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Cover of His Name was Death by Rafael Bernal
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His Name was Death

Rafael Bernal

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These books are ranked using the motifs labels extracted for His Name was Death.

Motifs labels used: mosquitoes, buzzing, flute, dictionary, jungle, blood, pelts, hut, disease, animals, language as code, religious imagery, council, fever, hammock

Focused on “disease” where exact label matches exist.

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Cover of Fauna by Christiane Vadnais

Fauna

Christiane Vadnais · 2020

In a flooded near-future town, a biologist and other recurring figures confront a climate-warped world where humans begin to change.

Why this is here

Motifs labels: fog · mist · humidity · rain · floodwater · toxic green sky · parasites · bodies · scales · feathers · birds · fish · moss · decay · disease · dreams · animals · classification · hunger · water

Semantic match: ranked by motifs

Distance: 0.2012

Cover of The Flame Alphabet by Ben Marcus

The Flame Alphabet

Ben Marcus · 2012

In a world where children’s speech becomes lethal to adults, one father tries to save his family and find a cure.

Semantic match: ranked by motifs

Distance: 0.2064

Cover of Wastelands 2: More Stories of the Apocalypse by John Joseph Adams

Wastelands 2: More Stories of the Apocalypse

John Joseph Adams, Ann Aguirre, Megan Arkenberg, Paolo Bacigalupi, Christopher Barzak, Lauren Beukes, David Brin, Orson Scott Card, Junot Díaz, Cory Doctorow, Tananarive Due, Toiya Kristen Finley, Milo James Fowler, Maria Dahvana Headley, Hugh Howey, Keffy R.M. Kehrli, Jake Kerr, Nancy Kress, Joe R. Lansdale, George R.R. Martin, Jack McDevitt, Seanan McGuire, Maureen F. McHugh, D. Thomas Minton, Rudy Rucker, Ramsey Shehadeh, Robert Silverberg, Bruce Sterling, Rachel Swirsky, Genevieve Valentine, James Van Pelt, Christie Yant · 2015 · Wastelands

A post-apocalyptic anthology gathering 30 varied stories about survival, collapse, plague, and what remains after the end.

Why this is here

Motifs labels: water · plague · virus · ruins · desert · animals · music · advertising · angels · elephants · postman · bees · dead bodies · dark humor

Semantic match: ranked by motifs

Distance: 0.1817

Cover of Star Wars: Shatterpoint by Matthew Woodring Stover

Star Wars: Shatterpoint

Matthew Woodring Stover · 2004 · Star Wars: The Clone Wars

A Jedi Master returns to his war-torn homeworld to find his missing former Padawan and face a darkness in the jungle.

Why this is here

Motifs labels: jungle · darkness · shatterpoint · journal · war crimes · blood · light and dark · parasites · disease · bugs · mutilation · recording · corpses

Semantic match: ranked by motifs

Distance: 0.2176