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Michael Crichton, Jeffery Hudson

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Themes labels used: abortion ethics, medical ethics, justice, scapegoating, racism, sexism, professional secrecy, truth seeking, moral ambiguity, social prejudice, women's autonomy, law and medicine, hidden labor, past haunts present

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The World Wasn't Ready for You

Justin C. Key · 2023

A debut short-story collection fusing horror, sci-fi, and fantasy to confront race, class, prejudice, and identity.

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Themes labels: race · class · prejudice · love · exclusion · loneliness · identity · consent · ethics · systemic racism · oppression · dehumanization · empathy · humanity · grief · motherhood · fatherhood · technology and ethics · body autonomy · social justice · alienation · trauma · mental health · neurodiversity · immigration · Xenophobia · panic · survival

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XX

Angela Chadwick · 2018

A lesbian couple enters a controversial fertility trial, then faces media frenzy, backlash, and pressure on their relationship.

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Themes labels: reproductive rights · medical ethics · parenthood · motherhood · family · gender politics · homophobia · misogyny · media intrusion · press ethics · fake news · public opinion · class inequality · political manipulation · science vs nature · choice · identity · social control · privacy · fearmongering · queer rights · women’s autonomy · tradition vs change

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Shock

Robin Cook · 2006

Two graduate students take a fertility-clinic egg donation job to uncover what became of their eggs—and uncover far more.

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Themes labels: Medical ethics · Reproductive rights · Identity · Personhood · Morality · Privacy · Confidentiality · Feminism · Female agency · Scientific ambition · Cloning ethics · Infertility · Commercialized medicine · Corruption · Consequences

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Merking

Fríða Ísberg · 2021

In near-future Iceland, an empathy test and looming referendum split society over safety, rights, and who gets to belong.

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Themes labels: polarization · prejudice · compassion · empathy · human rights · freedom · security · surveillance · segregation · belonging · vulnerability · collectivism vs individualism · moral ambiguity · state power · class · gender · misogyny · violence against women · mental health · therapy · public debate · ethics · social control

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When She Woke

Hillary Jordan · 2011

In a near-future theocracy, a woman punished for abortion must survive public shaming, surveillance, and self-reckoning.

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Themes labels: abortion · religious extremism · church and state · women's rights · body autonomy · guilt · redemption · forgiveness · justice · hypocrisy · individual freedom · social punishment · public shame · faith crisis · self-knowledge · choice · reproductive rights · oppression · morality · class stigma · criminalization · privacy

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Ungirls

Lauren Beukes · 2019 · Disorder

In a near-future sex-tech economy, a voice performer is exposed and pulled into a terrifying web of harassment.

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Themes labels: misogyny · sexual politics · dehumanization · privacy · surveillance · technology ethics · body autonomy · objectification · gender violence · class inequality · racial inequality · social media harm · consent · loneliness

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Black Jack, Vol. 1

Osamu Tezuka · 1998 · ブラック・ジャック [Black Jack]

An unlicensed genius surgeon takes on bizarre, high-stakes cases in a dark, funny, episodic medical manga.

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Themes labels: medical ethics · humanism · life and death · value of life · money and morality · professional ethics · justice · corruption · war · social inequality · human body · identity · gender identity · transformation · suffering · compassion · human nature · science and morality · faith in medicine · human dignity

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The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023

R.F. Kuang · 2023 · The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy

An annual best-of anthology of 20 speculative stories chosen by R.F. Kuang from the previous year's SF and fantasy.

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Themes labels: abortion rights · bodily autonomy · migration · border control · racism · displacement · immigration · AI ethics · responsibility · cybersecurity · climate change · reproductive rights · gender · storytelling · mythmaking · power · agency · free will · destiny · grief · death · reincarnation · class · class commentary · consciousness · ethics · humanism · utopia dystopia · social justice · environmental concerns · contemporary issues

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Last Descendants

Matthew J. Kirby · 2016 · Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants

A teen uses a memory machine to clear his father’s name and gets pulled into a secret war over a powerful relic.

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Themes labels: truth seeking · innocence · free will · control · history and memory · identity · legacy · civil rights · racism · sexism · PTSD · generational trauma · guilt · choice · moral ambiguity

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The Martian Contingency

Mary Robinette Kowal · 2025 · Lady Astronaut Universe

On Mars, Elma York helps build humanity’s next home while a buried disaster and mission secrets threaten the fragile colony.

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Themes labels: colonialism · community · diversity · inclusion · racism · sexism · religion · abortion · pregnancy · family planning · bodily autonomy · leadership · trust · communication · ignorance and harm · cultural preservation · climate change · human survival · science and ethics · adult femininity · aging

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Spiderlight

Adrian Tchaikovsky · 2016

A misfit quest to defeat a Dark Lord goes sideways when the party turns a giant spider into their guide.

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Themes labels: othering · prejudice · bigotry · human nature · morality · ethics · faith · free will · identity · personhood · good vs evil · greater good · consent · belonging · hypocrisy · gender roles · racism · self-righteousness · moral compromise

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Our Hideous Progeny

C.E. McGill · 2023

In 1850s England, a sharp-tongued woman scientist uncovers a family secret and pursues a dangerous, life-making experiment.

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Themes labels: feminism · gender inequality · patriarchy · women in science · scientific ethics · creation and responsibility · ambition · obsession · motherhood · grief · loss · queer identity · otherness · female rage · class inequality · racism · scientific racism · ableism · marginalization · legacy · credit and recognition · morality · reproduction · childlessness · love · ethics of creation · social justice · prejudice

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