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The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination: Original Short Fiction for the Modern Evil Genius

John Joseph Adams

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Characterization labels used: mad scientist, evil genius, supervillain, assistant, mad psychologist, mad political scientist, artificial intelligence, robot, talking gorilla, career counselor, inventor, reporter, detective, bridezilla

Relationships labels used: mentor-apprentice, assistant-employer, romantic relationship, family conflict, father-daughter, parent-child, girlfriend-boyfriend, villain-hero rivalry, human-AI relationship

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Professor Dowell's Head

Alexander Belyaev · 1981

A scientist’s severed head remains alive, pulling an assistant into a dangerous web of experimentation and betrayal.

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Characterization labels: mad scientist · cunning adversary · brilliant scientist · young assistant · nurse · scientific rival · coerced subject · moral witness · evil mastermind · victimized genius

Relationships labels: mentor-protégé · assistant-employer · scientific rivalry · coercion · betrayal · rescue mission · family bond · father-son · romance subplot · dependency

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Distance: 0.1270

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Bones of the Earth

Michael Swanwick · 2003

A paleontologist joins a secret time-travel project to study living dinosaurs, only to face paradoxes, sabotage, and survival.

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Characterization labels: paleontologist · scientist · administrator · military figure · mysterious stranger · fundamentalist extremist · creationist antagonist · brilliant rebel · curious scholar · petty scientists · realistic scientists · sexually frank scientists · multigenerational researchers · morally ambiguous scientist

Relationships labels: mentor-mentee · older self · younger self · future self · colleague rivalry · scientific team · romance · sexual relationships · pregnancy · betrayal · institutional hierarchy · team dependency

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Distance: 0.1773

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Justice League, Volume 5: Forever Heroes

Geoff Johns · 2014 · Justice League (2011)

A Justice League tie-in uncovers the Crime Syndicate’s origins while Cyborg fights to rebuild and strike back.

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Characterization labels: evil counterparts · villain origins · twisted heroes · psychological damage · identity struggle · rebirth arc · leader role · scientist villain · robotic intelligence · criminal lovers · self-aware technology

Relationships labels: mentor-mentee · father-son · family trauma · rival team · team loyalty · villain alliance · manipulation · seduction · romantic villainy

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Distance: 0.1809

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Extinction Code

James D. Prescott · 2017 · Extinction

A scientist's deep-sea discovery and a geneticist's warning collide in a race to uncover humanity's hidden origins.

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Characterization labels: scientists · geneticist · geophysicist · team scientist · female lead · male lead · mentor figure · villains · secretive antagonists · robot character · military figures

Relationships labels: mentor-student · teamwork · trust issues · betrayal · pursuit · ally-enemy ambiguity · authority conflict

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Distance: 0.1845

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Dr.STONE 3

Riichiro Inagaki, 稲垣理一郎 · 2017 · Dr. Stone

Senku enters a survivor village and uses science, persuasion, and inventions to recruit allies and advance civilization.

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Characterization labels: scientist protagonist · curious inventor · trickster ally · fighter ally · novice scientist · comic expressions · overconfident protagonist · resourceful leader · supportive side characters · villainous threat · antiheroic pragmatist

Relationships labels: mentor-apprentice · rivalry · team-up · alliance building · community recruitment · sibling bond · outsider suspicion · friendship · found family · power negotiation

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Distance: 0.1889

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Necessity

Jo Walton · 2016 · Thessaly

A Platonic utopia on an alien world faces first contact, a missing goddess, and a time-spanning rescue quest.

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Characterization labels: gods · humans · robots · aliens · philosopher · ruler · worker · fisherman · consul · next generation · sentient robot · trickster

Relationships labels: mentor-student · family · siblings · parent-child · sisterhood · community · intergenerational · human-god interaction · human-alien contact · human-robot interaction · rivalry · loyalty

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Distance: 0.1955

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Simulacron 3

Daniel F. Galouye · 1999

A corporate simulation designer starts doubting reality itself after a death and a string of impossible disappearances.

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Characterization labels: investigator protagonist · corporate employee · scientist inventor · corporate executive · female love interest · paranoid protagonist · logical protagonist

Relationships labels: mentor-protege · father-daughter · corporate hierarchy · romantic subplot · rivalry · betrayal · power struggle · dependency

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Distance: 0.1966

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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

Relationships labels: mentor-protege · husband-wife · romantic relationship · family · parent-child · scientist-backer · science-versus-politics · institutional opposition · team collaboration

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Distance: 0.1980

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The Last Day

Andrew Hunter Murray · 2020

In a near-future Britain, a scientist is dragged into a government secret after Earth’s rotation stops and chaos spreads.

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Characterization labels: scientist protagonist · female lead · tough heroine · intelligent heroine · isolated protagonist · jaded protagonist · bitter protagonist · determined investigator · curious protagonist · flawed protagonist · strong female lead · government agents · dying mentor · secondary characters · antagonists · authoritarian leadership

Relationships labels: mentor protege · estranged mentor · ex husband · sister-in-law · romantic subplots · forced romance · government control · betrayal · allies · family estrangement · power imbalance

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Distance: 0.2005

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Quantum Night

Robert J. Sawyer · 2016

A psychologist who can spot psychopaths uncovers a missing six months of his own life and a theory that could alter humanity.

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Characterization labels: experimental psychologist · quantum physicist · professor · expert witness · utilitarian protagonist · flawed hero · psychopath · mentor figure · ex-girlfriend · scientist protagonists · academic characters · politically opinionated characters

Relationships labels: romantic reunion · ex-girlfriend · mentor-mentee · spouses · parent-child · friendship · collegial relationships · family conflict

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Distance: 0.2021

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Star Wars: Outbound Flight

Timothy Zahn · 2007 · Star Wars Legends: Novels

A Jedi-led colonization mission into unknown space collides with Thrawn, Sith schemes, and the Chiss Ascendancy.

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Characterization labels: Jedi Master · Padawan · smuggler · military genius · master tactician · arrogant leader · overzealous authority · cunning strategist · double agent · idealistic young woman · alien commander · rival intellect

Relationships labels: mentor-student · master-apprentice · family bonds · brotherhood · rivalry · alliance · betrayal · command hierarchy · power imbalance · friendship

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Distance: 0.2051

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Iron Man: The Gauntlet

Eoin Colfer · 2016 · Marvel Press Novels

Iron Man is hacked, trapped, and forced to fight back with brains, wit, and damaged trust at an Irish eco-summit.

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Characterization labels: snarky genius · billionaire playboy · inventor hero · vulnerable hero · overconfident hero · wisecracking protagonist · AI companion · teen genius · competent villain · supporting henchmen

Relationships labels: mentor-father conflict · father-son conflict · hero and AI · hero and ally · rivalry · forced alliance · team-up · old enemy

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Distance: 0.2069

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