |
| settingEvent | Black Death NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | 14th-century England ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Doomsday Book Description of subject: Doomsday Book is a Hugo and Nebula Award–winning science fiction novel by Connie Willis that intertwines time travel with a harrowing depiction of the Black Death in medieval England.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.