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Ursula K. Le Guin

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Themes labels used: empathy, fear, the Other, acceptance, interpersonal conflict, consciousness, intelligence, community, loneliness, alienation, migration, ecology, planetary ethics, ableism, difference, coexistence, human nature, contact with unknown, time perspective, sacrifice

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Cover of Sirius by Olaf Stapledon

Sirius

Olaf Stapledon · 2000

A scientist raises a dog with human intelligence, and his lonely life exposes the limits of belonging, love, and humanity.

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Themes labels: alienation · otherness · identity · belonging · consciousness · humanity · nature versus nurture · intelligence · love · loneliness · religion · spirit · society and prejudice · ethics of experimentation · war · fear of the unknown · community · soul · meaning of life · free will · self-worth · difference · empathy · bigotry · disability

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The Survival Game

Nicky Singer · 2018

In a climate-ravaged future, a teenage refugee must travel north with a silent boy while borders, law, and conscience close in.

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Themes labels: survival · humanity · empathy · hope · love · morality · border regimes · refugees · migration · climate change · overpopulation · scarcity · home · identity · trauma · memory · kindness · dehumanization · law vs conscience · social control · belonging · responsibility · loss · family · justice · nationalism · euthanasia · resource rationing · resilience

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Parasyte, Volume 3

Hitoshi Iwaaki · 2008 · Parasyte (8 Volumes Edition)

A teen partially infected by a parasite struggles to stay human as a hidden alien threat spreads through his school.

Why this is here

Themes labels: humanity · identity · moral ambiguity · survival · coexistence · empathy · dehumanization · instinct versus reason · public fear · societal response · nature versus humanity · loss and grief · ethics of violence · otherness

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Cover of A Hero For WondLa by Tony DiTerlizzi

A Hero For WondLa

Tony DiTerlizzi · 2012 · The Search for WondLa

Eva travels to a human city that should be home, only to uncover hidden truths and a bigger fight ahead.

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Themes labels: identity · belonging · home · family · friendship · compassion · empathy · environmentalism · growing up · truth and justice · acceptance · grief · death · moral choice · individuality · community · social control · species equality · conformity · self-trust

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Tomorrow's Kin

Nancy Kress · 2017 · Yesterday's Kin Trilogy

A midlife geneticist is pulled into alien diplomacy when a hidden biological crisis threatens Earth and her family.

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Themes labels: first contact · family · human nature · consequences · ecology · evolution · genetics · identity · trust · fear and panic · prejudice · isolationism · immigration allegory · sovereignty · science and society · public misinformation · panic response · survival · responsibility · transformation · interdependence

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Cover of The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

The Wild Robot

Peter Brown · 2016 · The Wild Robot

A shipwrecked robot awakens alone on a wild island and must learn survival, belonging, and care among wary animals.

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Themes labels: survival · adaptation · belonging · community · friendship · family · motherhood · kindness · love · responsibility · compassion · identity · purpose · nature vs technology · coexistence · change · acceptance · loss · death · environmental change · climate change · civilization vs wildness · service to others

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Cover of Parasyte, Volume 4 by Hitoshi Iwaaki

Parasyte, Volume 4

Hitoshi Iwaaki · 2008 · Parasyte (8 Volumes Edition)

A teen secretly linked to a parasite is pulled into escalating danger as other parasites infiltrate society and politics.

Why this is here

Themes labels: humanity · identity · environmentalism · dehumanization · coexistence · morality · social integration · psychological change · fear and paranoia · self-preservation · weakness · loss

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Children of Memory

Adrian Tchaikovsky · 2022 · Children of Time

A mixed-species expedition reaches a failing terraformed colony where strange memories and shifting reality hide a larger truth.

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Themes labels: sentience · personhood · identity · memory · reality · consciousness · autonomy · belonging · otherness · unity vs division · curiosity · knowledge · curiosity ethics · first contact · community · fear of difference · storytelling · selfhood · morality · post-scarcity · survival · evolution · civilization · truth · perception

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To Marry Medusa

Theodore Sturgeon · 1999

An alien hive mind hijacks a desolate drunk and tries to turn humanity into one collective consciousness.

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Themes labels: collective consciousness · individuality · community · cooperation · alienation · human nature · humanism · transcendence · evolution · identity · selfhood · miscommunication · loneliness · fear · violence · hope · optimism · compassion · civilization · social critique · gender and sex · sexuality · class

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Cover of Usurpation by Sue Burke

Usurpation

Sue Burke · 2024 · Semiosis

Sentient bamboo on future Earth must stay hidden, then help humans survive war, robots, and a deadly plague.

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Themes labels: sentience · cooperation · ecology · mutual dependence · peacebuilding · war · civilization · kindness · empathy · coexistence · nonhuman intelligence · environmental stewardship · religion · politics · community

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Cover of More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon

More Than Human

Theodore Sturgeon · 1979

Misfit children with psychic gifts form a shared consciousness and must decide what power, identity, and humanity mean.

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Themes labels: identity · belonging · loneliness · morality · ethics · human evolution · individuality · collective self · symbiosis · alienation · power · conscience · difference · social acceptance · humanity · psychiatry · sanity · morality and power · group purpose

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