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Stanisław Lem

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Characterization labels used: cosmonaut protagonist, academic attendees, futurologists, revolutionary, government authorities, anti-hero

Relationships labels used: conference community, authority vs populace, state control, scientists and protesters, protagonist and professor, individual vs system

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The Star Diaries

Stanisław Lem · 1978 · Ijon Tichy

A galactic diarist bumbles through bizarre voyages that turn space adventure into satire, philosophy, and time-loop chaos.

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Characterization labels: space explorer · hapless hero · curious observer · unreliable narrator · pragmatic protagonist · comic protagonist · self-facing protagonist · bureaucrat protagonist · scientist figures · mad scientists

Relationships labels: self encounter · human-machine conflict · bureaucracy versus citizen · authority versus individual · observer and society · community satire

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Distance: 0.1854

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His Master's Voice

Stanisław Lem · 1995

A mathematician in a secret desert project tries to decode a mysterious neutrino message that may be alien—or unknowable.

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Characterization labels: mathematician protagonist · scientist narrator · brilliant intellect · misanthrope · skeptic · erudite · pompous voice · collegial debate · research team

Relationships labels: scientific collaboration · government control · military sponsorship · academic rivalry · institutional distrust · expert community · human-versus-inhuman · individual vs state

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Distance: 0.1887

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Brave New World Revisited

Aldous Huxley · 2004 · Brave New World

Huxley revisits Brave New World’s ideas in a set of essays on propaganda, overpopulation, and freedom under modern pressures.

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Characterization labels: public intellectual · essayist · social critic · futurist · authorial self-review · prescriptive voice · pessimistic observer

Relationships labels: individual vs state · masses vs elites · citizen vs government · author vs own work · society vs freedom · propaganda and control

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Distance: 0.2014

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The Dispossessed

Ursula K. Le Guin · 1975 · The Hainish Cycle

A physicist from an anarchist moon visits a capitalist world, forcing both societies’ flaws—and ideals—into view.

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Characterization labels: brilliant physicist · idealistic protagonist · outsider · conscientious thinker · social misfit · scientist hero · intellectual protagonist · convincing scientist

Relationships labels: community vs individual · society vs self · culture clash · interplanetary rivalry · friendship · romantic partnership · family separation · social conformity · mutual aid

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Distance: 0.2141

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The Star

H.G. Wells

A newly appeared celestial body barrels through the solar system, forcing humanity to confront planetary-scale disaster.

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Characterization labels: scientists · astronomers · mathematician · ordinary people · crowd behavior · human insignificance · helplessness · rational observer

Relationships labels: science versus public · scientist versus crowd · humanity versus universe · reason versus superstition · observer and observed · mass society

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Distance: 0.2148

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Eruption

Michael Crichton, James Patterson · 2024

A Hawaiian volcano nears eruption as a buried military secret turns a disaster into a race to save the world.

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Characterization labels: scientist hero · volcanologist · military officials · politicians · journalists · billionaire figure · action hero · curmudgeon · competent expert · one-dimensional characters · stereotyped characters

Relationships labels: science vs military · science vs politics · military secrecy · team dynamics · love triangle · authority conflict · community stakes · expert collaboration

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Distance: 0.2150

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The Fatal Eggs

Mikhail Bulgakov, Михаил Булгаков · 2005

A Russian zoologist’s accidental scientific breakthrough is commandeered by the state, with disastrous results.

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Characterization labels: zoologist · cranky professor · solitary scientist · misanthropic academic · bureaucrats · politicians · incompetent officials · science-minded researcher

Relationships labels: state versus scientist · science versus bureaucracy · authority over expertise · people versus professor · mob hostility · institutional misuse · expertise under pressure

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Distance: 0.2153

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"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman

Harlan Ellison · 1997

In a future ruled by punctuality, a rebellious trickster wages comic sabotage against a system that punishes lateness.

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Characterization labels: rebel · iconoclast · trickster · enforcer · bureaucrat · antihero · outsider · mystery figure · symbolic characters

Relationships labels: ruler vs rebel · state vs individual · authority vs dissident · institutional power · community pressure

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Distance: 0.2154

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Judgement Day

Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen · 2013 · Science of Discworld

A Discworld frame story and popular-science essay collection collide in a trial over a created universe and the nature of belief.

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Characterization labels: wizards · academics · librarian · ruler figure · supporting cast cameos · religious extremists · scientists · humanist viewpoint

Relationships labels: science vs religion · belief conflict · institutional power · academic rivalry · mentor-like collaboration · community debate · tribunal conflict · human-centered vs universe-centered

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Distance: 0.2169

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The Three-Body Problem

Liu Cixin · 2014 · Remembrance of Earth's Past

A disillusioned scientist’s secret contact with aliens pulls Earth into a slow-burning, idea-heavy crisis.

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Characterization labels: scientist protagonist · astrophysicist · nanotech researcher · policeman sidekick · academics · intellectuals · disillusioned character · cold characters · flat characters · passive protagonist

Relationships labels: factions · scientist community · state power · betrayal · loyalty · human-alien conflict · alliance · cabal · family trauma

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Distance: 0.2189

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Genesis

Bernard Beckett · 2009

A student’s oral exam for elite entry exposes a hidden history, an AI mystery, and a challenge to what it means to be human.

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Characterization labels: teen protagonist · scholar · examiners · AI character · rebel hero · ruling elite · philosopher-rulers · outsider figure · intelligent protagonist

Relationships labels: student-examiner · human-machine · mentor-student · ruling body vs citizen · outsider vs society · hero and AI · community surveillance · authority conflict

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Distance: 0.2231

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Robot Dreams

Isaac Asimov · 2004 · Robot

A mixed collection of Asimov short SF stories exploring robots, supercomputers, and humanity’s future.

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Characterization labels: analytical protagonist · scientist · robopsychologist · inventor · bureaucrat · alien visitor · experimental subject · human as observer

Relationships labels: human vs machine · scientist and robot · parent and child · husband and wife · colleague rivalry · authority and subordinate · human-alien contact · creator and creation

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Distance: 0.2242

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