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C.S. Friedman

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Premise labels used: corporate conspiracy, genetic mutation, interstellar monopoly, virus outbreak, runaway heroine, hunted secret, brain implant conspiracy, neurodiversity, space travel control, factional intrigue

Setting labels used: far future, outer orbit, space colonies, space stations, interstellar travel, cyberspace, virtual reality, corporate Earth, outworlds, alternate dimension, posthuman society

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Grimspace

Ann Aguirre · 2008 · Sirantha Jax

A traumatized space navigator with a rare gene escapes prison and joins rebels in a fight against corporate control.

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Premise labels: rare gene · ship navigator · fugitive heroine · corporate control · prison breakout · rebellion · mind link · interstellar transport · amnesia · wrongly accused

Setting labels: space future · interstellar travel · multiple planets · space stations · outer space · parallel space · corporate dystopia · frontier worlds · planetary travel

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Distance: 0.1401

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Lake of Darkness

Adam Roberts · 2024

A black hole research mission collapses into murder, then into a clash of physics, utopia, religion, and evil.

Why this is here

Premise labels: black hole mystery · murder mystery · possible first contact · evil contagion · utopian society · AI dependence · cosmic horror · evil versus good

Setting labels: far future · interstellar travel · black hole orbit · utopia · post-scarcity · spacefaring civilization · simulation · planetary interior

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Distance: 0.1412

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Rogue Protocol

Martha Wells · 2018 · The Murderbot Diaries

A rogue security AI hunts corporate evidence on an abandoned terraforming site while trying not to care about anyone.

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Premise labels: rogue AI · runaway security unit · corporate conspiracy · evidence hunt · protective escort · abandoned facility · human rescue · investigation

Setting labels: space future · corporate-dystopian · terraforming facility · abandoned station · transport ship · outer rim · planetary colony · space station · alien artifacts

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Distance: 0.1499

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The Gap Into Power: A Dark and Hungry God Arises

Stephen R. Donaldson · 1992 · The Gap Cycle

A multi-POV space-opera of corporate power, alien threat, and betrayals as rival factions converge on a lawless shipyard.

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Premise labels: political intrigue · corporate power · alien conflict · survival stakes · betrayal network · space crisis · pawns and manipulators

Setting labels: far future · outer space · space station · shipyard · lawless frontier · corporate-controlled space · pirate haven · alien contact zone · illegal shipyard · spacefaring society

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Distance: 0.1502

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Counterweight

Djuna · 2023

A corporate detective races through a near-future space-elevator conspiracy as AI, memory, and identity collide.

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Premise labels: space elevator · corporate intrigue · corporate espionage · AI takeover · memory theft · identity theft · political unrest · colonial resistance · data recovery · conspiracy · brain implants · future noir

Setting labels: near future · unspecified future · fictional island · island nation · space elevator · corporate state · tropical resort town · orbital habitat · global megacorporation · surveillance society · dystopian future

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Distance: 0.1504

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Predator: Incursion

Tim Lebbon · 2015 · The Rage War

Far in the future, humans, Predators, and Xenomorphs collide as a widening war exposes a deadlier hidden enemy.

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Premise labels: alien incursion · species conflict · interstellar war · forced alliance · corporate control · secret threat · far-future humanity · shared-universe crossover · predator hunt

Setting labels: far future · human space · space stations · colonized galaxy · interstellar frontier · corporate future · militarized future · shared universe · 27th century

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Distance: 0.1510

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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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Premise labels: space salvage · ancient technology · hidden past · pirate chase · corrupt authority · post-scarcity society · identity crisis · galactic threat

Setting labels: far future · deep space · outer galaxy · galactic core · black hole · space stations · post-scarcity civilization · multi-species society · FTL travel

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Distance: 0.1514

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Infinity Engine

Neal Asher · 2017 · Transformation

A rogue AI’s long game draws humans, aliens, and war machines toward a final showdown near a black hole.

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Premise labels: rogue AI · AI pursuit · black hole secret · interstellar conflict · alien encounter · factional struggle · apocalyptic stakes · showdown

Setting labels: far future · deep space · interstellar · black hole · space station · war factory · space warfare · fictional universe

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Distance: 0.1527

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Gridlinked

Neal Asher · 2004 · Agent Cormac

A burned-out AI-linked secret agent must solve a deadly runcible disaster while a vengeful killer hunts him across space.

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Premise labels: gridlinked addiction · AI-run society · interstellar investigation · runcible disaster · revenge pursuit · undercover agent · human-AI dependence · mystery alien

Setting labels: far future · interstellar civilization · AI-governed society · space colonies · terraforming world · planetary investigation · cold planet · galactic scale · space travel · teleport network

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Distance: 0.1534

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The Causal Angel

Hannu Rajaniemi · 2014 · Jean le Flambeur

A posthuman master thief races through the Solar System to save allies and stop a reality-shaping war.

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Premise labels: master thief · post-singularity society · memory theft · identity fragmentation · solar system conflict · reality manipulation · heist caper · rescue mission · posthuman war

Setting labels: far future · solar system · inner planets · moons · spaceways · cyberspace · virtual realities · physical and virtual overlap · posthuman world

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Distance: 0.1546

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Shangri-La

Mathieu Bablet · 2016 · Shangri-La

In a giant orbital colony, a corporate worker uncovers secrets that could upend a consumerist society built on control.

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Premise labels: space station colony · corporate control · consumer dystopia · genetic engineering · creation of life · terraforming · rebellion · investigation · future humanity · post-apocalyptic survival

Setting labels: future · deep future · space station · orbital colony · Titan · Saturn system · post-Earth · post-apocalyptic · science fiction future · artificial society

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Distance: 0.1560

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Count Zero

William Gibson · 2006 · Sprawl

A mercenary, a hacker, and an art dealer are drawn into a corporate-cybernetic conspiracy in the Sprawl.

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Premise labels: corporate espionage · cyberspace hacker · art investigation · mercenary extraction · biochip theft · multiple protagonists · AI intrigue · virtual reality

Setting labels: near future · cyberpunk future · dystopian future · corporate-controlled world · urban megacity · cyberspace · virtual reality · global economy · Sprawl

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1566

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