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Harry James Potter-Evans-Verres and the Methods of Rationality

Eliezer Yudkowsky

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Tone labels used: witty, funny, hilarious, clever, absurd, tongue-in-cheek, serious, playful, provocative, uneasy

Premise labels used: alternate universe, science and magic, rationalist protagonist, scientific method, magic system analysis, wizarding world critique, child prodigy, fascinated by science, science fiction literate, reimagined childhood

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Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

Eliezer Yudkowsky · 2015 · Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

A science-minded Harry Potter retools magic with logic and rationality in a sprawling alternate-universe first year.

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Tone labels: funny · clever · didactic · preachy · dark · serious · sardonic · thought-provoking · intense

Premise labels: alternate universe · science-minded protagonist · magic and science · rationalist approach · reimagined familiar world · coming to magic · problem solving

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Distance: 0.1381

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Schrödinger's Cat Trilogy

Robert Anton Wilson · 2003 · Schrödinger's Cat

A satirical multiverse trilogy where shifting realities, sex, politics, and quantum ideas collide in a wildly fractured world.

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Tone labels: satirical · wacky · hysterical · psychedelic · absurd · irreverent · playful · wild · mind-bending · profane · comic · provocative

Premise labels: alternate realities · parallel universes · multiple worlds · quantum mechanics · satirical dystopia · conspiracy thriller · metafiction · social satire · utopian speculation · identity shifts

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Distance: 0.1689

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Понедельник начинается в субботу

Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky, Аркадий Стругацкий, Борис Стругацкий · 2006 · НИИЧАВО

A programmer stumbles into a magical Soviet research institute where science, folklore, and bureaucracy collide.

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Tone labels: funny · absurd · satirical · lighthearted · whimsical · playful · comic · bizarre · optimistic · brainy

Premise labels: secret institute · magic as science · bureaucratic absurdity · everyman outsider · scientific research · folklore collision

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Distance: 0.1732

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Expecting Someone Taller

Tom Holt · 1987

An ordinary Englishman inherits a cursed magic ring and is dragged into a comic battle between modern life and Norse gods.

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Tone labels: witty · dry · absurd · silly · playful · light · comic · tongue-in-cheek · satirical · breezy · bizarre

Premise labels: magic ring · reluctant hero · everyman protagonist · inherited power · world rulership · mythic meddling · accidental quest · power and responsibility · modern world collision · godly interference

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Distance: 0.1756

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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Sausages

Tom Holt · 2011 · J. W. Wells & Co.

A bewildered real-estate solicitor is pulled into a multiverse mess involving magic, chickens, pigs, and a very odd game.

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Tone labels: hilarious · silly · bizarre · whimsical · witty · dry · snarky · playful · madcap · light

Premise labels: parallel worlds · transdimensional travel · real estate chaos · magical mishap · absurdist mystery · identity confusion · chicken-or-egg puzzle

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Distance: 0.1780

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Max and the Multiverse

Zachry Wheeler · 2017 · Max and the Multiverse

A teen gamer starts waking in new universes each day, until one reality pulls him and his talking cat into space.

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Tone labels: funny · zany · wry · snarky · lighthearted · absurd · campy · cynical · rollicking · quirky · tongue-in-cheek

Premise labels: parallel universes · sleep-triggered switching · talking cat · space adventure · reluctant hero · multiverse misadventure · ordinary teen in crisis · stowaway journey · intergalactic conflict

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Distance: 0.1787

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The Science of Discworld

Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart, Jack S. Cohen · 2002 · Science of Discworld

Discworld wizards accidentally create a universe, while science chapters explain how our real one works.

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Tone labels: wry · whimsical · cheeky · playful · informative · humorous · hopeful · didactic · curious · absurd

Premise labels: pocket universe · experimental universe · science and magic · cosmic history · worldbuilding experiment · science lesson · alternate reality lens

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Distance: 0.1830

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Boom!

Mark Haddon · 1993

Two schoolboys uncover a bizarre secret about their teachers and tumble into a fast, funny alien adventure.

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Tone labels: funny · silly · lighthearted · farcical · weird · absurd · playful · comedic · rollicking

Premise labels: alien teachers · school mystery · secret language · kids investigate · intergalactic adventure · teacher conspiracy · save the world

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Distance: 0.1839

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Ratner's Star

Don DeLillo · 1976

A teenage math prodigy is sent to decode an alien signal at a secret research site full of eccentric Nobel laureates.

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Tone labels: comic · satirical · absurd · playful · mystical · intellectual · dizzying · demanding · hilarious · darkly funny · playfully cryptic

Premise labels: mathematical prodigy · first contact · codebreaking · secret research facility · alien transmission · scientific satire

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Distance: 0.1841

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Lost on a Page

David E. Sharp · 2021 · Lost on a Page

A hard-boiled detective learns he’s fictional and crosses genres to confront his author and escape the page.

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Tone labels: fun · witty · humorous · madcap · zany · quirky · tongue in cheek · playful · clever · chaotic

Premise labels: self-aware characters · fictional characters · book-hopping · author confrontation · escape fiction · genre traversal · meta quest · story world

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Distance: 0.1842

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The Star Diaries

Stanisław Lem · 1978 · Ijon Tichy

A galactic diarist bumbles through bizarre voyages that turn space adventure into satire, philosophy, and time-loop chaos.

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Tone labels: witty · absurd · satirical · playful · philosophical · hilarious · serious (mixed) · darkly comic · quirky · ironic · thought-provoking

Premise labels: space voyages · time travel · robot world · interstellar travel · bureaucratic absurdity · social satire · philosophical speculation · undercover investigation

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Distance: 0.1901

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Four Parts

Douglas Adams · 1989 · The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

A demolished Earthman is swept into a wildly absurd galaxy-spanning quest filled with satire, chaos, and wry humor.

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Tone labels: witty · dry · sarcastic · absurd · playful · hilarious · whimsical · quirky · nonsensical · lighthearted · bizarre · clever · chaotic · satirical

Premise labels: earth demolition · space travel · bizarre odyssey · everyman protagonist · galactic misadventure · search quest · end-times absurdity · bureaucratic absurdity · improbable adventure

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1921

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