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Themes labels used: identity, belonging, loneliness, morality, ethics, human evolution, individuality, collective self, symbiosis, alienation, power, conscience, difference, social acceptance, humanity, psychiatry, sanity, morality and power, group purpose

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Cover of To Marry Medusa by Theodore Sturgeon

To Marry Medusa

Theodore Sturgeon · 1999

An alien hive mind hijacks a desolate drunk and tries to turn humanity into one collective consciousness.

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Themes labels: collective consciousness · individuality · community · cooperation · alienation · human nature · humanism · transcendence · evolution · identity · selfhood · miscommunication · loneliness · fear · violence · hope · optimism · compassion · civilization · social critique · gender and sex · sexuality · class

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The House of the Scorpion

Nancy Farmer · 2002 · Matteo Alacran

A cloned boy raised as property in a drug lord’s future borderland must confront what makes him human.

Why this is here

Themes labels: humanity · identity · nature versus nurture · free will · individuality · self-determination · prejudice · slavery · power · corruption · dehumanization · human rights · belonging · acceptance · loyalty · morality · ethics of cloning · survival · compassion · empathy · immortality · addiction · sacrifice · predestination

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میرا

Christopher Frank · 2005

In a glass-walled, conformity-obsessed society, one woman’s love and difference threaten the rules.

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Themes labels: individuality · freedom · privacy · conformity · collectivism · control · surveillance · identity · love · loneliness · alienation · choice · resistance · humanity · body autonomy · social equality · otherness · shame · desire

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Cover of The Similars by Rebecca Hanover

The Similars

Rebecca Hanover · 2019 · The Similars

At an elite boarding school, a grieving teen confronts a clone of her dead best friend and a web of secrets.

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Themes labels: identity · humanity · clone rights · grief · loss · ethics · scientific advancement · prejudice · xenophobia · discrimination · belonging · individuality · nature vs nurture · privacy · consent · moral ambiguity · fear of difference · political overtones

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The Madness Season

C.S. Friedman · 1990

A long-lived vampire-like man is exposed under alien rule and pulled into a slow-burning fight for identity and freedom.

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Themes labels: identity · individuality · freedom · assimilation · free will · humanity · memory · self-discovery · biology and identity · morality · cultural resilience · survival · rebellion · conquest · alienation · civilization · religion · creativity · intellect

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Cover of A Hero For WondLa by Tony DiTerlizzi

A Hero For WondLa

Tony DiTerlizzi · 2012 · The Search for WondLa

Eva travels to a human city that should be home, only to uncover hidden truths and a bigger fight ahead.

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Themes labels: identity · belonging · home · family · friendship · compassion · empathy · environmentalism · growing up · truth and justice · acceptance · grief · death · moral choice · individuality · community · social control · species equality · conformity · self-trust

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Sirius

Olaf Stapledon · 2000

A scientist raises a dog with human intelligence, and his lonely life exposes the limits of belonging, love, and humanity.

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Themes labels: alienation · otherness · identity · belonging · consciousness · humanity · nature versus nurture · intelligence · love · loneliness · religion · spirit · society and prejudice · ethics of experimentation · war · fear of the unknown · community · soul · meaning of life · free will · self-worth · difference · empathy · bigotry · disability

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Cover of The Werewolf Principle by Clifford D. Simak

The Werewolf Principle

Clifford D. Simak · 1994

An amnesiac space traveler returns to a strange future Earth and discovers his body hides multiple minds and a buried secret.

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Themes labels: identity · humanity · selfhood · consciousness · mind-body problem · bioethics · genetic engineering · evolution · otherness · acceptance · intolerance · exploration ethics · alienation · purpose · loneliness · memory · free will · plural identity

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Cover of Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Frankenstein

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · 2017

A scientist’s pursuit of life beyond death unleashes a tragic chain of responsibility, rejection, and ruin.

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Themes labels: ambition · responsibility · morality · humanity · alienation · loneliness · rejection · nature vs nurture · prejudice · class · ethics · science and ethics · knowledge and consequences · love and belonging · identity · grief · obsession · isolation · social judgement

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Cover of Parasyte, Volume 4 by Hitoshi Iwaaki

Parasyte, Volume 4

Hitoshi Iwaaki · 2008 · Parasyte (8 Volumes Edition)

A teen secretly linked to a parasite is pulled into escalating danger as other parasites infiltrate society and politics.

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Themes labels: humanity · identity · environmentalism · dehumanization · coexistence · morality · social integration · psychological change · fear and paranoia · self-preservation · weakness · loss

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Cover of Parasyte, Volume 5 by Hitoshi Iwaaki

Parasyte, Volume 5

Hitoshi Iwaaki · 2008 · Parasyte (8 Volumes Edition)

A teen shares his body with an alien parasite and is drawn deeper into a violent, philosophical struggle to survive.

Why this is here

Themes labels: humanity · identity · coexistence · survival · adaptation · morality · ethics · evolution · collective behavior · self-interest · altruism · social order · conservation · power and control

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Cover of Lágrimas en la lluvia by Rosa Montero

Lágrimas en la lluvia

Rosa Montero · 2011 · Bruna Husky

A replicant detective in future Madrid investigates violent deaths while uncovering a conspiracy that threatens her kind.

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Themes labels: identity · memory · mortality · death · survival · ethics · morality · love · need for others · loneliness · alienation · social inequality · racism · specism · discrimination · political corruption · power · freedom · privacy · truth · history manipulation · climate change · environmental collapse · class division · humanity · acceptance of difference

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