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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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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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Distance: 0.1157

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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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Distance: 0.1175

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The Man in the Maze

Robert Silverberg · 1969

An exiled diplomat with a dangerous alien curse is hunted down to help humanity contact a new alien threat.

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Themes labels: alienation · isolation · othering · human condition · trust · betrayal · honor · free will · sacrifice · greater good · moral responsibility · human nature · belonging · loneliness · empathy · communication · psyche · self-knowledge · redemption · ambition · social rejection · male bonding · human connection

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Distance: 0.1178

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Gladiator

Philip Wylie · 1930

A super-strong man’s life unfolds as he searches for belonging while society fears the gift that sets him apart.

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Themes labels: alienation · otherness · individualism · human nature · morality · responsibility · purpose · identity · belonging · society and difference · war futility · disillusionment · eugenics · superiority · gift and burden · fear of difference · modernity · nature vs nurture · loneliness · bullying · social criticism · human limitation · power and ethics · self-control · despair · hope · sexism · racism

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Cover of Parasyte, Volume 3 by Hitoshi Iwaaki

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.

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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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Distance: 0.0933

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Cover of Doggerland by Ben Smith

Doggerland

Ben Smith · 2019

On a remote North Sea wind farm, two maintenance men cling to routine, secrets, and a possible path to escape.

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Themes labels: loneliness · hope · survival · nature versus humanity · climate change · responsibility · sacrifice · escape · memory · mourning · time · entropy · loss · futility · purpose · isolation · resilience · civilizational decline · human insignificance · environmental damage

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Cover of Way Station by Clifford D. Simak

Way Station

Clifford D. Simak · 1992

A Civil War veteran secretly runs Earth's alien way station while government suspicion and cosmic politics close in.

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Themes labels: human nature · war and peace · violence · loneliness · responsibility · immortality · alien contact · humanity's future · belonging · home · cultural tolerance · cooperation · moral progress · self-destruction · hope · identity

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Cover of The World Wasn't Ready for You by Justin C. Key

The World Wasn't Ready for You

Justin C. Key · 2023

A debut short-story collection fusing horror, sci-fi, and fantasy to confront race, class, prejudice, and identity.

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Themes labels: race · class · prejudice · love · exclusion · loneliness · identity · consent · ethics · systemic racism · oppression · dehumanization · empathy · humanity · grief · motherhood · fatherhood · technology and ethics · body autonomy · social justice · alienation · trauma · mental health · neurodiversity · immigration · Xenophobia · panic · survival

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Cover of Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Frankenstein

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · 2017

A scientist’s pursuit of life beyond death unleashes a tragic chain of responsibility, rejection, and ruin.

Why this is here

Themes labels: ambition · responsibility · morality · humanity · alienation · loneliness · rejection · nature vs nurture · prejudice · class · ethics · science and ethics · knowledge and consequences · love and belonging · identity · grief · obsession · isolation · social judgement

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