The Corporation Wars: Dissidence
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The Corporation Wars: Dissidence is a science fiction novel by Ken MacLeod that blends space opera, AI consciousness, and political intrigue in a future of corporate-controlled interstellar conflict.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Corporation Wars: Dissidence canonical | 1 |
| The Corporation Wars: Insurgence | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7060146 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Corporation Wars: Dissidence Context triple: [Ken MacLeod, notableWork, The Corporation Wars: Dissidence]
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A.
The Corps
The Corps is the student military-style leadership organization at Texas A&M University known for its traditions, discipline, and role in campus life.
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B.
The Ribos Operation
The Ribos Operation is a 1978 Doctor Who serial that opens the Key to Time season, featuring the Fourth Doctor and new companion Romana in a con-artist plot on a wintry alien world.
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C.
The Freedon Nadd Uprising
The Freedon Nadd Uprising is a Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi comic miniseries that chronicles a dark-side rebellion on the planet Onderon sparked by the lingering influence of the ancient Sith Lord Freedon Nadd.
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D.
War of the Cities
The War of the Cities was a series of reciprocal missile and air attacks on major urban centers during the Iran–Iraq War, marked by extensive civilian casualties and psychological warfare.
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E.
War in the Dark
War in the Dark is a supernatural espionage novel by Nick Setchfield that blends Cold War spy thriller elements with occult horror.
- 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 Corporation Wars: Dissidence Target entity description: The Corporation Wars: Dissidence is a science fiction novel by Ken MacLeod that blends space opera, AI consciousness, and political intrigue in a future of corporate-controlled interstellar conflict.
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A.
The Corps
The Corps is the student military-style leadership organization at Texas A&M University known for its traditions, discipline, and role in campus life.
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B.
The Ribos Operation
The Ribos Operation is a 1978 Doctor Who serial that opens the Key to Time season, featuring the Fourth Doctor and new companion Romana in a con-artist plot on a wintry alien world.
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C.
The Freedon Nadd Uprising
The Freedon Nadd Uprising is a Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi comic miniseries that chronicles a dark-side rebellion on the planet Onderon sparked by the lingering influence of the ancient Sith Lord Freedon Nadd.
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D.
War of the Cities
The War of the Cities was a series of reciprocal missile and air attacks on major urban centers during the Iran–Iraq War, marked by extensive civilian casualties and psychological warfare.
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E.
War in the Dark
War in the Dark is a supernatural espionage novel by Nick Setchfield that blends Cold War spy thriller elements with occult horror.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Ken MacLeod NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| explores |
conflicts between human and machine intelligences
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corporate governance of space colonies ⓘ legal and moral status of AIs ⓘ |
| feature |
corporate-controlled military forces
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resurrected combatants in virtual training ⓘ sentient robots ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Corporation Wars: Insurgence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
political science fiction
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science fiction ⓘ space opera ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
2016 novels
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British science fiction novels ⓘ Novels by Ken MacLeod ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtist | Richie Hull NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780316293975 ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Carlos the Terrorist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | approximately 320 pages ⓘ |
| hasSequel |
The Corporation Wars: Emergence
NERFINISHED
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The Corporation Wars: Insurgence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| marketedAs | space opera ⓘ |
| mediaType |
ebook
ⓘ
print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | multiple viewpoints ⓘ |
| partOf | The Corporation Wars trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | first novel in The Corporation Wars series ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| publisher | Orbit Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisherImprint | Orbit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | The Corporation Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
far future
ⓘ
interstellar space ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
AI consciousness
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artificial intelligence ⓘ corporate power ⓘ interstellar conflict ⓘ political intrigue ⓘ posthumanism ⓘ robot uprisings ⓘ simulated environments ⓘ virtual reality ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfPublication | 2010s ⓘ |
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Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
The Corporation Wars: Insurgence