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Premise labels used: neurodivergent friendship, AI holograms, bereavement technology, company secrets, investigative discovery

Setting labels used: near-future, school, technology company, contemporary world

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Mind's Eye

Douglas E. Richards · 2014 · Nick Hall

An amnesiac man with brain implants can read minds and surf the web by thought, while assassins hunt him for answers.

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Premise labels: amnesia · brain implants · mind reading · thought-controlled internet · man on the run · assassins · identity mystery · technology threat · conspiracy · cat-and-mouse chase

Setting labels: near future · technological future · digital society · wired world · not too distant future · contemporary future

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Distance: 0.1737

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Alex + Ada, Vol. 3

Jonathan Luna, Sarah Vaughn · 2015 · Alex + Ada

In a near-future where sentient androids are outlawed, Alex and Ada fight to stay together and free.

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Premise labels: android sentience · forbidden love · robot rights · near-future dystopia · escape from authorities · human-android relationship

Setting labels: near future · not-so-distant future · futuristic society · cyborg-like tech · corporate age

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Distance: 0.1808

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Simulacron 3

Daniel F. Galouye · 1999

A corporate simulation designer starts doubting reality itself after a death and a string of impossible disappearances.

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Premise labels: virtual reality · simulation theory · nested reality · mind-bending mystery · corporate conspiracy · opinion polling

Setting labels: near-future · corporate laboratory · simulated world · higher reality · urban futurism · technological reality

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Distance: 0.1816

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Annie Bot

Sierra Greer · 2024

An AI girlfriend learns to question her owner’s control, exposing abuse, autonomy, and what it means to be human.

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Premise labels: AI companion · perfect girlfriend · sentient robot · ownership and control · autonomy struggle · abusive relationship · identity awakening · human-machine bond · self-awareness · female agency

Setting labels: future world · near future · dystopian future · present-day adjacent · apartment setting · domestic space · tech company

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Distance: 0.1830

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Crosstalk

Connie Willis · 2016

A tech executive’s relationship-boosting brain procedure goes wildly wrong, trapping her in telepathic chaos and family mayhem.

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Premise labels: telepathy · brain implant · empathy enhancement · overcommunication · privacy invasion · miscommunication · relationship experiment · communication overload · tech satire · family intrusion · unintended consequences

Setting labels: near future · present day · high-tech workplace · smartphone company · corporate setting · urban contemporary · alternative now · telecommunications industry

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Distance: 0.1900

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UnWorld

Jayson Greene · 2025

In a near-future world of AI uploads, a grieving mother and three others circle a death that may hide a deeper truth.

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Premise labels: grief aftermath · AI consciousness · uploaded minds · personhood debate · memory and identity · mysterious death · suicide or accident · human-machine blur · AI rights

Setting labels: near future · digital future · technological dystopia · suburban setting · virtual reality · AI-saturated world · slightly off-present

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Distance: 0.1902

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Wake

Robert J. Sawyer · 2009 · WWW

A blind teen’s experimental sight-restoring implant instead reveals the Web—and a new intelligence waking inside it.

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Premise labels: blind protagonist · experimental implant · emergent AI · internet consciousness · cyberspace contact · scientific speculation · communication breakdown

Setting labels: Canada · Texas · Japan · China · World Wide Web · cyberspace · contemporary near future · high school · scientific research

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Distance: 0.1920

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MindWar

Douglas E. Richards · 2016 · Nick Hall

A near-future thriller about brain-implant mind reading, betrayal, and a race to stop a catastrophic terror plot.

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Premise labels: mind reading · brain implants · terror plot · future technology · ESP · privacy invasion · secret betrayal · human evolution

Setting labels: near future · future world · stunning future · technology-forward world · current-day-adjacent · speculative reality

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Distance: 0.1923

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Klara and the Sun

Kazuo Ishiguro · 2021

A solar-powered artificial friend enters a sick teenager’s home and quietly learns what love, class, and humanity cost.

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Premise labels: artificial friend · robot companion · near future · genetic enhancement · lonely child · humanity question · what is love · what makes a person · class inequality · distant narrator

Setting labels: near future · futuristic society · dystopian future · domestic setting · storefront · wealthy household · home schooling · unequal society

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Distance: 0.1970

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Always on My Mind

Carys Green · 2025

A wife accepts a mind-linking implant for her anniversary, only to find her marriage and secrets under siege.

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Premise labels: mind reading · brain implant · marital secrets · toxic relationship · privacy invasion · coercive control

Setting labels: near future · technologically advanced world · smart home · digitized home · app-controlled home · university years · marriage

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Distance: 0.1974

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Free to Fall

Lauren Miller · 2014

In a near-future boarding school world, a teen tied to a decision app starts doubting it and uncovers buried secrets.

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Premise labels: decision-making app · technology dependence · free will · elite school · outsider romance · corporate control · near-future dystopia

Setting labels: near future · elite boarding school · high-tech society · corporate-dominated future · smartphone-centric world

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Distance: 0.1976

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Synners

Pat Cadigan · 1991

A sprawling cyberpunk ensemble in near-future Los Angeles, where brain-linked media tech and corporate greed push reality to the brink.

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Premise labels: brain-computer interface · virtual reality · hacker culture · media industry · tech dependency · network collapse · human-machine merge · information overload · corporate control · sentient AI

Setting labels: near future · future Los Angeles · corporate dystopia · networked society · virtual world · media-saturated world · urban future

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Distance: 0.1977

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