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Characterization labels used: beekeeper, physicist, scientist, career astrophysicist, cosmologist, researcher, terminal illness, sick character

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Cover of The Afterlife Project by Tim Weed

The Afterlife Project

Tim Weed · 2025

Two timelines race against human extinction: one scientist survives the deep future, while others search for a way to continue the species.

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Characterization labels: scientists · microbiologist · astrobiologist · doctor · quantum physicist · survivalist · brilliant woman · reluctant survivor · solitary protagonist · resilient characters · capable team · character study · scientific idealists · morally burdened

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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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Cover of How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

How High We Go in the Dark

Sequoia Nagamatsu · 2022

An interconnected future-history of a global plague unleashed by melting permafrost, tracing grief, survival, and hope.

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Characterization labels: scientists · researchers · archaeologist · grieving parent · widowed parent · terminally ill child · comedian · caregiver · survivor · mutated animal subject

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Distance: 0.2229

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Cover of These Lifeless Things by Premee Mohamed

These Lifeless Things

Premee Mohamed · 2021 · Solaris Satellites

A survivor’s journal from a shattered city becomes a future researcher’s key to uncovering what destroyed humanity.

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Characterization labels: survivor · researcher · anthropologist · journal keeper · ordinary people · flawed characters · introspective voice · resourceful survivor · skeptical scientist

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Under Story

Chloe Benjamin · 2026

A grieving scientist in Antarctica discovers a strange light that may open a door to second chances, love, and time itself.

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Characterization labels: biologist · mycologist · physicist · scientist protagonist · grieving parent · divorced protagonist · messy protagonist · emotionally fractured · brilliant scientist · ambitious · flawed characters · found family

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Distance: 0.2329

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Cover of Pillar to the Sky by William R. Forstchen

Pillar to the Sky

William R. Forstchen · 2014

A near-future team tries to build a space elevator to solve Earth’s energy crisis while battling politics, funding, and physics.

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Characterization labels: brilliant scientist · renegade scientist · female scientist · mentor figure · billionaire backer · scientists and engineers · astronauts · political antagonists · idealistic protagonists · motivated visionaries

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Distance: 0.2345

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