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Characterization labels used: selfish protagonist, flawed protagonist, detached protagonist, awkward protagonist, isolated child, emotionally damaged, android love interest, sentient android, caregiver figure, scientist parent, artist protagonist, drifter, ice queen, morally conflicted

Relationships labels used: human-android romance, tutor-student, guardian-ward, parent-child, friendship, forbidden relationship, dependency, unrequited love, illicit affair, marriage without love

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Evolved

N.R. Walker · 2018

In a near-future Australia, a lonely professor buys a custom android companion—then discovers he may be becoming sentient.

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Characterization labels: lonely protagonist · structured protagonist · quiet protagonist · brilliant protagonist · academia · philosophy professor · literature professor · OCD traits · technosexual · sentient android · adaptive being · curious android · witty android · protective lead · respectful lead · solitary protagonist

Relationships labels: human-android romance · caregiver dynamic · equal partnership · protective love · companionship · sexual dependency · friend support · ex-boyfriend catalyst · mentor-like intellectual bond

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Distance: 0.1560

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Alex + Ada, Vol. 2

Jonathan Luna, Sarah Vaughn · 2015 · Alex + Ada

A sentient android and the man who freed her face growing feelings as anti-robot pressure tightens around them.

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Characterization labels: sentient android · human protagonist · gentle protagonist · protective lead · curious android · naive discovery · emotionally guarded · supportive friends · supportive grandmother · robot friends

Relationships labels: forbidden love · human android romance · courtship · mutual attraction · relationship uncertainty · protective caregiving · friend group support · family tension · owner liberated

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Distance: 0.1604

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Alex + Ada, Vol. 1

Jonathan Luna, Sarah Vaughn · 2014 · Alex + Ada

A lonely man receives a companion android and soon risks everything to help her become truly self-aware.

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Characterization labels: lonely protagonist · depressed protagonist · awkward protagonist · caring protagonist · well-meaning protagonist · humanistic android · non-sentient companion · eccentric grandmother · supportive friends · secretive resistance members · android companion

Relationships labels: human-AI romance · companionship · mentor-like guidance · family meddling · grandmother-grandson · power imbalance · caregiver role · friend group

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Distance: 0.1715

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The Secret Commonwealth

Philip Pullman · 2019 · The Book of Dust

Adult Lyra and her daemon are torn apart by doubt, then drawn into a dangerous international quest.

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Characterization labels: adult heroine · estranged self · depressed protagonist · morally driven ally · secret agent · academic · curious child-to-adult arc · disillusioned protagonist

Relationships labels: human-daemon bond · teacher-pupil relationship · age-gap romance · unrequited love · forbidden romance · strained friendship · rivalry · betrayal · self-conflict

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Distance: 0.1789

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The Death I Gave Him

Em X. Liu · 2023

In a locked-down future lab, a grieving scientist’s son hunts his father’s killer with help from the lab’s AI.

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Characterization labels: depressed protagonist · morally gray · obsessive · paranoid · damaged · unhinged · ruthless · ambiguous motives · unlikable characters · messy characters · female agency · AI character · endearing AI · mad scientist · scientist son · security chief · research intern · morally gray woman · complicated protagonist · suicidal ideation

Relationships labels: human AI bond · romantic AI relationship · friendship · mentor child bond · father son · family betrayal · ex relationship · sibling rivalry · love triangle · power struggle · obsessive attachment · dear companion

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Distance: 0.1873

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Heechee Rendezvous

Frederik Pohl · 1985 · Heechee Saga

A human mind living in machine form races to meet the elusive Heechee as a greater alien threat emerges.

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Characterization labels: protagonist-centered · wealthy protagonist · immortal protagonist · guilt-driven · morally motivated · unlikable characters · annoying character · AI character · brilliant wife · despicable antagonist · character arc · elderly protagonist · lonely protagonist

Relationships labels: marriage · love triangle · lost love · friendship · human AI friendship · parent child relationship · romantic rivalry · dependency · power imbalance · social alien contact

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Distance: 0.1894

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Supertoys Last All Summer Long and Other Stories of Future Time

Brian W. Aldiss · 2001

A linked collection of future stories, led by a haunting robot-child tale about love, identity, and what makes someone human.

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Characterization labels: android protagonist · robot child · lonely woman · absent father · mechanical companion · teddy bear · childless parents · human-animal contrast · unreliable humanity

Relationships labels: parent-child · mother-son · family estrangement · childless couple · robot companionship · love deprivation · emotional neglect · dependency · adoption · betrayal

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Distance: 0.1959

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We Have Always Been Here

Lena Nguyen · 2021

On a cut-off survey ship, a psychologist investigates crew madness while androids, secrets, and an icy world turn uncanny.

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Characterization labels: misanthropic protagonist · psychologist protagonist · outsider protagonist · reluctant investigator · emotionally detached · socially awkward · android-friendly · neurodivergent-coded

Relationships labels: human-android bonds · caretaker relationship · mentor-mentee · crew mistrust · ostracism · spy suspicion · community alienation · family leverage

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Distance: 0.1970

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Opening Moves

Cosimo Yap · 2016 · The Gam3

A rookie gamer enters a VR game tied to alien politics, where leveling up could decide Earth’s fate.

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Characterization labels: inept protagonist · naive protagonist · overpowered protagonist · gamer protagonist · tech genius · AI-assisted hero · bumbling hero · underprepared newcomer · self-reliant growth

Relationships labels: human and AI · mentor and pupil · benefactor relationship · dependency · teamwork · trust · guidance · power imbalance · bossy AI · lack of romance

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Distance: 0.1991

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La Reine solitaire

Robin Hobb · 2000 · L'Assassin royal

A battered royal outsider and his companions race through a magical kingdom toward a final reckoning with power, loyalty, and dragons.

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Characterization labels: imperfect hero · anti-hero · touching protagonist · complex characters · morally gray characters · passive protagonist · self-sacrificing character · maturing protagonist · emotionally burdened hero · found family

Relationships labels: found family · mentor-student · loyalty conflict · friendship · romantic tension · family betrayal · parent-child · bond with animal companion · rivalry

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Distance: 0.1991

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Emily Eternal

M.G. Wheaton · 2019

An artificial consciousness must help save humanity when the sun starts dying far too soon.

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Characterization labels: artificial consciousness · empathetic protagonist · therapist figure · smart protagonist · funny protagonist · naive protagonist · humanlike AI · moral protagonist · self-aware · brilliant protagonist · innocent protagonist · adventurous protagonist

Relationships labels: human-robot relationship · romance · crush · creator-created relationship · found family · friendship · companions on the run · mentor relationship · scientist team · human-machine intimacy

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Distance: 0.2021

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The Stone Gods

Jeanette Winterson · 2007

A fractured sci-fi love story links future collapse, Easter Island, and another age to ask whether humanity can break its cycle.

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Characterization labels: strong-willed protagonist · alienated protagonist · queer protagonist · lonely outsider · robotic character · android · Robo sapiens · proxy protagonist · cynical voice · morally reflective

Relationships labels: love story · queer romance · human-robot romance · star-crossed lovers · abandonment · dependency · power imbalance · community rupture · family tensions · friendship

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Distance: 0.2026

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