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William S. Burroughs

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Similar in plot structure

These books are ranked using the plot structure labels extracted for The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead.

Plot structure labels used: fragmented narrative, episodic scenes, nonlinear structure, repeat-and-rework, disjointed progression, loose plot, scene collage, cyclical repetition, dreamlike sequencing

Focused on “dual timeline” where exact label matches exist.

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

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Cover of Roadmarks by Roger Zelazny

Roadmarks

Roger Zelazny · 1979

A man travels a highway through time while assassins hunt him and a young seeker searches for the truth about his origin.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1051

Cover of The Western Lands by William S. Burroughs

The Western Lands

William S. Burroughs · 1988 · The Red Night Trilogy

An aging writer’s hallucinatory pilgrimage through Egyptian myth, apocalypse, and mortality searches for escape beyond death.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0812

Cover of Dooku: Jedi Lost by Cavan Scott

Dooku: Jedi Lost

Cavan Scott · 2019 · Star Wars Disney Canon Novel

A Sith apprentice uncovers the hidden past of Count Dooku through recordings, revealing how a Jedi became disillusioned.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1124

Cover of Hocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Hocus Pocus

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. · 1997

A Vietnam veteran-turned-professor recounts his life from prison, exposing war, class, and institutional absurdity.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0857

Cover of Empire of the Senseless by Kathy Acker

Empire of the Senseless

Kathy Acker · 1988

In a near-future Paris, two outlaw lovers—a pirate and a cyborg—drift through revolution, violence, and fractured desire.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0863

Cover of The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs

The Soft Machine

William S. Burroughs · 1994 · The Nova Trilogy

A cut-up sci-fi nightmare of addiction, control, and bodily horror, told in fragments that resist linear sense.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0903

Cover of 334 by Thomas M. Disch

334

Thomas M. Disch · 1999

A fragmented near-future New York mosaic follows public-housing residents living under strict social, reproductive, and economic controls.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0907

Cover of My Volcano by John Elizabeth Stintzi

My Volcano

John Elizabeth Stintzi · 2022

A suddenly growing Central Park volcano links a global cast through disaster, transformation, and shifting realities.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0947

Cover of Ultrasound by Conor Stechschulte

Ultrasound

Conor Stechschulte · 2022 · Generous Bosom

A stranded traveler accepts help from a strange couple, then tumbles into a mind-bending web of memory, control, and conspiracy.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0947