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Themes labels used: identity, mind and body, ethics of science, morality, science vs belief, religious fanaticism, fundamentalism, war and trauma, love vs appearance, power and cruelty

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Luminous

Greg Egan · 1999

A hard-SF collection of ten concept-heavy stories exploring consciousness, genetics, mathematics, and the ethics of future technology.

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Themes labels: consciousness · free will · identity · mind · mathematics · physics · genetics · biology · technology ethics · scientific materialism · religion vs science · tribalism · racism · sex and gender · sexuality · homophobia · transhumanism · posthumanism · pandemic anxiety · pandemics · AI · cloning · digital minds · personal identity · emotion · happiness · choice · ethics · epistemology · reality · cosmology · black holes · corporate power · bioethics · drug policy · culture wars

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Descender, Vol. 5: Rise of the Robots

Jeff Lemire · 2018 · Descender

As robots rise across the galaxy, Tim-21 and scattered allies are drawn into an interstellar war with buried origins.

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Themes labels: consciousness · identity · personhood · ethics · discrimination · prejudice · war · revolution · nature vs machine · humanity · free will · control · power · morality · otherness

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The Diabolic

S.J. Kincaid · 2016 · The Diabolic

A genetically engineered bodyguard impersonates her charge at a corrupt imperial court to keep her safe—and survive.

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Themes labels: humanity · nature versus nurture · identity · selfhood · loyalty · power · politics · rebellion · science versus faith · knowledge suppression · moral conflict · free will · sacrifice · love and duty · human worth

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The Pretender

K.A. Applegate, Katherine Applegate · 1998 · Animorphs

A hawk-bodied teen faces a family trap, a rescue mission, and a shattering truth about who he really is.

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Themes labels: identity · belonging · humanity · otherness · family · war morality · sacrifice · instinct vs emotion · self-acceptance · survival · trauma · prejudice · love vs duty · choice · loyalty

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The Book of Guilt

Catherine Chidgey · 2025

In an alternate 1979 England, isolated triplet boys and a sheltered girl uncover the truth behind a hidden government scheme.

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Themes labels: nature vs nurture · ethics · morality · dehumanization · state control · science and autonomy · humanity · guilt · identity · belonging · complicity · injustice · evil · social commentary · human rights

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Ultimate Iron Man, Vol. 1

Orson Scott Card · 2006 · Ultimate Iron Man (Collected Editions)

In the Ultimate Universe, Tony Stark’s origin is radically reworked into a dark, science-heavy coming-of-age tale.

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Themes labels: identity · vulnerability · good versus evil · inheritance · coming of age · power and responsibility · body horror · science and ethics · nature versus nurture · pain and endurance

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Cyteen

C.J. Cherryh · 1995 · Cyteen

A cloned genius must grow up inside a power-hungry future society built on genetic engineering and control.

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Themes labels: nature vs nurture · identity · humanity · ethics · consent · power · abuse · manipulation · free will · class conflict · trauma · responsibility · morality · social conditioning · personhood · loyalty · immortality

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Rappaccini's Daughter

Nathaniel Hawthorne · 2004

A student in Padua falls for a mysterious woman raised in a deadly garden of poisonous plants.

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Themes labels: love · obsession · scientific ethics · good and evil · beauty and corruption · nature versus science · hubris · morality · power · gender issues · sacrifice · innocence · control · appearances versus reality · original sin · fall from grace · medical ethics

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Fuse

Julianna Baggott · 2013 · Pure

In a scarred post-apocalyptic world, survivors race to expose a Dome-backed power play and unlock a cure.

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Themes labels: survival · identity · love · sacrifice · power abuse · science and ethics · morality · trauma · hope · feminism · fundamentalism · faith and science · revenge · truth · redemption

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Bloodshot, Vol. 1: Setting the World on Fire

Duane Swierczynski · 2013 · Bloodshot (2012)

A nanotech-powered super-soldier discovers his memories are fake and turns on the forces that built him.

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Themes labels: identity · memory · free will · control · revenge · military abuse · dehumanization · truth vs lies · body modification · ethical science · institutional betrayal · trauma · PTSD · moral ambiguity

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Batman: Detective Comics, Vol. 4: Deus Ex Machina

James Tynion IV · 2017 · Detective Comics (2016)

Batman’s team faces a magical-tech threat tied to Azrael’s past while Spoiler pursues her own vigilante mission.

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Themes labels: faith · religion vs science · free will · identity · knowledge · omniscience · memory · past trauma · reprogramming · heroism · moral responsibility · teamwork · humanity

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Hominids

Robert J. Sawyer · 2002 · Neanderthal Parallax

A Neanderthal scientist crosses into modern Canada, sparking a cross-cultural collision with a parallel human world.

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Themes labels: humanity · ethics · religion · science and society · gender dynamics · violence · rape culture · environmentalism · justice · eugenics · sexuality · morality · identity · civilization · social comparison · consciousness

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