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Premise labels used: private investigator, murder case, dystopian society, corrupt authorities, social control, drugged populace, evolved animals, licensed inquiry, karma system, near-future noir

Setting labels used: near-future Oakland, future California, dystopian future, urban noir, socially controlled society, state surveillance, alternate future, postmodern future

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Titanium Noir

Nick Harkaway · 2023 · Titanium Noir

A hardboiled detective probes the murder of a gigantic elite Titan in a near-future society built on life-extending biotech.

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Premise labels: murder investigation · detective case · elite society · life extension · medical enhancement · genetic modification · near-immortal rich · class divide · corrupt power · specialist detective · forbidden access · body augmentation · socio-medical crime

Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · fictional city · urban noir · corporate dystopia · rich enclave · class-stratified society · posthuman society · cyberpunk-like setting

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Distance: 0.1477

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After Atlas

Emma Newman · 2016 · Planetfall

An indentured detective on future Earth investigates a cult leader’s murder and uncovers a conspiracy tied to his past.

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Premise labels: murder investigation · corporate dystopia · indentured detective · future Earth · cult leader death · past catches up · political conspiracy · crime solving

Setting labels: future Earth · near future · dystopian future · corporatized society · cyberpunk future · surveilled society · London · England · Europe · rural commune · hotel crime scene

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Distance: 0.1571

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Queen of Angels

Greg Bear · 1990 · Queen of Angels

In a near-future society shaped by nanotech therapy, a murder case and an AI awakening probe expose identity, justice, and consciousness.

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Premise labels: mass murder · murder investigation · therapied society · AI awakening · self-awareness · identity crisis · mind exploration · punishment system · future social division · consciousness question

Setting labels: near future · 2047 · future Los Angeles · Alpha Centauri · Hispaniola · digital millennium · near-future Earth · post-crime society · technologically altered society · dystopian future · nanotech future · alternate future

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The Prefect

Alastair Reynolds · 2007 · Prefect Dreyfus Emergency

A space cop investigates a habitat massacre and uncovers a threat to an entire orbital democracy.

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Premise labels: space detective · murder investigation · systemwide conspiracy · utopian society · policing democracy · mass-casualty crime · futuristic whodunnit

Setting labels: far future · space habitats · orbital habitats · utopian society · threatened utopia · demarchist society · political anarchy · virtual reality · machine intelligence · pre-plague era · interstellar future

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Distance: 0.1646

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Count Zero

William Gibson · 2006 · Sprawl

A mercenary, a hacker, and an art dealer are drawn into a corporate-cybernetic conspiracy in the Sprawl.

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Premise labels: corporate espionage · cyberspace hacker · art investigation · mercenary extraction · biochip theft · multiple protagonists · AI intrigue · virtual reality

Setting labels: near future · cyberpunk future · dystopian future · corporate-controlled world · urban megacity · cyberspace · virtual reality · global economy · Sprawl

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Distance: 0.1696

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iPhuck 10

Victor Pelevin · 2017

A self-writing police AI investigates crimes and the art market while spiraling into satire about love, tech, and identity.

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Premise labels: AI detective · police algorithm · crime investigation · ghostwriting · art market · contemporary art · future love · future culture · surveillance society · virtual sex

Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · postmodern future · surveillance society · art world · digital world · virtual reality · technological future · Russian future

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Distance: 0.1707

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Cover of Simplicity by Mattie Lubchansky

Simplicity

Mattie Lubchansky · 2025

A trans academic surveys an isolated woods commune in a dystopian future, but his assignment and desires unravel into horror.

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Premise labels: anthropological survey · cult investigation · dystopian future · state surveillance · commune under threat · outsider enters commune · queer discovery · mystery investigation · corporate power · survivalist community

Setting labels: near future · post-collapse America · dystopian city-state · New York future · Catskills · woods · commune · exurb zone · walled city · post-apocalyptic

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The Shockwave Rider

John Brunner · 1995 · Club of Rome Quartet

A gifted fugitive uses identity hacks to evade a surveillance state built on data, control, and accelerating change.

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Premise labels: identity hacking · state surveillance · information control · fugitive on the run · social systems

Setting labels: near future · dystopian America · networked society · surveillance state · alternate future · post-quake society · information age · computerized world

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Distance: 0.1722

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Cover of Flashback by Dan Simmons

Flashback

Dan Simmons · 2011

In a collapsing near-future America, a flashback-addicted ex-cop is hired to reopen a long-unsolved murder.

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Premise labels: dystopian thriller · murder investigation · memory drug · collapsed society · flashback addiction · former detective · disgraced cop · future collapse · nationwide addiction · memory-driven inquiry

Setting labels: near future · future United States · dystopian future · post-apocalyptic future · collapsed America · Denver · Los Angeles · Japanese-dominated world order · global caliphate · alternative future

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Distance: 0.1746

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Golden State

Ben H. Winters · 2019

In a surveillance-heavy alternate California, a truth-detecting investigator probes a suspicious death—and the system he serves.

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Premise labels: truth policing · lying crime · surveillance state · alternate California · post-truth society · investigation · murder mystery · conspiracy · state control · absolute truth

Setting labels: near-future · alternate California · Los Angeles · dystopian society · post-apocalyptic America · surveillance state · closed society · walled state · underground archives · unknown outside world

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Distance: 0.1766

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Cover of Ghost in the Shell by Masamune Shirow

Ghost in the Shell

Masamune Shirow · 2004 · 攻殻機動隊 The Ghost in the Shell

A cyborg special agent hunts cybercriminals in a near-future Japan where minds, bodies, and identity are under siege.

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Premise labels: cybercrime · anti-terrorist unit · ghost hacking · AI identity · cyborg agent · mind control · near-future policing · political conspiracy

Setting labels: near future · 21st century · mid-21st century · futuristic Japan · dystopian future · cyberpunk world · networked society · technologically advanced world

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Distance: 0.1767

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Cover of Hard Boiled by Frank Miller

Hard Boiled

Frank Miller · 1993 · Hard Boiled

A hyper-detailed dystopian sci-fi comic where a suburban man, a killer tax collector, and a robot may be one being.

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Premise labels: dystopian future · corporate domination · robot rebellion · identity crisis · dual identity · insurance investigator · tax collector · robot assassin · self-aware robot · subjugated machines · corporate assassin · hidden true self

Setting labels: dystopian future · near future · future Los Angeles · urban wasteland · crowded metropolis · suburban home · corporate city · smog-choked city · cyberpunk reality · mechanized society

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Distance: 0.1783

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