Heavy Weather
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Heavy Weather is a 1994 science fiction novel by Bruce Sterling that explores a near-future world transformed by extreme climate change and storm-chasing culture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Heavy Weather canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11492777 — 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: Heavy Weather Context triple: [Bruce Sterling, notableWork, Heavy Weather]
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Heavy Weather
Heavy Weather is a comic novel by P. G. Wodehouse set at Blandings Castle, featuring Lord Emsworth, his prize pig the Empress of Blandings, and a tangle of romantic and criminal misadventures.
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B.
Heavy Weather (album)
Heavy Weather is a landmark 1977 jazz fusion album by Weather Report, renowned for its innovative compositions, virtuosic performances (including Jaco Pastorius’s iconic bass work), and enduring influence on modern jazz.
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Stormy
"Stormy" is a popular 1968 soft rock ballad, best known as a hit single by the Atlanta Rhythm Section co-written and produced by Buddy Buie.
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D.
Strange Weather
Strange Weather is a collection of four horror and dark fantasy novellas by Joe Hill that explore unsettling, supernatural twists on everyday life.
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E.
Thunder and Rain
Thunder and Rain is a contemporary Western-themed novel by Charles Martin that blends suspense, romance, and redemption in a modern Texas setting.
- 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: Heavy Weather Target entity description: Heavy Weather is a 1994 science fiction novel by Bruce Sterling that explores a near-future world transformed by extreme climate change and storm-chasing culture.
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A.
Heavy Weather
Heavy Weather is a comic novel by P. G. Wodehouse set at Blandings Castle, featuring Lord Emsworth, his prize pig the Empress of Blandings, and a tangle of romantic and criminal misadventures.
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B.
Heavy Weather (album)
Heavy Weather is a landmark 1977 jazz fusion album by Weather Report, renowned for its innovative compositions, virtuosic performances (including Jaco Pastorius’s iconic bass work), and enduring influence on modern jazz.
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C.
Stormy
"Stormy" is a popular 1968 soft rock ballad, best known as a hit single by the Atlanta Rhythm Section co-written and produced by Buddy Buie.
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D.
Strange Weather
Strange Weather is a collection of four horror and dark fantasy novellas by Joe Hill that explore unsettling, supernatural twists on everyday life.
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E.
Thunder and Rain
Thunder and Rain is a contemporary Western-themed novel by Charles Martin that blends suspense, romance, and redemption in a modern Texas setting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Bruce Sterling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| explores |
family relationships under stress
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media spectacle of extreme weather ⓘ social impacts of climate change ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
hypercanes
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tornado chasing ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780553562411 ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
data-driven forecasting
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global warming ⓘ weather modification ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | cyberpunk-adjacent ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Alex Unger
NERFINISHED
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Jerry Mulcahey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
environmental collapse
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extreme climate change ⓘ storm chasing ⓘ technological subcultures ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor | early depiction of extreme climate futures ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorCorpus | Bruce Sterling bibliography ⓘ |
| protagonistGroup | storm chasers ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1994 ⓘ |
| publisher | Bantam Spectra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
American Southwest
NERFINISHED
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Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | near future ⓘ |
| subgenre |
climate fiction
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near-future science fiction ⓘ |
| workOf | Bruce Sterling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Heavy Weather Description of subject: Heavy Weather is a 1994 science fiction novel by Bruce Sterling that explores a near-future world transformed by extreme climate change and storm-chasing culture.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.