Tau Zero
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Tau Zero is a hard science fiction novel by Poul Anderson that follows a near-light-speed starship crew facing relativistic time dilation and the ultimate fate of the universe.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tau Zero canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9722522 — 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.
Target entity: Tau Zero Context triple: [Poul Anderson, notableWork, Tau Zero]
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The Gods Themselves
The Gods Themselves is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov that explores parallel universes, alien intelligences, and the consequences of tampering with fundamental physical laws.
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Mother Night
Mother Night is a 1996 film adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s novel, following an American playwright turned Nazi propagandist as he grapples with guilt, identity, and moral ambiguity.
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Year Zero
Year Zero is the term used by Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime for its radical attempt to reset society by erasing history, culture, and existing social structures to build a new agrarian communist state.
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D.
Year Zero
Year Zero is a concept album by Nine Inch Nails that presents a dystopian vision of a near-future theocratic United States through an industrial rock soundscape and accompanying alternate reality game.
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E.
The Way Station
"The Way Station" is a short story by Stephen King that was later incorporated as a section of his dark fantasy novel "The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger," following Roland Deschain's journey through a desolate post-apocalyptic landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Tau Zero Target entity description: Tau Zero is a hard science fiction novel by Poul Anderson that follows a near-light-speed starship crew facing relativistic time dilation and the ultimate fate of the universe.
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A.
The Gods Themselves
The Gods Themselves is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov that explores parallel universes, alien intelligences, and the consequences of tampering with fundamental physical laws.
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B.
Mother Night
Mother Night is a 1996 film adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s novel, following an American playwright turned Nazi propagandist as he grapples with guilt, identity, and moral ambiguity.
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C.
Year Zero
Year Zero is a concept album by Nine Inch Nails that presents a dystopian vision of a near-future theocratic United States through an industrial rock soundscape and accompanying alternate reality game.
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D.
Year Zero
Year Zero is the term used by Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime for its radical attempt to reset society by erasing history, culture, and existing social structures to build a new agrarian communist state.
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E.
The Way Station
"The Way Station" is a short story by Stephen King that was later incorporated as a section of his dark fantasy novel "The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger," following Roland Deschain's journey through a desolate post-apocalyptic landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Poul Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | 1971 Hugo Award nomination for Best Novel ⓘ |
| basedOn | To Outlive Eternity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| coverArtist | Paul Lehr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresConcept |
Big Crunch
NERFINISHED
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Bussard ramjet starship ⓘ cyclic universe ⓘ near-light-speed travel ⓘ relativistic time dilation ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Galaxy Science Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
hard science fiction
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-441-56956-6 ⓘ |
| hasMottoOrTagline | The ultimate voyage beyond time and space ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | 190 ⓘ |
| hasWorkingTitle | To Outlive Eternity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later relativistic space travel fiction ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | novel ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
cosmology
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entropy and the fate of the universe NERFINISHED ⓘ existentialism ⓘ human survival ⓘ isolation ⓘ perseverance ⓘ relativistic space travel ⓘ time dilation ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
character psychology under extreme conditions
ⓘ
scientific accuracy ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| protagonist |
Charles Reymont
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ingrid Lindgren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | G. P. Putnam's Sons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | classic of hard science fiction ⓘ |
| setting |
interstellar space
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the universe ⓘ |
| shipName | Leonora Christine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Tau Zero Description of subject: Tau Zero is a hard science fiction novel by Poul Anderson that follows a near-light-speed starship crew facing relativistic time dilation and the ultimate fate of the universe.
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