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H.P. Lovecraft

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These books are ranked using the characterization + relationships labels extracted for The Whisperer in Darkness. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.

Characterization labels used: academic protagonist, folklore scholar, skeptical narrator, isolated farmer, investigator, alien intelligences

Relationships labels used: correspondence, mentor-like exchange, friendship, human-alien contact, mistrust, investigation partnership, power imbalance

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The Lost Steersman

Rosemary Kirstein · 2003 · The Steerswoman

A truth-seeking steerswoman chases a dangerous mystery into an archive town and an ever stranger, alien world.

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Characterization labels: curious protagonist · logical thinker · field scientist · cartographer · archivist · isolated protagonist · competent heroine · morally serious · traumatized character · mysterious outsider · newcomer character · endearing side character

Relationships labels: friendship · mentor-mentee · companion bond · strained alliance · mistrust · separation · order hierarchy · power imbalance · betrayal

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Distance: 0.1509

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The Man Who Fell to Earth

Walter Tevis · 1976

An alien comes to Earth to save his dying people, but human loneliness and self-destruction derail his mission.

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Characterization labels: alien protagonist · fragile protagonist · genius · outsider · introverted · lonely · alcoholic · depressed · sympathetic antihero · scientist · government agents

Relationships labels: friendship · mentor relationship · scientist relationship · human contact · alienation · isolation · dependence · power imbalance

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Distance: 0.1524

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Νεκρονομικόν

H.P. Lovecraft, Abdul Alhazred · 2024

A large Lovecraft anthology gathering classic weird tales, cosmic horror, and recurring mythos stories in one volume.

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Characterization labels: scholar protagonists · investigator protagonists · reclusive protagonists · occultists · scientists · explorers · madmen · curious observers · obsessive researchers · doomed narrators · intelligent protagonists

Relationships labels: friendship · family curse · ancestral legacy · investigator-source relationship · human-cosmic conflict · human-cult relationship · community ostracism · obsession

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Distance: 0.1614

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Dark Orbit

Carolyn Ives Gilman · 2015 · Twenty Planets

A disgraced exoethnologist joins a deep-space survey and confronts a hidden world, a murder, and radically unfamiliar minds.

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Characterization labels: exoethnologist · scientist protagonist · skeptic · independent woman · mischievous protagonist · unstable crewmate · disgraced exile · mystic · political target · competent middle-aged protagonist · flawed characters · strong female characters

Relationships labels: mentor protégé · surveillance relationship · crew dynamics · authority conflict · interpersonal mistrust · scientist group · family separation · cultural misunderstanding · uneasy alliances · friendship

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Distance: 0.1692

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The Whisperer in Darkness: Collected Stories Volume 1

H.P. Lovecraft · 2007

A linked collection of Lovecraft’s mythos tales, where investigators uncover ancient horrors, alien truths, and cosmic dread.

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Characterization labels: rational investigator · skeptical scholar · solitary homesteader · novice investigator · learned man · obsessive researcher · alien intelligence · outsider

Relationships labels: correspondence · investigator-source contact · community suspicion · human-alien encounter

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Distance: 0.1698

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The Redemption of Time

Baoshu · 2019 · Remembrance of Earth's Past

A fan-approved continuation of the Three-Body universe follows Yun Tianming into a cosmos-spanning struggle over time, fate, and survival.

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Characterization labels: mysterious protagonist · clone body · exile · traitor figure · human pawns · godlike entities · alien civilization

Relationships labels: human-alien encounter · romantic relationship · mentor-pawn dynamic · betrayal · dependence · power imbalance · species conflict · community memory

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Distance: 0.1726

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Bring the Jubilee

Ward Moore · 2001

In an alternate America where the Confederacy won, a bookish young historian is drawn toward a revelation that may reshape history.

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Characterization labels: bookish protagonist · self-taught scholar · passive hero · dreamer · coming of age · intellectual outsider · historian protagonist · unlikely protagonist · flawed women · eccentric intellectuals · philosophical characters

Relationships labels: love triangle · romantic interests · mentor influence · friendship · intellectual community · community fellowship · power imbalance · dependency · secret organization

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Distance: 0.1744

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Notes from the Burning Age

Claire North · 2021

In a post-climate-collapse future, an archive keeper is pulled into espionage over forbidden knowledge and the future of humanity.

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Characterization labels: scholar · priest · inquisitor · spy · translator · archivist · traitor · disaffected protagonist · ideological antagonist · frenemy dynamic · ambiguous characters · complex protagonist

Relationships labels: friendship · frenemies · mentor-mentee · captor-captive · adversarial partnership · political rivalry · ideological conflict · childhood connection · betrayal

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Distance: 0.1752

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Sin noticias de Gurb

Eduardo Mendoza · 2007

An alien in pre-Olympic Barcelona loses his companion and keeps a diary of absurd attempts to fit in and search.

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Characterization labels: unnamed narrator · alien protagonist · shape-shifter · outsider protagonist · comic protagonist · naive observer · satirical observer · missing companion · human-specimen gaze · absurdist personality

Relationships labels: partner search · companionship · superior-subordinate · observer and observed · alien-human encounters · social interaction · misunderstanding · city-community contact

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Distance: 0.1778

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Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius

Jorge Luis Borges · 1982

A scholar’s discovery of a dubious encyclopedia entry opens into a vast invented world that starts reshaping reality.

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Characterization labels: unnamed narrator · scholar-narrator · intellectual narrator · bibliophile · investigative thinker · philosophical narrator · mysterious conspirators

Relationships labels: friendship · collaboration · intellectual exchange · secret society · cultural infiltration · power over knowledge · community of scholars

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Distance: 0.1788

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Micromegas

Voltaire · 1995

Two gigantic extraterrestrial travelers visit Earth and use the encounter to satirize human pride, knowledge, and belief.

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Characterization labels: giant protagonist · alien traveler · philosopher types · skeptical observer · wise fool · ironic narrator · intellectual satirist

Relationships labels: companions · mentor-like exchange · debate · cross-cultural encounter · human-alien contrast · philosopher audience

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Distance: 0.1793

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Beyond the Hallowed Sky

Ken MacLeod · 2021 · Lightspeed Trilogy

A disgraced scientist and rival power blocs collide when a future-sent formula makes FTL travel real.

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Characterization labels: scientist protagonist · mathematician · engineer · diplomat · spy · robot spy · artificial person · AI character · reclusive group · establishment outsider · defector · exile · cautious investigator

Relationships labels: defection · alliances · rival blocs · scientist versus establishment · spy network · covert collaboration · interpersonal attraction · community cooperation · political mistrust · first-contact contact

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1809

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