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Themes labels used: identity, individuality, freedom, assimilation, free will, humanity, memory, self-discovery, biology and identity, morality, cultural resilience, survival, rebellion, conquest, alienation, civilization, religion, creativity, intellect

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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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The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England

Brandon Sanderson · 2023

An amnesiac traveler wakes in medieval England and must piece together his identity before his pursuers catch him.

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Themes labels: identity · self-discovery · redemption · memory · reinvention · free will · survival · colonization · militancy · ethics of power · history and timing · human worth · belonging · religion and belief · luck · truth and deception

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Distance: 0.0785

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Ancestral Night

Elizabeth Bear · 2019 · White Space

A salvage engineer uncovers ancient alien tech and a conspiracy, forcing a run through deep space and into her own past.

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Themes labels: identity · free will · self-discovery · memory · trauma · mind control · mental health · governance · power · collectivism · individualism · ethics · society · freedom · responsibility · transhumanism · recovery · alien contact · politics

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Children of the Mind

Orson Scott Card · 2002 · Ender's Saga

As a fleet threatens Lusitania and Jane fades, Ender’s loved ones must solve a crisis of bodies, souls, and survival.

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Themes labels: identity · personhood · soul · morality · ethics · survival · first contact · genocide · free will · selfhood · religion · philosophy · racism · misogyny (reader-flagged) · coexistence

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Senlin Ascends

Josiah Bancroft · 2018 · The Books of Babel

A bookish honeymooner loses his wife in the Tower of Babel and must climb its bizarre levels to find her.

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Themes labels: identity · transformation · survival · human dignity · civilization critique · power and class · social inequality · morality · hope · love · self-discovery · corruption · freedom · belief vs reality · ambition · civility

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Wakers

Orson Scott Card · 2022 · The Side Step Trilogy

A clone teen with the power to jump realities wakes alone on abandoned Earth and must solve why he was created.

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Themes labels: identity · choice · consequence · free will · morality · responsibility · selfhood · humanity · survival · loneliness · trust · reality · causality · multiple selves · purpose · sacrifice · love

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City of Shadows

Alex Scarrow · 2012 · TimeRiders

On the run from future killers, the TimeRiders flee to Victorian London and uncover game-changing truths about themselves.

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Themes labels: identity · free will · morality · ethics · humanity · history · causality · destiny · truth · memory · change · loyalty · sacrifice · responsibility · self-discovery · past consequences

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LIFEL1K3

Jay Kristoff · 2018 · LIFEL1K3

A scavenger girl with a hidden power and a robot-like outsider flee a broken future while unraveling her past.

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Themes labels: identity · memory · free will · humanity · artificial intelligence · slavery · rebellion · choice · morality · power and control · personhood · family · survival · grief · trauma · ethics of creation · freedom · trust

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Cover of Cytonic by Brandon Sanderson

Cytonic

Brandon Sanderson · 2021 · Skyward

Stranded in a strange interdimensional realm, Spensa hunts the truth of her powers while war and memory loss loom.

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Themes labels: identity · courage · fear · memory · history · free will · moral choice · self-discovery · loyalty · family · friendship · duty · war and survival · humanity · prejudice · potential · growth · morality · belief

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Galactic North

Alastair Reynolds · 2007 · Revelation Space

Eight linked Revelation Space stories trace humanity’s far-future evolution, factions, and secrets across millennia.

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Themes labels: identity · human modification · civilization · technology · war · betrayal · retribution · ethics · survival · collective consciousness · prejudice · memory · history · inevitability · humanity · extinction · class divide · power · moral complexity

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Cover of Черновик by Sergei Lukyanenko

Черновик

Sergei Lukyanenko, Сергей Лукьяненко · 2006 · Работа над ошибками

A man is erased from his own life, then drawn into a hidden bureaucracy governing gateways between parallel worlds.

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Themes labels: identity · memory · belonging · otherness · power · choice · morality · free will · social control · politics · social order · civilizational comparison · parallel societies · bigotry · gender roles · philosophy · truth · responsibility · self-discovery

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