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Premise labels used: future tech, robot consciousness, AI ethics, scientific puzzle, philosophical SF, computer intelligence

Setting labels used: future science, spacefaring future, technological future, far future

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Cover of I, Robot by Isaac Asimov

I, Robot

Isaac Asimov · 2004 · Robot

A framed set of robot stories tracks humanity’s changing relationship with AI under Asimov’s Three Laws.

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Premise labels: robots and humans · human-robot relations · artificial intelligence · robot ethics · technology and society · AI ethics · robot psychology · evolution of robotics · future history · technological progress

Setting labels: future · near future · space stations · space travel · Earth · robotic future · technological future · human-made future

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Distance: 0.1164

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Cover of The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories by Isaac Asimov

The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories

Isaac Asimov · 2000 · The Complete Stories

A robot collection centered on sentience, freedom, and humanity, anchored by the title story of Andrew’s long quest for personhood.

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Premise labels: robot identity · robot personhood · humanity question · rights and freedom · robot self-determination · intellectual awakening · sentient machine

Setting labels: future Earth · near future · space exploration · futuristic society

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Distance: 0.1209

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Cover of The Infinity Particle: A Graphic Novel by Wendy Xu

The Infinity Particle: A Graphic Novel

Wendy Xu · 2023

A young inventor on Mars falls for a humanoid AI and is forced to confront questions of freedom, identity, and consent.

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Premise labels: AI autonomy · human-AI relationship · robot rights · Mars colony · inventor protagonist · workplace ethics · sentient machine

Setting labels: Mars colony · future Mars · space colony · technological future · alternate reality · robot-filled society

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Distance: 0.1426

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Cover of Artificial Artifacts by John Fennec

Artificial Artifacts

John Fennec · 2024

Interconnected near-future stories trace AI’s spread through daily life, while a shadowy mogul links the collection together.

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Premise labels: AI future · technology dependency · near future · tech ethics · consciousness and machine intelligence · truth manipulation · human-machine blur · digital identity · future consequences

Setting labels: near future · contemporary · decades-spanning · alternate futures · small rural town · rural America · business world · tech industry · digital world · virtual reality · augmented reality · parallel universes · other space-times

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Distance: 0.1544

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Cover of Valuable Humans in Transit and Other Stories by qntm

Valuable Humans in Transit and Other Stories

qntm, Sam Hughes · 2022

A compact collection of experimental SF stories probing AI, uploads, simulation, and technological dread.

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Premise labels: thought experiments · AI ethics · uploaded minds · brain scanning · sentience simulation · self-driving cars · first contact · contact with unknown intelligence · simulated reality · mind uploading · existential risk · humanity at technological extremes · hypercomputer · interdimensional waste dumping · digital immortality

Setting labels: near future · far future · digital future · spacefaring future · alternate reality · simulated worlds · outer space · interdimensional space · corporate tech world · online culture · AI-mediated setting · posthuman setting · planetary exploration

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Distance: 0.1557

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Cover of If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light by Kim Cho-yeop

If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light

Kim Cho-yeop · 2026

Seven Korean speculative stories explore space, aliens, and future tech through intimate questions of identity, grief, and connection.

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Premise labels: future futures · humanity and technology · first contact · space travel · alien encounter · mind upload · digital afterlife · ethics of technology · women-centered SF · marginalized perspectives

Setting labels: near future · distant future · space station · other planets · Earth · utopian society · dystopian society · advanced technology · posthuman future · alternative future

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Distance: 0.1593

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Cover of Life Ever After by Carla Grauls

Life Ever After

Carla Grauls · 2019

In a future of AI upgrades and long life, two lovers question how much of themselves they can keep intact.

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Premise labels: technology and humanity · AI enhancement · cyborg future · immortality · memory manipulation · autonomy vs control · relationship under augmentation · ethical dilemma

Setting labels: future city · tech city · dystopian future · near future · high-tech society · AI-integrated world · clinic setting · transhuman future

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Distance: 0.1634

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Cover of QualityLand 2.0 by Marc-Uwe Kling

QualityLand 2.0

Marc-Uwe Kling · 2020 · QualityLand

In a near-future algorithmic dystopia, interwoven characters face pursuit, politics, and escalating absurdity.

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Premise labels: near-future dystopia · AI society · algorithmic control · surveillance capitalism · level system · digital identity · right to be forgotten · climate crisis · machine therapy · killer robot

Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · algorithmic society · digital world · self-driving cars · big-data world

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Distance: 0.1636

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Cover of All Systems Red by Martha Wells

All Systems Red

Martha Wells · 2017 · The Murderbot Diaries

A self-aware security android on a remote survey mission must hide its freedom while protecting the humans it mistrusts.

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Premise labels: rogue AI · security android · self-aware construct · corporate future · planetary expedition · human protection · free will · identity search · conspiracy

Setting labels: spacefaring future · corporate-dominated future · distant planet · planetary survey mission · uninhabited planet · expedition setting · futuristic technology

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Distance: 0.1644

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Cover of Accelerando by Charles Stross

Accelerando

Charles Stross · 2005

Three generations of one family navigate an accelerating posthuman future as AI, nanotech, and the Singularity reshape humanity.

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Premise labels: technological singularity · posthuman future · AI takeover · mind uploading · solar system scale · family saga · venture altruism · post-scarcity economy · humanity under pressure · alien contact · distributed intelligence · runaway innovation

Setting labels: near future · post-singularity · solar system · outer system · Saturn · Jupiter moon · Earth · virtual worlds · cyberspace · posthuman civilization · spacefaring future · ultra-capitalist future

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Distance: 0.1655

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Cover of The Fifth Science by Exurb1a

The Fifth Science

Exurb1a · 2018

Twelve linked stories track humanity's galactic rise and decline as a new science of consciousness reshapes reality.

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Premise labels: future history · galactic empire · consciousness science · artificial consciousness · human civilization

Setting labels: far future · galactic scale · interstellar civilization · post-imperial decline · spacefaring society · time span of millennia · distant future

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Distance: 0.1656

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Cover of Infinity Born by Douglas E. Richards

Infinity Born

Douglas E. Richards · 2017

A near-future spy thriller about a sabotaged AI project, a hunted operative, and the race to control superintelligence.

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Premise labels: artificial superintelligence · AI sabotage · technology race · future of humanity · scientist turned target · spy mission

Setting labels: near future · United States · global tech race · space-based tech · military research · virtual reality

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Distance: 0.1671

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