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Characterization labels used: everyman protagonist, blue-collar protagonist, rich elite, reporter, scientist, novelist, autistic characters, AI characters, dolphins, nonhuman intelligences, ensemble cast, idea-driven characters

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Bypass Gemini

Joseph R. Lallo · 2011 · Big Sigma

A disgraced race pilot turned courier gets dragged into a galaxy-spanning conspiracy involving mobsters, megacorps, and a mad scientist.

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Characterization labels: everyman protagonist · washed-up loser · hotshot pilot · semi-illegal hero · wisecracking protagonist · unlikely hero · mad scientist · eccentric scientist · AI character · psychopathic inventor · supporting ensemble · morally questionable protagonist · good guy

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Distance: 0.1596

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Cover of The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

The Kaiju Preservation Society

John Scalzi · 2022

A laid-off delivery worker joins a secret team preserving giant kaiju on an alternate Earth—just as danger spills home.

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Characterization labels: everyman protagonist · nerdy protagonists · snarky characters · witty ensemble · scientist characters · laborer protagonist · cartoon villain · misfit cast · idealistic coworkers

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Distance: 0.1596

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Cover of Y: The Last Man, Vol. 2: Cycles by Brian K. Vaughan

Y: The Last Man, Vol. 2: Cycles

Brian K. Vaughan · 2003 · Y: The Last Man

A last man and his companions keep crossing a shattered America, where new factions and old loyalties collide.

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Characterization labels: everyman protagonist · reluctant hero · brainwashed follower · fanatical leader · secret agent · scientist · survivalist group · eclectic companions · culpable sister

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1673

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Cover of Street Cultivation by Sarah Lin

Street Cultivation

Sarah Lin · 2019 · Street Cultivation

In a modern cultivation world where qi is money, a poor young fighter struggles to protect his sick sister.

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Characterization labels: everyman protagonist · hard-working protagonist · good-hearted protagonist · protective sibling · relatable protagonist · resourceful lead · proactive lead · underdog hero

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1753

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Cover of London by Frank Tayell

London

Frank Tayell · 2013 · Surviving The Evacuation

A broken-legged government adviser journals his way through London’s zombie evacuation as supplies fail and secrets surface.

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Characterization labels: everyman protagonist · injured protagonist · civilian survivor · government insider · political adviser · bureaucratic protagonist · self-deprecating voice · intelligent

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1794

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Cover of The Warehouse by Rob Hart

The Warehouse

Rob Hart · 2019

A new hire and an undercover spy enter a mega-corporation’s live-work city and uncover the cost of total convenience.

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Characterization labels: everyman protagonist · corporate spy · founder CEO · disillusioned worker · former prison guard · inventor · mercenary · pragmatic survivor · morally ambiguous · controlling leader · self-justifying executive · reluctant participant · ordinary pawn

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Distance: 0.1811

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Cover of The Best of Richard Matheson by Richard Matheson

The Best of Richard Matheson

Richard Matheson · 2017

A career-spanning Richard Matheson anthology of short, twisty horror, sci-fi, and suspense stories.

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Characterization labels: everyman protagonists · ordinary people · older men · young woman protagonist · couple protagonists · authority figures · psychopathic antagonist · helpless protagonist · morally pressured characters

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1819

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Cover of Roadkill by Dennis E. Taylor

Roadkill

Dennis E. Taylor · 2022

A stranded young techie and his friends uncover an invisible alien, a sentient spaceship, and a plot to seize Earth.

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Characterization labels: young adults · everyman protagonists · geeky protagonists · snarky AI · sentient AI · likeable characters · smart characters · sarcastic characters · technically minded characters · college-aged protagonists

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1828

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Cover of Galactic Pot-Healer by Philip K. Dick

Galactic Pot-Healer

Philip K. Dick · 1969

A broke future ceramics repairman is recruited by a godlike alien for a bizarre off-world mission.

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Characterization labels: everyman protagonist · working-class loser · depressed loner · unemployed craftsman · reluctant hero · specialist team · godlike entity · alien guide · robot side character · self-doubting protagonist · odd specialists

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Distance: 0.1860

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