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Kim Stanley Robinson

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These books are ranked using the characterization labels extracted for The Years of Rice and Salt.

Characterization labels used: reincarnated souls, scholars, warriors, slaves, kings, explorers, philosophers, scientists, women leaders, historical analogues

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Cover of Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera

Rakesfall

Vajra Chandrasekera · 2024

Two souls are bound across reincarnations, forcing them through war, myth, history, and far-future worlds.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.2061

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Ilium

Dan Simmons · 2006 · Ilium

A scholar, future machines, and far-future humans collide in a Mars-set Trojan War reenactment driven by gods.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.2150

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Inhibitor Phase

Alastair Reynolds · 2021 · The Inhibitor Sequence

A hidden human colony risks everything when one mission pulls its leader into a galaxy-spanning fight against extinction.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.2195

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House of Suns

Alastair Reynolds · 2010 · House of Suns

Two cloned lovers from a far-future human line race across the galaxy to solve a millennia-old attack on their family.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.2219

Cover of The Compass Rose by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Compass Rose

Ursula K. Le Guin · 1995 · Orsinia

A varied collection of short speculative stories, from satirical thought experiments to dark, moving tales of power, language, and perspective.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.2249

Cover of Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction by Sheree Renée Thomas

Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction

Sheree Renée Thomas · 2022

An anthology of 32 African and African-diasporic speculative stories spanning fantasy, sci-fi, horror, myth, and futurism.

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Characterization labels: androids · cyborgs · witches · goddesses · robots · ghosts · inventors · ancestors · deities · villains · queens · kings

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.2252

Cover of قرين by Monther Alkabbani

قرين

Monther Alkabbani, منذر القباني · 2016 · فرسان وكهنة

A final trilogy installment blends history, quantum ideas, and parallel selves as one man races to uncover his truth.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.2290

Cover of Schild's Ladder by Greg Egan

Schild's Ladder

Greg Egan · 2004

A far-future physics accident creates an expanding universe-void, forcing posthumans to choose whether to halt it or study it.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.2372