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Themes labels used: 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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The House of the Scorpion

Nancy Farmer · 2002 · Matteo Alacran

A cloned boy raised as property in a drug lord’s future borderland must confront what makes him human.

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Themes labels: humanity · identity · nature versus nurture · free will · individuality · self-determination · prejudice · slavery · power · corruption · dehumanization · human rights · belonging · acceptance · loyalty · morality · ethics of cloning · survival · compassion · empathy · immortality · addiction · sacrifice · predestination

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The Vision, Vol. 2: Little Better Than a Beast

Tom King · 2016 · The Vision (2015)

A synthetic family’s fragile suburban normalcy collapses as love, destiny, and secrets pull Vision toward tragedy.

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Themes labels: humanity · family · love · loss · identity · normalcy · otherness · free will · destiny · trauma · grief · revenge · sacrifice · morality · existentialism · belonging · artificial intelligence

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Distance: 0.0880

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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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Themes labels: humanity · sentience · free will · consent · identity · love · companionship · loneliness · ethics · personhood · self-awareness · technology · belonging · otherness · rights · moral agency

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Distance: 0.0916

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The Arcav King's Mate

Hope Hart · 2020 · Arcav Alien Invasion

A defiant human cop is chosen as an alien king’s mate and runs, forcing a chase that tests freedom, duty, and desire.

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Themes labels: autonomy · consent · free will · agency · misogyny · moral ambiguity · compromise · identity · adaptation · loss of freedom · grief · human rights · trust · belonging · survival

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Distance: 0.0925

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Slow Gods

Claire North · 2025

An immortal pilot from a brutal star society becomes central to a galaxy-wide response to an impending supernova.

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Themes labels: identity · humanity · mortality · immortality · memory · belonging · love · grief · loss · meaning of life · ethics · morality · agency · free will · power · control · oppression · capitalism critique · climate denial · war · sacrifice · community · cultural survival · history · preservation · perception · belief · othering · gender · language · home · diaspora

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Mem

Bethany C. Morrow · 2018

In alternate 1920s Montreal, an extracted memory who can think for herself is summoned back to the lab.

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Themes labels: humanity · identity · memory · trauma · autonomy · ownership · personhood · self-determination · free will · ethics · power · classism · capitalism · patriarchy · belonging · loss · self-possession · othering · women's autonomy · memory and grief

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Distance: 0.0974

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The Last Human

Zack Jordan · 2020

A hidden human teen on an alien space station is thrust into a galaxy-spanning chase that tests intelligence, freedom, and identity.

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Themes labels: identity · belonging · free will · determinism · order and chaos · intelligence · consciousness · personhood · truth and deception · survival · authority · control · community · individualism · species survival · human nature · perspective · moral choice · technology and power

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Distance: 0.0981

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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · 2018

A scientist creates life from dead matter, then faces the human and moral consequences of abandoning his creation.

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Themes labels: ambition · hubris · responsibility · otherness · loneliness · isolation · rejection · compassion · revenge · grief · guilt · identity · humanity · science and ethics · religion and science · nature and culture · free will · classism · prejudice · parenthood · creation · mortality · death · knowledge · freedom · belonging · abandonment

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Distance: 0.0988

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Allegiant

Veronica Roth · 2013 · Divergent

In a shattered dystopia, Tris and Tobias venture beyond the fence and uncover truths that upend everything.

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Themes labels: identity · loyalty · sacrifice · love · courage · truth · free will · choice · human nature · grief · war · betrayal · selflessness · nature vs nurture · power · social control · morality · belonging

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Even Greater Mistakes: Stories

Charlie Jane Anders · 2021

Nineteen genre-bending stories mix queer relationships, speculative premises, humor, and political bite across many futures.

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Themes labels: free will · fate · identity · gender · sexuality · queerness · transness · love · loss · hope · community · survival · politics · oppression · climate change · technology and society · grief · belonging · art and expression · social division · ethics · responsibility

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Distance: 0.1004

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Astonishing X-Men Omnibus

Joss Whedon · 2009 · Astonishing X-Men (2004) (Collected Editions)

A mutant superhero team reunites to face a cure, new threats, and escalating crises in a tightly paced omnibus.

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Themes labels: otherness · acceptance · identity · humanity · mutant rights · responsibility · sacrifice · heroism · public perception · belonging · grief · love · fear · choice · free will · artificial life · continuity · redemption

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Sirius

Olaf Stapledon · 2000

A scientist raises a dog with human intelligence, and his lonely life exposes the limits of belonging, love, and humanity.

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Themes labels: alienation · otherness · identity · belonging · consciousness · humanity · nature versus nurture · intelligence · love · loneliness · religion · spirit · society and prejudice · ethics of experimentation · war · fear of the unknown · community · soul · meaning of life · free will · self-worth · difference · empathy · bigotry · disability

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Distance: 0.1014

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