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Themes labels used: polarization, prejudice, compassion, empathy, human rights, freedom, security, surveillance, segregation, belonging, vulnerability, collectivism vs individualism, moral ambiguity, state power, class, gender, misogyny, violence against women, mental health, therapy, public debate, ethics, social control

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Cover of The Test by Sylvain Neuvel

The Test

Sylvain Neuvel · 2019

A British citizenship test turns into a terrifying moral ordeal for an immigrant father and his family.

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Themes labels: immigration · citizenship · belonging · racism · xenophobia · sexism · ageism · bias · prejudice · morality · ethics · free will · choice · sacrifice · humanity · dehumanization · bureaucracy · social commentary · psychological trauma · survival · good citizen · systemic injustice · identity · value of life · power

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Cover of Diamond City by Astrid Cole

Diamond City

Astrid Cole · 2023 · Diamond City

A secret warrior running a pizza shop is dragged into a dystopian power struggle between a prince, a warlord, and hidden city secrets.

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Themes labels: loyalty · betrayal · corruption · power · identity · peace vs war · choice · freedom · manipulation · trust · love vs duty · gender norms · class inequality · racism · xenophobia · consent · mental health · reproductive rights · immortality · belonging

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Distance: 0.1074

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Woman on the Edge of Time

Marge Piercy · 1976

An institutionalized Chicana woman is drawn into competing futures, forcing her to confront power, identity, and survival.

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Themes labels: feminism · gender equality · gender roles · race · class · poverty · mental health · psychiatric abuse · institutional control · systemic oppression · racism · sexism · classism · bodily autonomy · female autonomy · social justice · anti-capitalism · consumerism · environmentalism · ecological harmony · community care · collective responsibility · free will · agency · hope · resistance · utopian politics · technology ethics · power · misuse of science · human commodification · nonconformity · language and identity · historical change · future-making · freedom

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Distance: 0.1124

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Patternmaster

Octavia E. Butler · 1976 · Patternist

A dying telepathic ruler’s sons battle for succession in a brutal future where power, slavery, and mutation shape society.

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Themes labels: power · slavery · freedom · self-determination · oppression · hierarchy · control · personhood · humanity · eugenics · telepathy · gender power · patriarchy · race · empathy · survival · collective identity · social status · freedom vs submission · dehumanization

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Distance: 0.1142

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Unexpected Stories

Octavia E. Butler · 2014

Two rediscovered Octavia E. Butler stories explore alien hierarchy and telepathic power in stark, thought-provoking worlds.

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Themes labels: hierarchy · power · race · class · gender · oppression · consent · communication · relationships · loneliness · survival · social conditioning · violence · intolerance · mentorship · responsibility · change · colorism · racism · wealth disparity · assimilation versus separatism

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Distance: 0.1154

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Cover of The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Left Hand of Darkness

Ursula K. Le Guin · 2000 · The Hainish Cycle

A lone envoy visits an icebound alien world to win allies, and confronts a radically different culture and gender system.

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Themes labels: gender · identity · otherness · prejudice · communication · patriotism · power · war · civilization · humanity · acceptance · friendship · love · truth · loneliness · survival · dualism · wholeness · politics · religion · anthropology · psychology

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Distance: 0.1184

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Girls with Rebel Souls

Suzanne Young · 2021 · Girls with Sharp Sticks

A final, near-future showdown follows rebel girls hunted by the system that created them as they fight for freedom.

Why this is here

Themes labels: patriarchy · misogyny · feminism · female empowerment · sisterhood · freedom · self-determination · identity · control · agency · social justice · activism · social commentary · power · capitalism · violence · morality · revolution · redemption · humanity · ethics · AI ethics · class power · race · racism · double standards · citizenship · body autonomy

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Cover of The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

The Space Between Worlds

Micaiah Johnson · 2020 · The Space Between Worlds

A multiverse traverser from the margins uncovers a deadly secret that could upend her place in a class-riven world.

Why this is here

Themes labels: identity · belonging · privilege · classism · racism · oppression · capitalism · survival · trauma · nature vs nurture · choice and chance · power · citizenship · social inequality · human worth · climate change · social mobility

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Distance: 0.1204

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Cover of The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro

The Shape of Water

Guillermo del Toro, Daniel Kraus · 2018

In 1962 Baltimore, a mute janitor falls for a captured amphibious being and risks everything to free him.

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Themes labels: otherness · acceptance · love · freedom · captivity · communication · mutual understanding · dehumanization · prejudice · racism · sexism · homophobia · class inequality · compassion · monstrosity · humanity · allyship · agency · war trauma · science ethics

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Distance: 0.0943

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Cover of I Married a Mothman by Regine Abel

I Married a Mothman

Regine Abel · 2024 · Prime Mating Agency

A human diplomat-turned-guardian must marry an ostracized alien guard to survive, solve a planetwide crisis, and find love.

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Themes labels: racism · classism · inequality · prejudice · acceptance · diversity · unity · social change · civil rights · science vs religion · religious dogma · duty vs desire · self-worth · respect · advocacy · anti-oppression · intervention ethics · found family · hope

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Distance: 0.0977

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Cover of The World Wasn't Ready for You by Justin C. Key

The World Wasn't Ready for You

Justin C. Key · 2023

A debut short-story collection fusing horror, sci-fi, and fantasy to confront race, class, prejudice, and identity.

Why this is here

Themes labels: race · class · prejudice · love · exclusion · loneliness · identity · consent · ethics · systemic racism · oppression · dehumanization · empathy · humanity · grief · motherhood · fatherhood · technology and ethics · body autonomy · social justice · alienation · trauma · mental health · neurodiversity · immigration · Xenophobia · panic · survival

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Distance: 0.0994

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