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Characterization labels used: head of IT, mayor, electrician, older protagonists, elderly characters, resourceful, morally conflicted, rule-bound, heroic outsider, dying character

Relationships labels used: best friends, friendship, workplace hierarchy, community loyalty, power imbalance, command authority, collaboration, confidant

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And What Can We Offer You Tonight

Premee Mohamed · 2021

In a flooded dystopian city, a courtesan faces a friend's impossible return from death and a revolt against power.

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Characterization labels: courtesan · sex worker · resigned protagonist · practical protagonist · passive protagonist · morally grey · vengeful dead woman · working-class characters · wealthy elites · exploitative owners

Relationships labels: friendship · coworker solidarity · loyalty · betrayal · dependency · power imbalance · client exploitation · found community

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1930

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Shift

Hugh Howey · 2013 · Silo

A prequel unfolding the buried origins of the silo world through politics, memory loss, and interlocking timelines.

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Characterization labels: bland protagonist · naive protagonist · workaholic · manipulated leader · rising politician · architect protagonist · revolutionary · isolated child · ambiguous villains · flat characters

Relationships labels: marriage · romantic triangle · best friends · mentor influence · power hierarchy · manipulation · community conflict · leader-subordinate

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1978

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Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach

Kelly Robson · 2018

In a ravaged future Earth, an ecologist wins a time-travel survey to ancient Mesopotamia—and the mission may rewrite her world.

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Characterization labels: older woman protagonist · ecologist · scientist protagonist · project manager · administrative assistant · tactical historian · cynical protagonist · stubborn protagonist · competent protagonist · humane characterization · character-driven

Relationships labels: mentor friendship · workplace team · generational tension · colleague dynamics · authority conflict · professional rivalry · team dependence · corporate power

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2020

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Planetfall

Emma Newman · 2015 · Planetfall

On a distant colony world, an engineer’s buried secret and worsening anxiety surface when a stranger arrives.

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Characterization labels: anxious protagonist · mentally ill protagonist · hoarder · engineer · 3D printer engineer · female lead · older protagonist · tortured character · sympathetic protagonist · unreliable protagonist

Relationships labels: best friends · lovers · romantic partners · colony hierarchy · leader-follower · community bonds · dependency · secrets between allies · family mystery

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2041

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Iron Man, Vol. 1: Believe

Kieron Gillen · 2013 · Iron Man (2012) (Collected Editions)

Iron Man hunts down stolen Extremis tech across globe and space, testing new armors while confronting the cost of his inventions.

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Characterization labels: technological visionary · wealthy playboy · engineer hero · smarmy hero · womanizing protagonist · self-centered protagonist · recovering alcoholic · CEO figure · AI character

Relationships labels: romantic tension · workplace relationship · friendship · ex-partner connection · power imbalance · supporting-cast light · rivalry

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2047

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The Book of Koli

M.R. Carey · 2020 · Rampart Trilogy

A teenage outcast in a walled future village discovers secrets about old tech, power, and a deadly changed world.

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Characterization labels: teen protagonist · immature protagonist · self-aware narrator · thoughtful protagonist · naive protagonist · coming-of-age protagonist · outcast · young male lead · rampart elite · healer · artificial intelligence · woodsmith · authoritarian leaders · sympathetic protagonist

Relationships labels: best friends · crush · love triangle · family hierarchy · mentor relationship · power imbalance · community dependence · romantic frustration · friendship · fellowship

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2049

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Red Team Blues

Cory Doctorow · 2023 · Martin Hench

An aging forensic accountant is pulled into a crypto theft case that turns into a dangerous tech-world chase.

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Characterization labels: older protagonist · aging protagonist · retired protagonist · forensic accountant · investigator · tech veteran · self-employed · world-weary · cynical · smart · competent · principled · fair-minded · cool old man · loner · white hat · red team player · problem-solver

Relationships labels: old friend · billionaire friend · romantic subplot · sexual relationships · professional client relationship · friendship under pressure · power imbalance · community ties · rivalry with criminals

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2054

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The Memory Police

Yōko Ogawa · 2019

On an unnamed island, disappearing things erase memory itself, and one novelist risks everything to shelter a man who still remembers.

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Characterization labels: unnamed protagonist · novelist protagonist · editor · old man · immune rememberers · passive citizens · authoritarian enforcers · compliant protagonist

Relationships labels: protective hiding · mentor-like support · friendship · editor-author relationship · community complicity · power imbalance · caregiving

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2071

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The Old Guard #1

Greg Rucka · 2017 · The Old Guard (Single Issues)

A secret team of immortal mercenaries takes on dangerous missions while trying to stay hidden in the modern world.

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Characterization labels: immortal protagonist · team leader · badass heroine · female lead · one-dimensional characters · underdeveloped characters · believable characters · different ages · reserved protagonist · group dynamic

Relationships labels: team bond · group loyalty · respectful banter · romantic chemistry · same-sex couple · protective relationship · comradeship · power imbalance

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2073

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Cataclysm

James A. Hunter · 2016 · Viridian Gate Online

As Earth nears extinction, one EMT bets on a deadly VRMMORPG to survive—only to find a rigged new world.

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Characterization labels: EMT protagonist · ordinary man · reluctant survivor · likable protagonist · morally upright hero · lucky protagonist · snarky companion · NPC companions · strong side characters · underdeveloped characters

Relationships labels: companionship · love interest · possible love interest · old friend · party members · NPC-human bond · rival players · elite vs commoners · power hierarchy

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Distance: 0.2076

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Claw

Katie Berry · 2019 · Claw

After an earthquake awakens a deadly prehistoric beast in fog-shrouded British Columbia, a conservation officer must stop it and the corrupt people behind it.

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Characterization labels: conservation officer · town workers · science-minded character · professor · hunters · heroes · villains · corrupt officials · greedy characters · humorous side characters · relatable characters · believable characters · flawed characters · ordinary people · strong protagonists · good guys

Relationships labels: teamwork · friendship · budding romance · community under threat · family bond · rivalry · power corruption · trust and loyalty

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2078

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Love and Other Human Errors

Bethany Clift · 2022

A solitary tech genius must test her soulmate algorithm in a near-future workplace mix of love, grief, and chaos.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: socially awkward · logical protagonist · workaholic · widower · grieving · AI assistant · homeless man · dog character · villainous CEO · quarky protagonist · closed-off genius · flawed characters · character growth · ice queen · lone wolf

Relationships labels: friends to lovers · workplace relationship · found family · romantic tension · friendship · marriage and family · work-life balance · grief and healing · mentor-like bond · human and AI

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2080

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