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Frank Herbert, Bill Ransom

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Similar in themes

These books are ranked using the themes labels extracted for The Jesus Incident.

Themes labels used: religion, godhood, free will, determinism, faith, worship, consciousness, self-determination, ecology, human nature, power, manipulation, violence, sacrifice, oneness, communication, identity, technology vs humanity, colonialism, environmentalism, bioethics, racism, sexual politics, cloning, authority

This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their themes embeddings are close.

Cover of Dune by Frank Herbert

Dune

Frank Herbert · 2019 · Dune

A noble heir arrives on a desert planet where spice, prophecy, and political betrayal reshape his fate.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0829

Cover of Xenocide by Orson Scott Card

Xenocide

Orson Scott Card · 1996 · Ender's Saga

On a doomed colony world, Ender and allies race to avert extinction while a virus, aliens, and faith collide.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0836

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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.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0851

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The Mechanical

Ian Tregillis · 2015 · The Alchemy Wars

In a Dutch-dominated alternate 1920s, a sentient mechanical servant seeks freedom amid war, spies, and philosophy.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0859

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Beyond the Rift

Peter Watts · 2013 · Rifters

A hard-SF short story collection where alien POVs, AI, faith, and bleak futures probe what makes us human.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0860

Cover of Frank Herbert's Dune Saga Collection by Frank Herbert

Frank Herbert's Dune Saga Collection

Frank Herbert · 2020 · Dune

A six-novel science-fiction saga of empire, desert ecology, religion, and a young heir’s rise to power.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0933

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The Gods of Riverworld

Philip José Farmer · 1983 · Riverworld

Riverworld’s survivors seize a tower of godlike technology, only to face a hidden enemy and a final test of power.

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Themes labels: power · free will · determinism · morality · religion · human nature · corruption · resurrection · sentience · soul · ethics · responsibility · hubris · identity · history

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0960

Cover of Calypso by Oliver K. Langmead

Calypso

Oliver K. Langmead · 2024

A shipbound engineer wakes from cryostasis to find a ruined colony ark, rival visions for humanity, and a fate-shaping choice.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0968

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The Hyperion Omnibus

Dan Simmons · 2004 · Hyperion Cantos

Seven pilgrims travel to a planet of time-twisting tombs and a terrifying creature as galaxy-scale war closes in.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0977

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Echopraxia

Peter Watts · 2014 · Firefall

A baseline biologist is pulled into a posthuman pilgrimage toward the sun, where faith, free will, and alien contact collide.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0987

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Immobility

Brian Evenson · 2012

An amnesiac paraplegic is sent across a ruined wasteland on a mysterious mission that may reveal what he truly is.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0999

Cover of The World Jones Made by Philip K. Dick

The World Jones Made

Philip K. Dick · 1979

In a post-nuclear world, a precog’s rise collides with a truth-policing state, mutants, and a strange alien threat.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.1002