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J.P. Delaney

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Characterization labels used: tech CEO, billionaire, genius inventor, controlling husband, obsessive, socially awkward, free-spirited woman, artist, surfer, mother, autistic child, companion robot, empathetic AI, sentient AI, coworker narrator, tyrannical boss

Relationships labels used: marriage, husband wife, parent child, mother son, power imbalance, grief, obsession, deception, trust, betrayal, family conflict, employee employer

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Accelerando

Charles Stross · 2005

Three generations of one family navigate an accelerating posthuman future as AI, nanotech, and the Singularity reshape humanity.

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Characterization labels: entrepreneur · futurist · independent daughter · indentured astronaut · domineering parent · dysfunctional family · genius · tech-savvy · copy variants · uploaded selves · AI cat · posthuman agents · cynical intelligences · absent-minded protagonist

Relationships labels: parent child · dysfunctional family · domineering mother · estranged spouses · romantic tension · power imbalance · mentor client · human AI · human machine · dependency · manipulation · inheritance

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1535

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Artificial Truth

Jung-Myung Lee · 2025

A grieving widow begins seeing signs her dead tech-genius husband may still be watching through AI and VR.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: tech genius · AI founder · widow · remarried widow · convict · photographer · terminally ill creator · AI entity · missing empathy · jealous protagonist · passive heroine · manipulative villain · morally conflicted man · cunning operator

Relationships labels: marriage · widowhood · second marriage · husband-wife · love triangle · jealousy · marital mistrust · control dynamic · obsessive attachment · betrayal · surveillance relationship · creator-created bond

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1660

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Version Control

Dexter Palmer · 2016

A near-future marriage, a troubled physicist, and a device that may rewrite reality pull one woman into an eerie puzzle.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: physicist · scientist husband · married woman · customer support worker · grieving parent · alcoholic character · socially awkward · workaholic · obsessive scientist

Relationships labels: marriage · couple dynamics · parenthood · infidelity · friendship · romantic relationship · workplace relationships · power imbalance

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1785

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The Vision

Tom King, Gabriel Hernández Walta · 2018 · The Vision (2015)

An android builds a suburban family and learns that passing as normal can become a tragic, deadly experiment.

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Characterization labels: android protagonist · synthezoid · family patriarch · wife figure · teenage twins · artificial family · outsider · lonely · socially awkward · philosophical · tragic hero · powerful being · emotionally intelligent AI

Relationships labels: family · marriage · parent-child · husband-wife · siblings · community suspicion · social alienation · spousal conflict · team conflict · romantic history · trust issues

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1824

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The Birth-Mark

Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1843

A scientist fixates on his wife’s small facial birthmark and tries to remove it, with tragic consequences.

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Characterization labels: scientist · alchemist · philosopher · obsessive husband · beautiful wife · submissive wife · dutiful wife · mad scientist · assistant figure

Relationships labels: marriage · husband wife · toxic relationship · power imbalance · male control · marital consent · spousal pressure · dependency · obsessive love · mentor assistant

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Distance: 0.1887

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Observer

Robert Lanza, Nancy Kress · 2023

A disgraced neurosurgeon joins a secret Caribbean research project that may let minds alter reality itself.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: neurosurgeon · scientist · Nobel laureate · physicist · tech entrepreneur · skeptical protagonist · relatable protagonist · strong-willed protagonist · career setback · socially targeted woman · supportive sibling · disabled child caregiver · charismatic mentor · genius uncle · romantic tension · complex characters · well-developed characters

Relationships labels: sibling support · family obligation · romance · workplace harassment · power imbalance · mentor-protege · estranged family · parent-child care · found family · professional rivalry

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1906

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In Our Likeness

Bryan VanDyke · 2024

A tech worker’s AI experiment rewrites reality, forcing him to question truth, love, and identity.

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Characterization labels: flawed protagonist · relatable lead · unlikeable protagonist · workaholic · tech founder · CEO · co-worker crush · genius woman · power-hungry boss · obsessive narrator · shy protagonist · terminally ill parent · adult child caregiver · corporate villain

Relationships labels: unrequited love · workplace crush · coworker relationship · boss-employee · power imbalance · mother-son relationship · romantic tension · professional rivalry · friendship · betrayal · dependency · team dynamics · trust issues

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1912

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Zero K

Don DeLillo · 2016

A son visits a secret cryonics compound with his wealthy father, forcing a reckoning with death, identity, and family.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: billionaire · estranged father · dying wife · stepmother · introspective narrator · obsessive namer · alienated protagonist · wealthy elite · scientist figures

Relationships labels: father and son · stepmother and stepson · marital bond · family estrangement · parental abandonment · reconciliation attempt · dependency · power imbalance · caregiving

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Distance: 0.1948

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Pandemic

Robin Cook · 2018 · Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery

A NYC medical examiner investigates a sudden death tied to transplantation, gene editing, and a feared outbreak.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: medical examiner · forensic pathologist · sarcastic protagonist · unlikeable protagonist · whiny protagonist · self-centered protagonist · brilliant investigator · boss-wife dynamic · bossy wife · wealthy businessman · villainous scientist · stiff characters · wooden characters · cartoonish villains · family-strained protagonist

Relationships labels: marriage · workplace marriage · parent-child · in-laws · family tension · professional hierarchy · friendship · power imbalance

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1966

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The Future

Naomi Alderman · 2023

In a near-future collapse, survivalists and insiders race tech billionaires and hidden systems to change who gets through the end.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: billionaires · tech moguls · tech executives · survivalist influencer · cult survivor · assistant · ousted founder · former CEO · wife · nonbinary child · journalist-survivalist · refugee · hacker · resourceful · intelligent · curious · relentless · morally ambiguous · unlikable characters · questionable morals · shallow characters · character-driven tension

Relationships labels: found family · queer romance · love affair · assistant-employer · marriage · ex-wife · family estrangement · cult family · friend group · power dependency · betrayal · rivalry · collaboration

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1967

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The Guilt Pill

Saumya Dave · 2025

A new mother and startup CEO is offered a pill that erases guilt, but freedom may cost her everything.

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Characterization labels: CEO · founder · new mother · working mother · girlboss · influencer · mentor figure · foil · addicted protagonist · ambitious woman · overwhelmed mother · questionable mentor

Relationships labels: marriage · husband-wife tension · mother-in-law conflict · female friendship · mentor-mentee · family pressure · parenthood · workplace hierarchy · professional rivalry · support system · childcare burden · intergenerational tension

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1972

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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.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: genetically modified human · artificial intelligence · alien intelligence · deep-sea diver · court psychologist · courtroom figure · religious warrior · psychotic student · biologically enhanced prodigy · damaged people · morally compromised characters · idealists · optimist narrator

Relationships labels: parent-child · family conflict · marriage · husband-wife · human-alien · human-AI · community · power imbalance · missionary impulse · dependence · betrayal · rivalry

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1975

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