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Themes labels used: human nature, evolution, morality, power, alienation, social criticism, intelligence, utopia, anti-humanism, transcendence, prejudice, intolerance, religion, politics, capitalism, communism, sexual liberation, eugenics, individualism, collectivism, war, class, scientific culture, psychology, identity, consciousness, free will, survival, difference

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Men Like Gods

H.G. Wells · 2005

A weary journalist is swept into a far-future utopia, where his assumptions about society, freedom, and progress are challenged.

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Themes labels: socialism · utopia · human nature · education · science · progress · peace · antiwar · religion and science · government · freedom · individual liberty · collectivism · eugenics · population control · environmental control · class criticism · wealth inequality · capitalism critique · technology and society · morality · human evolution · knowledge · civic responsibility

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Distance: 0.0923

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Genocide of One

Kazuaki Takano · 2014

A mercenary mission in the Congo and a Japanese student’s secret assignment converge around a hyperintelligent child.

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Themes labels: human nature · evolution · genocide · war · power · morality · ethics · fear of difference · survival · state violence · human cruelty · humanity · progress · identity · altruism · colonial exploitation · political corruption · biological determinism · peace vs violence

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Distance: 0.1024

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Hominids

Robert J. Sawyer · 2002 · Neanderthal Parallax

A Neanderthal scientist crosses into modern Canada, sparking a cross-cultural collision with a parallel human world.

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Themes labels: humanity · ethics · religion · science and society · gender dynamics · violence · rape culture · environmentalism · justice · eugenics · sexuality · morality · identity · civilization · social comparison · consciousness

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Distance: 0.1045

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Amped

Daniel H. Wilson · 2012

In a near-future America, a teacher with a brain implant is swept into a civil-rights crisis over human enhancement.

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Themes labels: humanity · civil rights · discrimination · prejudice · othering · free will · morality · technology ethics · transhumanism · identity · societal fear · class conflict · marginalization · government power · mob mentality · social commentary · belonging · enhancement

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Distance: 0.1074

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The Will to Battle

Ada Palmer · 2017 · Terra Ignota

A future Earth’s fragile near-utopia faces collapse as secret violence, ideology, and war preparations surge.

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Themes labels: war and peace · political philosophy · human nature · governance · consequentialism · utopia · morality · religion · theodicy · violence · social order · identity · liberty · justice · collective good · power · history

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Crossover

Joel Shepherd · 2006 · Cassandra Kresnov

An escaped android super-soldier seeks a normal life in enemy territory, but politics, violence, and identity questions pull her back in.

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Themes labels: humanity · sentience · free will · personhood · civil rights · identity · belonging · morality · war and peace · politics · ideology · multiculturalism · technology and society · otherness · ethics of artificial life · citizenship

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Brain Wave

Poul Anderson · 1985

When Earth leaves a brain-dampening field, everyone and every animal becomes much smarter—and society starts to unravel.

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Themes labels: intelligence · equality · social hierarchy · class structure · human nature · purpose · meaning of life · prejudice · consumerism · technology and society · civilization collapse · adaptation · morality · identity · alienation · labor · freedom · progress · science and society

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Gladiator

Philip Wylie · 1930

A super-strong man’s life unfolds as he searches for belonging while society fears the gift that sets him apart.

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Themes labels: alienation · otherness · individualism · human nature · morality · responsibility · purpose · identity · belonging · society and difference · war futility · disillusionment · eugenics · superiority · gift and burden · fear of difference · modernity · nature vs nurture · loneliness · bullying · social criticism · human limitation · power and ethics · self-control · despair · hope · sexism · racism

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Abduction

Robin Cook · 2000

A deep-sea drilling mission plunges a crew into a hidden underworld civilization that may not let them leave.

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Themes labels: human nature · utopia and flaw · violence vs peace · free will · morality · civilization · evolution · social commentary · pollution · identity · belonging · choice · paradise as prison · human difference

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Seven Surrenders

Ada Palmer · 2017 · Terra Ignota

A philosophically dense future-history sequel where secrets, gods, and politics push a fragile utopia toward war.

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Themes labels: utopia · gender · religion · politics · power · war · morality · free will · human nature · philosophy · identity · social construction · utilitarianism · secrecy · progress vs stagnation

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The World Set Free

H.G. Wells · 2007 · Radium Age

A future-history of atomic war and the uneasy utopia that rises after civilization is shattered.

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Themes labels: atomic power · technological progress · war and peace · world government · utopia · dystopia · social criticism · political philosophy · collectivism · individualism · education · gender equality · feminism · class inequality · wealth disparity · capitalism · scientific ethics · human nature · nationalism · internationalism · civilization collapse · modernity · morality · religion · secular replacement · automation · labor displacement · resource scarcity · environmental degradation · patriotism · government legitimacy · power and knowledge

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Mindbreaker

Kate Dylan · 2023 · Mindwalker

A cult-raised teen accepts a corporate cure, only to wake in a robot body and uncover a conspiracy about identity and control.

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Themes labels: identity · humanity · agency · autonomy · bodily autonomy · consent · free will · corporate greed · capitalism · ethics · technology · religion · faith crisis · indoctrination · control · power · exploitative systems · selfhood · memory · morality · rebellion · resistance · classism · healthcare · social commentary

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