Northwest Smith stories
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The Northwest Smith stories are a series of classic pulp science fiction tales by C. L. Moore featuring a hard-bitten spacefaring adventurer in exotic, often eerie planetary settings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Northwest Smith stories canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8493858 — 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: Northwest Smith stories Context triple: [C. L. Moore, notableWork, Northwest Smith stories]
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A.
Centerburg Tales
Centerburg Tales is a collection of humorous short stories for children by Robert McCloskey, set in the fictional Midwestern town of Centerburg and featuring the adventures of Homer Price.
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B.
Athens of the Prairie
Athens of the Prairie is a nickname for Columbus, Indiana, highlighting its renowned collection of modernist architecture and design.
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C.
Sugar Creek
Sugar Creek is a small city in Jackson County, Missouri, located near Kansas City and known for its historic ties to the oil refinery industry and the Missouri River.
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D.
Old Trail Town
Old Trail Town is a reconstructed frontier settlement and museum in Cody, Wyoming, showcasing historic Western buildings, artifacts, and graves from the late 19th century.
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E.
Gateway to the West
"Gateway to the West" is a nickname highlighting Omaha, Nebraska’s historic role as a major starting point for westward expansion and transportation in the United States.
- 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: Northwest Smith stories Target entity description: The Northwest Smith stories are a series of classic pulp science fiction tales by C. L. Moore featuring a hard-bitten spacefaring adventurer in exotic, often eerie planetary settings.
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A.
Centerburg Tales
Centerburg Tales is a collection of humorous short stories for children by Robert McCloskey, set in the fictional Midwestern town of Centerburg and featuring the adventures of Homer Price.
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B.
Athens of the Prairie
Athens of the Prairie is a nickname for Columbus, Indiana, highlighting its renowned collection of modernist architecture and design.
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C.
Sugar Creek
Sugar Creek is a small city in Jackson County, Missouri, located near Kansas City and known for its historic ties to the oil refinery industry and the Missouri River.
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D.
Old Trail Town
Old Trail Town is a reconstructed frontier settlement and museum in Cody, Wyoming, showcasing historic Western buildings, artifacts, and graves from the late 19th century.
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E.
Gateway to the West
"Gateway to the West" is a nickname highlighting Omaha, Nebraska’s historic role as a major starting point for westward expansion and transportation in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
pulp science fiction
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short story series ⓘ space opera ⓘ |
| author | C. L. Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| featuresTheme |
cosmic menace
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encounters with alien entities ⓘ forbidden desire ⓘ psychological horror ⓘ |
| firstPublicationMedium | Weird Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstStory | Shambleau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstStoryPublicationYear | 1933 ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Shambleau (creature)
NERFINISHED
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Vaudir NERFINISHED ⓘ Yarol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStory |
Black Thirst
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dust of Gods ⓘ Julhi NERFINISHED ⓘ Lost Paradise NERFINISHED ⓘ Scarlet Dream NERFINISHED ⓘ Shambleau NERFINISHED ⓘ Song in a Minor Key NERFINISHED ⓘ The Cold Gray God NERFINISHED ⓘ Yvala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
science fantasy
ⓘ
space opera ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | early influential spacefaring antihero cycle ⓘ |
| magazineMarket | pulp magazines ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Northwest Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | third‑person narration ⓘ |
| notablePublication | Shambleau and Others NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| period | Golden Age of pulp magazines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation |
adventurer
ⓘ
smuggler ⓘ |
| publicationEra | 1930s ⓘ |
| setting |
Mars
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Solar System NERFINISHED ⓘ Venus NERFINISHED ⓘ various alien planets ⓘ |
| style | lush descriptive prose ⓘ |
| subgenre |
pulp fiction
ⓘ
weird science fiction ⓘ |
| tone |
eerie
ⓘ
hard‑boiled ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Northwest Smith stories Description of subject: The Northwest Smith stories are a series of classic pulp science fiction tales by C. L. Moore featuring a hard-bitten spacefaring adventurer in exotic, often eerie planetary settings.
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