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Characterization labels used: unlikable protagonist, witty protagonist, sarcastic narrator, industrial saboteur, interface designer, manipulative characters, crazy girlfriend trope, slightly off-center characters, head case protagonist, preachy narrator

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Cover of I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom by Jason Pargin

I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom

Jason Pargin · 2024

A rideshare driver takes a lucrative, off-the-grid cross-country job guarding a mysterious black box, and the internet spirals.

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Characterization labels: unlikable protagonist · anxious protagonist · misogynistic protagonist · terminally online characters · eccentric misfits · lonely losers · flawed characters · wisecracking characters · charismatic woman · retired investigator

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Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom

Cory Doctorow · 2003

In a post-death future, a Disney World ride manager fights to preserve the park’s old magic against a technological takeover.

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Characterization labels: annoying protagonist · stubborn protagonist · disagreeable protagonist · immortal characters · unlikeable characters · underdeveloped characters · petty characters

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Distance: 0.1426

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Cover of In Our Likeness by Bryan VanDyke

In Our Likeness

Bryan VanDyke · 2024

A tech worker’s AI experiment rewrites reality, forcing him to question truth, love, and identity.

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Characterization labels: flawed protagonist · relatable lead · unlikeable protagonist · workaholic · tech founder · CEO · co-worker crush · genius woman · power-hungry boss · obsessive narrator · shy protagonist · terminally ill parent · adult child caregiver · corporate villain

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Distance: 0.1466

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Sweet Harmony

Claire North · 2020

In a near future of subscription-based body upgrades, one woman’s quest for perfection spirals into debt and collapse.

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Characterization labels: relatable protagonist · unsympathetic protagonist · vain protagonist · self-destructive · addicted · ambitious · broken character · morally compromised · unlikable characters · believable characters

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Distance: 0.1469

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Orlando People

Alexander C. Kane · 2019 · Orlando People

A weak telekinetic in early-2000s Orlando gets pulled into a murder mystery that could wipe out her kind.

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Characterization labels: snarky heroine · flawed protagonist · weak superpowered protagonist · quirky heroine · wisecracking narrator · dry-witted agent · relatable protagonist · outcast · young adult protagonist · level-based powers

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Wolf Country

Tünde Farrand · 2018

In 2050 London, a woman’s search for her missing husband exposes the brutal logic behind a consumerist new order.

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Characterization labels: brainwashed protagonist · naive protagonist · passive protagonist · self-discovery arc · questioning protagonist · ambiguous protagonist · cold protagonist · unlikeable protagonist · supporting character strength · one-dimensional characters · self-centered · unsympathetic · bland characters · engaging minor characters

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Distance: 0.1507

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Cover of S. N. U. F. F. by Victor Pelevin

S. N. U. F. F.

Victor Pelevin, Виктор Пелевин · 2011

In a far-future media state, a drone pilot’s work and his AI partner drag him into staged war and social satire.

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Characterization labels: cynical protagonist · caricatures · unlikable characters · limited agency · philosophical types · manipulative partner · artificial being · media worker · drone pilot · satirical grotesques

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Distance: 0.1513

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Cover of Planetfall by Emma Newman

Planetfall

Emma Newman · 2015 · Planetfall

On a distant colony world, an engineer’s buried secret and worsening anxiety surface when a stranger arrives.

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Characterization labels: anxious protagonist · mentally ill protagonist · hoarder · engineer · 3D printer engineer · female lead · older protagonist · tortured character · sympathetic protagonist · unreliable protagonist

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Distance: 0.1520

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