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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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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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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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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.

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

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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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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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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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Cover of Gladiator by Philip Wylie

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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The Expert System's Champion

Adrian Tchaikovsky · 2021 · Expert System

A severed outcast and his sister confront a new biological threat on a hostile alien world, while buried colony secrets surface.

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Themes labels: isolation · belonging · survival · otherness · adaptation · change vs stagnation · colonialism · biology · humanity · community · ritual · communication · rehabilitation · power · fear of change · knowledge and ignorance

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Xenophobia

Peter Cawdron · 2013 · First Contact

In civil-war Malawi, a doctor and a small US escort try to save lives as an alien arrival triggers chaos on Earth.

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Themes labels: Xenophobia · Fear of the unknown · Human nature · Otherness · Prejudice · Communication barriers · Moral responsibility · Survival · Humanity under stress · Ethics of intervention · Environmentalism · Diversity of life · Tribalism · Peace and force

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Cover of Der Wal und das Ende der Welt by John Ironmonger

Der Wal und das Ende der Welt

John Ironmonger · 2019

A Cornish village and a stranded banker face a coming collapse, testing whether kindness can outlast catastrophe.

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Themes labels: human nature · interdependence · community resilience · altruism · self-interest · preparedness · catastrophe response · trust · hope · faith in humanity · global dependency · economic fragility · moral choice · connected systems · kindness · survival ethics · fear vs generosity · social cohesion

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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 The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers

The Galaxy, and the Ground Within

Becky Chambers · 2021 · Wayfarers

Stranded at a remote space rest stop, five aliens with urgent lives learn each other’s worlds, fears, and common ground.

Why this is here

Themes labels: acceptance · difference · xenophobia · prejudice · compassion · kindness · empathy · communication · mutual respect · belonging · identity · otherness · colonization · imperialism · war · resource scarcity · social justice · intersectionality · reproductive autonomy · bodily autonomy · gender · culture · community · coexistence · hope · optimism · disability · ableism · motherhood · refugee crisis

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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 Last Woman in the World by Inga Simpson

The Last Woman in the World

Inga Simpson · 2021

A reclusive Australian artist must leave her shelter to help a mother and baby survive a mysterious, fear-fed catastrophe.

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Themes labels: fear · anxiety · trauma · survival · connection · solitude · community · climate change · environmental damage · human impact · natural world · hope · resilience · loss · responsibility · despair · mental health · humanity · companionship · trust

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Cover of Semiosis by Sue Burke

Semiosis

Sue Burke · 2018 · Semiosis

Human colonists on an alien world confront sentient plants, survival pressures, and shifting generations.

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Themes labels: communication · coexistence · pacifism · survival · adaptation · ecology · evolution · citizenship · community · identity · human nature · social change · prejudice · group dynamics · utopian ideals · what is intelligence · mutualism · colonization ethics · civilization building · nature versus humanity

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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.

Why this is here

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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Cover of The Persistence of Vision by John Varley

The Persistence of Vision

John Varley · 1978

A 1970s SF collection of linked futures, from memory transfer and time travel to an unforgettable deaf-blind commune.

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Themes labels: communication · language · perception · embodiment · identity · otherness · disability · community · sexual liberation · gender fluidity · transgression · alienation · isolation · survival · utopia · social norms · morality · human potential · technology and humanity · memory · consciousness · deception · trust · adaptation · counterculture · personal freedom

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Cover of Tomorrow's Kin by Nancy Kress

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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