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Premise labels used: android identity, hidden identity, on the run, manufactured self, humanity question, government pursuit, secret project, artificial intelligence, memory loss, identity crisis

Themes labels used: identity, humanity, self-acceptance, free will, family loyalty, memory, authenticity, personhood, moral ambiguity, survival, technology and humanity, grief, betrayal, control, coming of age

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Interview with the Robot

Lee Bacon · 2020

A 12-year-old shoplifter reveals in interrogation that she’s a robot on the run, forcing a truth about family and identity.

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Premise labels: robot identity · interrogation frame · fugitive AI · shoplifting arrest · child services interview · hidden origin · self-discovery · on the run · artificial intelligence · human nature

Themes labels: identity · autonomy · free will · personhood · family · chosen family · humanity · artificial intelligence · ethics of technology · being misunderstood · rights and property · selfhood · sentience · grief · agency

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Enders

Lissa Price · 2014 · Starters

A chip-bound teen must uncover who controls her mind before a hidden enemy turns her own body into a weapon.

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Premise labels: body control · mind manipulation · identity crisis · chip technology · truth-seeking · family protection · survival · conspiracy

Themes labels: identity · autonomy · free will · trust · family loyalty · control · morality · deception · grief · survival · coming of age · body ownership

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The Brightest Night

Jennifer L. Armentrout · 2020 · Origin

On the run and newly changed, Evie and Luc uncover buried truths while old allies return and danger closes in.

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Premise labels: on the run · protection · hidden identity · memory loss · alien contact · secret past · identity crisis · betrayal · found family · fated couple

Themes labels: identity · memory · self-discovery · love · sacrifice · trust · betrayal · protection · loyalty · power · control · agency · family · fear of loss · coming of age

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The Original

Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal · 2020

A cloned woman must hunt her original in four days while uncovering the truth behind a murder and her reality.

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Premise labels: clone hunt · identity crisis · self versus self · memory loss · murder investigation · government surveillance · immortality cost · replica mission · truth seeking · forced replacement

Themes labels: identity · morality · reality · privacy · surveillance · immortality · authenticity · free will · selfhood · guilt · choice · humanity · technology and society · self-delusion

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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1

Philip K. Dick · 2011 · Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

A bounty hunter in a radioactive near-future Earth tracks rogue androids while the meaning of humanity unravels.

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Premise labels: android hunt · identity crisis · empathy test · post-war wasteland · artificial life · status-symbol animals · fugitive androids · human-machine boundary

Themes labels: empathy · humanity · identity · artificial versus real · morality · death · status · alienation · religion · ecological collapse · life value · consumer desire · creation and creator

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Made in Korea

Jeremy Holt · 2022 · Made in Korea

An adopted AI child in a near-future world confronts identity, family, and control as her strange origins unravel.

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Premise labels: artificial intelligence · android child · adoptive family · identity crisis · gender identity · coming of age · sentient AI · manufactured child · self-discovery · family system

Themes labels: identity · belonging · self-determination · nature vs nurture · gender identity · artificial intelligence ethics · adoption · family · humanity · social belonging · race · sexuality · corporate power · gun violence · peer pressure · acceptance · personhood · autonomy · coming of age · technology and ethics

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Ringer

Lauren Oliver · 2017 · Replica

Two separated girls navigate cloning fallout, hidden dangers, and identity questions in a dual-track sci-fi sequel.

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Premise labels: human cloning · identity crisis · ethical dilemma · on the run · mistaken identity · search for a cure · outsider status · escape from institution

Themes labels: humanity · identity · selfhood · personhood · bioethics · cloning ethics · rights and dignity · individual rights vs collective good · belonging · freedom · human experimentation · memory and origin · trust · morality of science · family · love · survival · acceptance

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All Systems Red

Martha Wells · 2017 · The Murderbot Diaries

A self-aware security android on a remote survey mission must hide its freedom while protecting the humans it mistrusts.

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Premise labels: rogue AI · security android · self-aware construct · corporate future · planetary expedition · human protection · free will · identity search · conspiracy

Themes labels: consciousness · personhood · autonomy · free will · identity · humanity · trust · capitalism · corporate exploitation · slavery · emotional isolation · connection · self-discovery · moral agency · what it means to be human · treatment of nonhumans

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Shattered

Teri Terry · 2014 · Slated

A memory-wiped teen flees a brutal regime, unearths her past, and faces truths that could reshape her future.

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Premise labels: memory wipe · identity search · on the run · government resistance · biological family search · oppressive regime

Themes labels: identity · memory · self-discovery · family · truth · freedom · individuality · government control · corruption · trust · betrayal · agency · societal control · coming of age

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The Mad Scientist's Daughter

Cassandra Rose Clarke · 2013

A girl grows up with her android tutor as love, identity, and robot rights reshape both their lives.

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Premise labels: android tutor · forbidden love · coming of age · robot rights · artificial intelligence · human-machine relationship · isolated childhood · first love · identity crisis

Themes labels: humanity · consciousness · sentience · free will · love · desire · identity · personhood · rights · autonomy · loss · grief · selfishness · moral ambiguity · social conformity · alienation · discrimination · othering · coming of age · emotional repression · compassion · redemption · choice · societal pressure

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Mindbreaker

Kate Dylan · 2023 · Mindwalker

A cult-raised teen accepts a corporate cure, only to wake in a robot body and uncover a conspiracy about identity and control.

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Premise labels: mind upload · robot body · identity crisis · body autonomy · corporate control · anti-tech cult · experimental technology · terminal illness · save or betray · corporate conspiracy · humanity question · memory gaps · hidden agenda · escape and expose

Themes labels: identity · humanity · agency · autonomy · bodily autonomy · consent · free will · corporate greed · capitalism · ethics · technology · religion · faith crisis · indoctrination · control · power · exploitative systems · selfhood · memory · morality · rebellion · resistance · classism · healthcare · social commentary

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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Philip K. Dick · 2008 · Blade Runner

A bounty hunter in a radioactive future tracks rogue androids while questioning what separates humans from machines.

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Premise labels: android hunt · identity crisis · post-apocalyptic survival · humanity test · empathy test · animal scarcity · fugitive androids · bounty hunter · false humanity · artificial life

Themes labels: empathy · humanity · identity · real vs artificial · morality · religion · consumer status · alienation · consciousness · death · suffering · social value · collective experience · survival

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