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Themes labels used: humanity, civil rights, discrimination, prejudice, othering, free will, morality, technology ethics, transhumanism, identity, societal fear, class conflict, marginalization, government power, mob mentality, social commentary, belonging, enhancement

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Cover of Three Days in April by Edward Ashton

Three Days in April

Edward Ashton · 2015

In a near-future city split by genetic enhancement, a mass-death mystery pulls a misfit group into chaos.

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Themes labels: human enhancement · identity · body modification · genetic engineering · technology and society · transhumanism · class divide · racial divide · discrimination · surveillance · government secrecy · truth and cover-up · morality of improvement · civil conflict · AI autonomy · humanity · security vs freedom · religion and technology · ethics of modification

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Distance: 0.1001

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Nexus

Ramez Naam · 2012 · Nexus

A young scientist is coerced into a spy mission after a mind-linking nano-drug becomes a global security threat.

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Themes labels: humanity · posthumanism · transhumanism · ethics of technology · freedom vs security · government overreach · censorship · responsibility · personal liberty · collective consciousness · mind control · identity · enhancement ethics · biological enhancement · scientific progress · abuse of power · fear of change · empowerment · empathy · religion and technology · Buddhism · morality · civil rights · state violence · knowledge access

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Crossover

Joel Shepherd · 2006 · Cassandra Kresnov

An escaped android super-soldier seeks a normal life in enemy territory, but politics, violence, and identity questions pull her back in.

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Themes labels: humanity · sentience · free will · personhood · civil rights · identity · belonging · morality · war and peace · politics · ideology · multiculturalism · technology and society · otherness · ethics of artificial life · citizenship

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Distance: 0.0751

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Cover of The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories by Isaac Asimov

The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories

Isaac Asimov · 2000 · The Complete Stories

A robot collection centered on sentience, freedom, and humanity, anchored by the title story of Andrew’s long quest for personhood.

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Themes labels: humanity · identity · freedom · personhood · civil rights · consciousness · ethics · technology and society · transhumanism · artificial intelligence · gender roles · sexism · religion · environmental harm · mortality · sacrifice · class · prejudice · slavery

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Distance: 0.0770

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Alex + Ada, Vol. 3

Jonathan Luna, Sarah Vaughn · 2015 · Alex + Ada

In a near-future where sentient androids are outlawed, Alex and Ada fight to stay together and free.

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Themes labels: sentience · free will · identity · rights · equality · discrimination · prejudice · humanity · morality · love vs law · civil rights allegory · fear of the other · technology and society · ethical AI · mortality

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Distance: 0.0794

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Humans, Bow Down

James Patterson, Emily Raymond · 2017

After robots rule the world, a rebellious teen fugitive may hold the key to human survival.

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Themes labels: humanity · artificial intelligence · oppression · freedom · rebellion · identity · moral awakening · prejudice · dehumanization · survival · social commentary · class divide · endangered humanity · ethics of creation

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Distance: 0.0825

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Cover of PLUTO: Urasawa x Tezuka, Vol. 3 by Naoki Urasawa

PLUTO: Urasawa x Tezuka, Vol. 3

Naoki Urasawa, Takashi Nagasaki · 2009 · Pluto [プルートウ]

A robot detective hunts a serial killer targeting the world’s greatest robots while anti-robot politics intensify.

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Themes labels: identity · personhood · discrimination · prejudice · racism · civil rights · war trauma · dehumanization · coexistence · fear of technology · violence · compassion · humanity · obsolescence

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Distance: 0.0913

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Cover of Bear Head by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Bear Head

Adrian Tchaikovsky · 2021 · Dogs of War

A Mars worker and a talking bear are pulled into a battle over bioform rights, mind control, and political power.

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Themes labels: free will · agency · civil rights · animal rights · personhood · slavery · oppression · prejudice · fascism · corporate overreach · economic exploitation · political corruption · class inequality · identity · loyalty · control · coercion · privacy · mind ownership · social regression · climate change · transhumanism · bioethics · autonomy · state power · resistance · propaganda · fearmongering · hierarchy · metagame · responsibility

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The Complete Robot

Isaac Asimov · 1995 · Robot

Asimov’s thematic robot anthology explores the Three Laws through human-robot puzzles, ethics, and future society.

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Themes labels: ethics · morality · consciousness · identity · personhood · rights · labor · technology and society · fear of technology · human nature · prejudice · freedom · immortality · evolution

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Distance: 0.0944

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Cover of The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro

The Shape of Water

Guillermo del Toro, Daniel Kraus · 2018

In 1962 Baltimore, a mute janitor falls for a captured amphibious being and risks everything to free him.

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Themes labels: otherness · acceptance · love · freedom · captivity · communication · mutual understanding · dehumanization · prejudice · racism · sexism · homophobia · class inequality · compassion · monstrosity · humanity · allyship · agency · war trauma · science ethics

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Cover of Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful by Arwen Elys Dayton

Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful

Arwen Elys Dayton · 2018

Six linked futures trace how genetic engineering and body modification reshape humanity, morality, and identity.

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Themes labels: humanity · ethics · perfection · power · privilege · class inequality · bodily autonomy · identity · morality · eugenics · technology and society · medical ethics · social control · discrimination · life and death · progress and consequences · vanity · fear of change · human nature

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Distance: 0.0979

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