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These books are ranked using the tone + premise labels extracted for Four Novels of the 1960s. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.

Tone labels used: mind-bending, psychological, bleak, darkly humorous, sardonic, surreal, trippy, philosophical, disturbing, wonder-filled, claustrophobic

Premise labels used: alternate history, reality instability, simulated reality, postapocalyptic future, drug-induced hallucination, psychic powers, androids, identity crisis, humanity question, metaphysical mystery

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Cover of Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams by Philip K. Dick

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

Philip K. Dick · 2017

Ten Philip K. Dick short stories collected as the source material for Electric Dreams, built around reality, tech, and human anxiety.

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Tone labels: mind-bending · provocative · strange · funny · powerful · dark · atmospheric · horrific · queasy · disturbing · thought-provoking · nostalgic · prescient · playful

Premise labels: alternate reality · reality confusion · consumerism · technology critique · dystopia · alien invasion · psychic abilities · space travel · postwar future · privacy rights

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Distance: 0.1328

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Кубик

Саша Козлов · 2024

Six linked sci-fi stories in shifting realities slowly reveal a hidden pattern, forcing readers to solve the puzzle.

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Tone labels: dark · tense · mysterious · ironic · witty · surreal · abrupt · philosophical · mind-bending · unsettling · playful

Premise labels: parallel realities · alternative timelines · future variants · time fracture · memory loss · knowledge of future · last human · apocalyptic isolation · hidden connection · puzzle structure · shared characters

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Distance: 0.1461

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Robot

Adam Wiśniewski-Snerg · 2005

A robot-like investigator in an underground world must solve his identity while uncovering the rules of a reality that won’t stay fixed.

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Tone labels: surreal · hypnotic · bizarre · eerie · claustrophobic · unsettling · bleak · intellectual · ambiguous dread · existential · dreamlike · absurd · philosophical

Premise labels: identity crisis · human or machine · controlled environment · hidden controller · mystery quest · free will · epistemic uncertainty · thought experiment

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Distance: 0.1478

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Cover of Strange Bodies by Marcel Theroux

Strange Bodies

Marcel Theroux · 2013

A dead academic seems to return in a new body, pulling a psychiatrist and a conspiracy into questions of identity and immortality.

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Tone labels: bleak · dour · nightmarish · melancholic · creepy · eerie · unsettling · intellectual · thought-provoking · dark · mysterious · suspenseful · sad · paralysing dread

Premise labels: identity theft · consciousness transfer · body swap · immortality quest · forgery · metaphysical conspiracy · mad science · authenticity crisis

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Distance: 0.1485

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Cover of The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 2: We Can Remember it for You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick

The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 2: We Can Remember it for You Wholesale

Philip K. Dick · 1998

A 27-story Philip K. Dick collection of early SF tales about warped reality, postwar dread, robots, and what makes us human.

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Tone labels: paranoid · dark · tense · uneasy · haunting · darkly funny · creepy · disturbing · melancholic · suffocating · thought-provoking

Premise labels: identity crisis · memory manipulation · alternate reality · post-apocalyptic survival · robot rebellion · humanity test · alien infiltration · time anomaly · state control · war aftermath

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Distance: 0.1496

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Cover of Assorted Crisis Events Volume 1 by Deniz Camp

Assorted Crisis Events Volume 1

Deniz Camp · 2025 · Assorted Crisis Events

An anthology of ordinary people navigating a world where time fractures, realities collide, and crisis becomes daily life.

Why this is here

Tone labels: bleak · depressing · uneasy · surreal · melancholy · horror-tinged · existential · trippy · gutted · intense · disturbing

Premise labels: time crisis · temporal anomalies · ordinary people · alternate realities · everyday survival · cosmic crisis · apocalyptic aftermath · multiverse collapse

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Cover of The Shadow Out of Time by H.P. Lovecraft

The Shadow Out of Time

H.P. Lovecraft · 1968

An amnesiac professor uncovers a terrifyingly vast alien history hidden inside his lost years and recurring dreams.

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Tone labels: uncanny · sinister · eerie · dread-filled · cosmic · oppressive · ambiguous · mind-bending · dreamlike · cold

Premise labels: amnesia mystery · alien possession · mind swap · time travel · ancient civilization · hidden history · forbidden knowledge · cosmic insignificance · archaeological mystery · dream revelation

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Cover of The Thing Itself by Adam Roberts

The Thing Itself

Adam Roberts · 2015

An Antarctic SETI disaster launches a cross-time chase into Kant, AI, and the limits of human reality.

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Tone labels: claustrophobic · intellectual · mordantly funny · weird · mind-bending · darkly comic · gripping · ominous · surreal · philosophical

Premise labels: Fermi paradox · Kantian philosophy · first contact · antarctic research station · alien encounter · reality perception · human limits · artificial intelligence · search for extraterrestrial life · cosmic horror

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Distance: 0.1567

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Cover of Empty Space: A Haunting by M. John Harrison

Empty Space: A Haunting

M. John Harrison · 2012 · Kefahuchi Tract

A widow, a space crew, and a posthuman investigator are drawn through overlapping times toward a mysterious cosmic anomaly.

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Tone labels: bleak · haunting · surreal · dreamlike · noir · dark · eccentric · melancholy · grotesque · elegiac · disquieting · black comedy · sublime · unsettling

Premise labels: alien artifact · parallel threads · temporal convergence · identity crisis · reality instability · mystery investigation · posthuman encounter · cosmic anomaly

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Distance: 0.1574

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Blindsight

Peter Watts · 2006 · Firefall

A posthuman first-contact mission heads into the outer solar system to confront an alien intelligence—and rethink consciousness.

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Tone labels: dark · bleak · creepy · chilling · claustrophobic · grim · nihilistic · philosophical · intense · mind-bending

Premise labels: first contact · alien intelligence · posthuman crew · solar system expedition · consciousness question · unfamiliar aliens · bleeding-edge science

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Distance: 0.1588

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The Warren

Brian Evenson · 2016

An amnesiac, many-minded survivor in a sealed refuge questions his humanity after finding another person outside.

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Tone labels: bleak · alienating · mysterious · oppressive · disorienting · haunting · grim · claustrophobic · uneasy · intense · cerebral

Premise labels: identity crisis · multiple selves · memory loss · humanity question · last survivor · underground refuge · hostile surface · post-human survival · personhood test · alienation

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Distance: 0.1612

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Cover of Absolute Martian Manhunter (2025-) #1 by Deniz Camp

Absolute Martian Manhunter (2025-) #1

Deniz Camp · 2025 · Absolute Martian Manhunter (2025)

An FBI agent survives a bombing and begins experiencing a reality-bending psychic shift that blurs human and alien identity.

Why this is here

Tone labels: trippy · psychedelic · surreal · weird · creepy · noir · philosophical · intense · mesmerizing · dreamlike · quirky

Premise labels: alien identity · dual self · investigative mystery · mind reading · psychic perception · survival after explosion · unstable reality · body-sharing

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Distance: 0.1628

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