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Themes labels used: freedom versus happiness, individualism, conformity, totalitarianism, surveillance, rationalism, emotion versus logic, imagination, identity, dehumanization, collectivism, power and control, technocracy, truth versus propaganda, revolution, censorship, human nature, privacy, social engineering

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Cover of The Every by Dave Eggers

The Every

Dave Eggers · 2021 · The Circle

A tech-skeptic infiltrates a mega-corporation to sabotage it from within, but its control keeps expanding.

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Themes labels: privacy · freedom · choice · surveillance · conformity · monopoly power · data privacy · consumerism · algorithmic control · social media addiction · transparency · autonomy · freedom vs security · convenience vs autonomy · cancel culture · climate change · sustainability · technology ethics · collective responsibility · individual agency · behavioral modification · humanity · subjectivity vs objectivity

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Rendición

Ray Loriga · 2017

A war-displaced family is moved to a transparent city where safety, comfort, and happiness come with total loss of privacy.

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Themes labels: freedom vs safety · identity · obedience · conformity · privacy · surveillance · loss · adaptation · human nature · collective control · war · propaganda · memory · paternity · affection · individuality · resistance · dehumanization · selfhood · happiness · choice · exile · truth vs illusion

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Cover of Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley

Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited

Aldous Huxley · 2005 · Brave New World

In a genetically engineered future, a controlled society’s stability is challenged by an outsider from beyond its walls.

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Themes labels: freedom vs stability · individuality · social control · consumerism · propaganda · overpopulation · passivity · dehumanization · happiness vs freedom · science and ethics · collectivism · mass conditioning · free will · suppressed emotion · class stratification · family abolition

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Cover of This Perfect Day by Ira Levin

This Perfect Day

Ira Levin · 1970

In a computer-run future of drugged conformity, one uneasy man begins to question a perfect world built to erase freedom.

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Themes labels: freedom · control · individuality · conformity · choice · surveillance · conditioning · drug dependence · genetic engineering · collectivism · propaganda · truth · obedience · equality vs liberty · moral ambiguity · human nature · selfhood · social engineering · utopia critique · political allegory

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Cover of Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley · 2004 · Brave New World

In a pleasure-driven future where citizens are engineered and conditioned for obedience, one outsider questions the cost of happiness.

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Themes labels: freedom · happiness · conformity · consumerism · social control · individuality · technology · conditioning · class hierarchy · desire · art vs utility · religion vs state · progress · humanity · dehumanization · capitalism · totalitarianism · stability vs freedom · meaninglessness · passivity

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Cover of 1984 by George Orwell

1984

George Orwell · 2022

A dissident in a total surveillance state risks love and sanity as the regime rewrites truth and thought itself.

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Themes labels: totalitarianism · freedom vs control · truth vs lies · memory and history · language and thought · propaganda · surveillance · brainwashing · individuality · collectivism · power hunger · censorship · fear · resistance · identity · manipulation · privacy · humanity · love · war as control

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Cover of Limes inferior by Janusz A. Zajdel

Limes inferior

Janusz A. Zajdel · 1997

In a tightly controlled future city, a streetwise fixer uncovers the truth behind an apparently fair social order.

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Themes labels: freedom versus control · social inequality · dehumanization · technological control · manipulation · corruption · meritocracy · intelligence and status · consumerism · surveillance · social criticism · censorship · utopia critique · social justice · human agency · careerism · comfort versus freedom · meaning of life

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Cover of Paradyzja by Janusz A. Zajdel

Paradyzja

Janusz A. Zajdel · 1984

An inspector reaches an isolated orbital colony where propaganda, surveillance, and coded speech conceal a deeper truth.

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Themes labels: censorship · propaganda · privacy · freedom · totalitarianism · manipulation · control · dehumanization · truth · hope · resistance · social ranking · loss of autonomy · political allegory · technology and power

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Cover of The Departure by Neal Asher

The Departure

Neal Asher · 2011 · Owner Trilogy

An amnesiac genius wakes in a brutal dystopia and fights to uncover his past while toppling the regime that wants him dead.

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Themes labels: totalitarianism · surveillance · overpopulation · resource scarcity · power corrupts · humanity vs technology · identity · freedom · rebellion · morality of violence · state control · dehumanization · class division

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Cover of Shatter City by Scott Westerfeld

Shatter City

Scott Westerfeld · 2019 · Impostors

A body-double twin must survive a war-torn city, find her missing sister, and outmaneuver her tyrannical father.

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Themes labels: identity · selfhood · freedom versus control · emotion regulation · trust · family loyalty · revenge · privacy · government control · rebellion · capitalism · environmentalism · conservation · mental health · depression · addiction · dependency · agency · belonging · choice · secrecy · surveillance · corporate power · ethical technology

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