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These books are ranked using the characterization labels extracted for Space Trilogy: Out of the Silent Planet / Perelandra / That Hideous Strength.

Characterization labels used: philologist, professor, scientist, evil scientist, academic, outsider protagonist, reluctant hero, terrified protagonist, moral thinker, tag-along outsider, gendered characterization

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Cover of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft

Cthulhu

H.P. Lovecraft · 2016

A group of interconnected Lovecraft tales follows scholars and witnesses into cults, ruins, and cosmic dread.

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Characterization labels: scientists · historians · investigators · scholars · students · protagonist narrator · outsider protagonist · curious seeker · rational observer · doomed witness · alarmed witness · knowledge-driven · mentally shaken · insignificant humanity · repetitive character types · male protagonists · cultist figures · isolated scholar

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Distance: 0.1480

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Cover of Inter Ice Age 4 by Kōbō Abe

Inter Ice Age 4

Kōbō Abe · 1972

A future-predicting machine drags a scientist into murder, bioengineering, and a terrifying vision of humanity’s next form.

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Characterization labels: scientist protagonist · morally conflicted · petty protagonist · reluctant investigator · lean characterization · obstinate authority · secretive scientists · antagonistic institution · philosophical characters · unnamed future observer

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Distance: 0.1503

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The Magos

Dan Abnett · 2018 · Eisenhorn

An aging inquisitor’s casebook of linked tales culminates in an outsider-led investigation into heresy, murder, and corruption.

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Characterization labels: reluctant hero · morally grey · corrupted protagonist · aging protagonist · outsider protagonist · intelligent everyman · bookish scientist · loyal retinue · investigator · fanatical official · declining competence · complicated antihero

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Distance: 0.1567

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Cover of The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman by Angela Carter

The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman

Angela Carter · 1986

A clerk is sent to stop a mad scientist whose machines turn desire into reality and shatter a city’s order.

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Characterization labels: indifferent protagonist · low-ranking clerk · outsider protagonist · mad scientist · cold genius villain · rationalist minister · unwilling hero · idealized love object · cynical protagonist

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Distance: 0.1568

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Cover of Perelandra by C.S. Lewis

Perelandra

C.S. Lewis · 2005 · The Space Trilogy

A scholar is sent to a newly made Venus to stop a demonic tempter from corrupting its innocent first pair.

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Characterization labels: reluctant hero · everyman protagonist · philologist · professor · scientist-villain · possessed villain · Eve figure · Adam figure · tempter · unsettling villain · intelligent heroine · innocent heroine · moral struggler · spiritual warrior · archetypal characters

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Distance: 0.1592

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Hominids

Robert J. Sawyer · 2002 · Neanderthal Parallax

A Neanderthal scientist crosses into modern Canada, sparking a cross-cultural collision with a parallel human world.

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Characterization labels: physicist protagonist · scientist protagonist · Neanderthal protagonist · female scientist · geneticist · anthropologist · accused partner · celebrity outsider · rational scientists

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Distance: 0.1595

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Cover of The Mercy of Gods by James S.A. Corey

The Mercy of Gods

James S.A. Corey · 2024 · The Captive's War

After an alien conquest, a human research team is forced into a deadly trial to prove their species is useful.

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Characterization labels: scientists · researchers · academic ensemble · assistant protagonist · mixed personalities · flawed characters · traumatized characters · reluctant survivor · collaborator · de facto leader

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Distance: 0.1596

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Cover of The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin

The Three-Body Problem

Liu Cixin · 2014 · Remembrance of Earth's Past

A disillusioned scientist’s secret contact with aliens pulls Earth into a slow-burning, idea-heavy crisis.

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Characterization labels: scientist protagonist · astrophysicist · nanotech researcher · policeman sidekick · academics · intellectuals · disillusioned character · cold characters · flat characters · passive protagonist

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Distance: 0.1600

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Cover of Quantum Night by Robert J. Sawyer

Quantum Night

Robert J. Sawyer · 2016

A psychologist who can spot psychopaths uncovers a missing six months of his own life and a theory that could alter humanity.

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Characterization labels: experimental psychologist · quantum physicist · professor · expert witness · utilitarian protagonist · flawed hero · psychopath · mentor figure · ex-girlfriend · scientist protagonists · academic characters · politically opinionated characters

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Distance: 0.1608

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Cover of The Thing Itself by Adam Roberts

The Thing Itself

Adam Roberts · 2015

An Antarctic SETI disaster launches a cross-time chase into Kant, AI, and the limits of human reality.

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Characterization labels: scientist protagonist · disfigured protagonist · alcoholic protagonist · unlikable protagonist · obsessed philosopher · surly character · practical character · AI character · shadowy institute · traumatized survivor

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Distance: 0.1626

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Cover of The Poison Belt by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Poison Belt

Arthur Conan Doyle · 1976 · Professor Challenger

Professor Challenger gathers old companions in a sealed room as Earth passes through a deadly ether belt.

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Characterization labels: arrogant scientist · brilliant scientist · eccentric professor · pompous protagonist · bullish personality · scientific rival · adventurer · journalist narrator · female supporting character · group ensemble

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1630

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Cover of The Lovecraft Compendium by H.P. Lovecraft

The Lovecraft Compendium

H.P. Lovecraft · 2016

Five linked Cthulhu-mythos tales of cults, ruins, and forbidden knowledge, where curiosity opens the door to cosmic dread.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: academic protagonists · skeptical scholar · reclusive scholar · writer protagonist · sailor protagonist · innocent investigator · obsessive narrator · ordinary man · learned man · madness-prone · curious protagonist · oblivious protagonist · investigative protagonist

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Distance: 0.1648

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