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Cover of The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead by William S. Burroughs
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The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead

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 “interlinked stories” 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 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 The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson

The Stone Gods

Jeanette Winterson · 2007

A fractured sci-fi love story links future collapse, Easter Island, and another age to ask whether humanity can break its cycle.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1030

Cover of Exterminator! by William S. Burroughs

Exterminator!

William S. Burroughs

A fragmented, satirical collage of druggy visions, social critique, and grotesque shocks in Burroughs’s signature style.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1042

Cover of From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi by Elizabeth Schaefer

From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi

Elizabeth Schaefer · 2023 · Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View

Forty Star Wars stories revisit Return of the Jedi through the eyes of supporting characters, droids, and creatures.

Why this is here

Plot structure labels: episodic · interlinked stories · nonlinear backstory · scene by scene · retelling · framed anthology · flashbacks · vignette

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1059

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 Viriconium by M. John Harrison

Viriconium

M. John Harrison · 2005 · Viriconium

A decaying far-future city is revisited through shifting stories, where memory, technology, and reality keep breaking apart.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1134

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 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