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Themes labels used: identity, personhood, humanity, memory, aging, mortality, ethics, medical ethics, scientific ethics, transhumanism, selfhood, body image, beauty standards, disfigurement, disability, race, privilege, legacy, love, family, greed, selfishness, continuity of self, soul
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A parasite-doctor in a frozen chateau investigates a death and encounters a rival infection threatening body and mind.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · autonomy · bodily autonomy · consent · medical ethics · oppression · control · personhood · trauma · grooming · abuse · survival · decay · humanity · colonization · self-discovery · memory · loss of agency
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0896
In alternate 1920s Montreal, an extracted memory who can think for herself is summoned back to the lab.
Why this is here
Themes labels: humanity · identity · memory · trauma · autonomy · ownership · personhood · self-determination · free will · ethics · power · classism · capitalism · patriarchy · belonging · loss · self-possession · othering · women's autonomy · memory and grief
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0961
A clone brother hijacks his sibling’s life to rescue others like him, and the mission forces both men to confront who they are.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · selfhood · trauma · survival · family · choice · agency · inheritance · succession · genetics versus experience · humanity · moral responsibility · redemption · acceptance · personhood · social belonging · psychological harm · bioethics · class power · loyalty
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0977
A young inventor on Mars falls for a humanoid AI and is forced to confront questions of freedom, identity, and consent.
Why this is here
Themes labels: autonomy · personhood · consciousness · freedom · consent · self-determination · humanity · identity · ethics · sentience · trauma · abuse · healing · loss · grief · community · care · respect · relationship ethics · self-actualization
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0990
A comatose girl who never ages draws scientists, family, and seekers into an interwoven mystery about time, memory, and youth.
Why this is here
Themes labels: time · memory · aging · mortality · grief · loss · pain · preservation · human condition · impermanence · identity · self-improvement · youth obsession · medical ethics · biotech ethics · dementia · forgetting · connection · family · death · trauma · humanity · history · meaning of life · ethics · resilience · endurance
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1040
An immortal body-hopper races to solve a murder and evade hunters while wrestling with identity, consent, and survival.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · selfhood · gender · sexuality · consent · morality · love · beauty · humanity · memory · time · death · survival · personhood · embodiment · ethics · freedom · power · grief · revenge
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0809
In near-future reunified Korea, estranged siblings and a found robot child collide amid a murder case and family secrets.
Why this is here
Themes labels: humanity · personhood · identity · memory · grief · loss · family estrangement · connection · ethics · agency · autonomy · technology and humanity · robot rights · body and identity · gender · queerness · disability · chronic illness · war trauma · moral ambiguity · capitalism · consumerism · social inequality · class hierarchy · exploitation · violence · love · authenticity · memory and selfhood · creation and control · religion · salvation · posthumanism
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0862
A mother and daughter enter an experimental mind-merging program in a resource-strained dystopia, only to question its true cost.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · autonomy · freedom · control · ethics · selfhood · sacrifice · love · loss · grief · dementia · memory · resistance · class divide · consent · bodily autonomy · medical ethics · human rights · government control · corporate manipulation · capitalism · climate crisis · overpopulation · scarcity · nature vs nurture · critical thinking
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0887
A salvage crewman is murdered, re-bodies, and uncovers a conspiracy tied to immortal body-swapping and AI.
Why this is here
Themes labels: immortality · identity · selfhood · body dysphoria · gender identity · race · class inequality · corporate control · humanity · death · memory · discrimination · transhumanism · social consequence
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0888
In a climate-damaged near-future Australia, a woman must choose between a virtual future and the physical ties that anchor her.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · humanity · consciousness · mortality · grief · loss · climate change · technology · capitalism · class inequality · embodiment · authenticity · migration · diaspora · belonging · memory · ethics · disability · aging · mental health · consumerism · privacy · consent · social responsibility · surveillance · progress · transhumanism
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0888
Two separated girls navigate cloning fallout, hidden dangers, and identity questions in a dual-track sci-fi sequel.
Why this is here
Themes labels: humanity · identity · selfhood · personhood · bioethics · cloning ethics · rights and dignity · individual rights vs collective good · belonging · freedom · human experimentation · memory and origin · trust · morality of science · family · love · survival · acceptance
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0894
An immortal pilot from a brutal star society becomes central to a galaxy-wide response to an impending supernova.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · humanity · mortality · immortality · memory · belonging · love · grief · loss · meaning of life · ethics · morality · agency · free will · power · control · oppression · capitalism critique · climate denial · war · sacrifice · community · cultural survival · history · preservation · perception · belief · othering · gender · language · home · diaspora
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0909
