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Premise labels used: mathematical prodigy, first contact, codebreaking, secret research facility, alien transmission, scientific satire
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A Sri Lankan math prodigy’s proof and a looming alien response to human nuclear power unfold in parallel.
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Premise labels: math genius · alien threat · first contact · space elevator · theorem proof · future civilization · human extinction
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1528
A 1960s mathematician and her boyfriend race to answer Mars, then grapple with the love and loss that follow.
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Premise labels: first contact · alien communication · mathematical puzzles · interplanetary contact · distance as problem · lost lover search · road trip mission · genius under pressure
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1622
A physicist revisits a giant metal hand found in childhood, racing to uncover its origins before the world turns against itself.
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Premise labels: first contact · alien artifact · giant robot · hidden technology · global mystery · scientific investigation · secret project
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1886
Twelve chronologically arranged Lem stories probe alien contact, AI, and human limits with irony, dread, and invention.
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Premise labels: first contact · alien intelligence · artificial intelligence · sentient machines · scientific speculation · uncanny encounter · human otherness
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1953
A dismissed NASA physicist spots a solar-system anomaly and is pulled into a mission that could rewrite reality.
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Premise labels: first contact · mysterious object · alien intelligence · space anomaly · astronomical discovery · deep space encounter · solar system intrusion · science mystery
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.2000
A small-town sheriff’s death inquiry leads to a hidden tech project, strange realities, and an AI-shaped crisis.
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Premise labels: artificial intelligence · parallel universes · small-town sheriff · corporate secrecy · scientific mystery · high-tech conspiracy
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.2024
Human scientists study a neutron star and discover an alien civilization that evolves at breathtaking speed.
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Premise labels: first contact · neutron star life · alien civilization · time dilation · extreme environment · scientific discovery
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.2055
A scientist is pulled into a secret project after eclipse-born visitors arrive, forcing first contact with alien refugees.
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Premise labels: first contact · alien refugees · dying world · secret government project · scientist protagonist · communication barrier · biological testing · human-alien alliance · portal opening · species survival
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.2084
A skeptical scientist and an FBI agent probe a possible alien signal while murders and hoaxes close in around them.
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Premise labels: alien contact · deep-space signal · first contact · scientific investigation · murder investigation · hoax detection · conspiracy · secret project · skeptical debunker · high-stakes research
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.2086
Three damaged lives across time are drawn toward a cosmic anomaly, a killer mystery, and a reality-bending future.
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Premise labels: quantum anomaly · serial killer physicist · sentient starship · virtual reality addict · alien archaeology · interlinked futures · cosmic mystery · space travel
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.2102
An alien anomaly appears in New York, forcing one schoolteacher to help humanity decode a first contact unlike any expected.
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Premise labels: first contact · alien artifact · alien intelligence · communication through science · humanity under scrutiny · global response · communication challenge · advanced civilization
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.2104
A designerly first-contact epic where an alien signal, a moon mystery, and typographic experiments reshape reality.
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Premise labels: first contact · alien signal · memetic invasion · information alien · pattern recognition · AI decoding · moon anomaly · idea contagion · signals as life · language puzzle
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.2105
