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These books are ranked using the themes labels extracted for Sirius.

Themes labels used: alienation, otherness, identity, belonging, consciousness, humanity, nature versus nurture, intelligence, love, loneliness, religion, spirit, society and prejudice, ethics of experimentation, war, fear of the unknown, community, soul, meaning of life, free will, self-worth, difference, empathy, bigotry, disability

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Cover of Gladiator by Philip Wylie

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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Distance: 0.0710

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Cover of The Mad Scientist's Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke

The Mad Scientist's Daughter

Cassandra Rose Clarke · 2013

A girl grows up with her android tutor as love, identity, and robot rights reshape both their lives.

Why this is here

Themes labels: humanity · consciousness · sentience · free will · love · desire · identity · personhood · rights · autonomy · loss · grief · selfishness · moral ambiguity · social conformity · alienation · discrimination · othering · coming of age · emotional repression · compassion · redemption · choice · societal pressure

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Distance: 0.1014

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Cover of Descender, Vol. 4: Orbital Mechanics by Jeff Lemire

Descender, Vol. 4: Orbital Mechanics

Jeff Lemire · 2017 · Descender

Robot outlaw TIM-21 and allies flee one danger while rival factions close in and old secrets unravel across the galaxy.

Why this is here

Themes labels: identity · sentience · free will · humanity · trust · betrayal · loyalty · loss · war · prejudice · rights · perseverance · emotion · memory · change · nurture vs nature

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Distance: 0.1065

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Cover of Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Frankenstein

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · 2017

A scientist’s pursuit of life beyond death unleashes a tragic chain of responsibility, rejection, and ruin.

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Themes labels: ambition · responsibility · morality · humanity · alienation · loneliness · rejection · nature vs nurture · prejudice · class · ethics · science and ethics · knowledge and consequences · love and belonging · identity · grief · obsession · isolation · social judgement

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Distance: 0.0775

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Echo of Worlds

M.R. Carey · 2024 · Pandominion

A multiverse-spanning team races to stop an AI-human war from unleashing extinction across countless Earths.

Why this is here

Themes labels: identity · sentience · selfhood · consciousness · personhood · free will · autonomy · empathy · compassion · community · humanity · morality in war · redemption · sacrifice · peace vs violence · genocide · collateral damage · sustainability · authoritarianism · self-destruction · prejudice · dehumanization · victory through surrender · hope · optimism

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Distance: 0.1077

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Cover of A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

A Closed and Common Orbit

Becky Chambers · 2016 · Wayfarers

An AI reborn in an illegal human body and a cloned mechanic's pasts intertwine in a hopeful search for identity and belonging.

Why this is here

Themes labels: identity · personhood · sentience · belonging · freedom · autonomy · prejudice · class structure · gender · equality · humanity · purpose · survival · motherhood · family · consciousness · cultural difference · ethics · self-determination · empathy · social justice

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Distance: 0.1096

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Neom

Lavie Tidhar · 2022 · Central Station

In a far-future desert city, a robot, an orphan, and a flower seller become entangled in love, memory, and upheaval.

Why this is here

Themes labels: love · memory · war · purpose · identity · personhood · sentience · class inequality · poverty · wealth disparity · technology · faith · belief · religion · grief · hope · compassion · self discovery · rebirth · human condition · migration · refugees · survival · future history · art and violence · moral ambiguity

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Cover of Vaster Than Empires and More Slow by Ursula K. Le Guin

Vaster Than Empires and More Slow

Ursula K. Le Guin · The Hainish Cycle

A misfit survey crew meets a forest world whose plant-life seems to feel fear and think as one.

Why this is here

Themes labels: empathy · fear · the Other · acceptance · interpersonal conflict · consciousness · intelligence · community · loneliness · alienation · migration · ecology · planetary ethics · ableism · difference · coexistence · human nature · contact with unknown · time perspective · sacrifice

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Cover of More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon

More Than Human

Theodore Sturgeon · 1979

Misfit children with psychic gifts form a shared consciousness and must decide what power, identity, and humanity mean.

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Themes labels: identity · belonging · loneliness · morality · ethics · human evolution · individuality · collective self · symbiosis · alienation · power · conscience · difference · social acceptance · humanity · psychiatry · sanity · morality and power · group purpose

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Distance: 0.0880

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Cover of エルフェンリート 1 [Elfen Lied 1] by Lynn Okamoto

エルフェンリート 1 [Elfen Lied 1]

Lynn Okamoto, 岡本倫 · 2002 · Elfen Lied

An escaped mutant with split identities is taken in by strangers while the government hunts her down.

Why this is here

Themes labels: identity · prejudice · discrimination · abuse · trauma · alienation · revenge · human cruelty · loneliness · nature vs nurture · dehumanization · survival · acceptance · jealousy · self-worth

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Distance: 0.0940

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Cover of Absolute Martian Manhunter (2025-) #1 by Deniz Camp

Absolute Martian Manhunter (2025-) #1

Deniz Camp · 2025 · Absolute Martian Manhunter (2025)

An FBI agent survives a bombing and begins experiencing a reality-bending psychic shift that blurs human and alien identity.

Why this is here

Themes labels: alienation · human nature · identity · sanity · perception · society · prejudice · violence · investigation · selfhood · integration · morality

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Distance: 0.0941

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