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Themes labels used: humanity, sentience, free will, consent, identity, love, companionship, loneliness, ethics, personhood, self-awareness, technology, belonging, otherness, rights, moral agency

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The House of the Scorpion

Nancy Farmer · 2002 · Matteo Alacran

A cloned boy raised as property in a drug lord’s future borderland must confront what makes him human.

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Themes labels: humanity · identity · nature versus nurture · free will · individuality · self-determination · prejudice · slavery · power · corruption · dehumanization · human rights · belonging · acceptance · loyalty · morality · ethics of cloning · survival · compassion · empathy · immortality · addiction · sacrifice · predestination

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Good Deeds

Kathryn Moon · 2019

A stranded alien scavenger trades repairs for shelter in an android brothel, and accidental heat sparks unexpected love.

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Themes labels: freedom · agency · consent · self-determination · personhood · human rights · sex work · objectification · independence · belonging · love and labor · ethics of AI · identity · programming vs choice · ownership · body autonomy · exploitation · emotional attachment

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The Infinity Particle: A Graphic Novel

Wendy Xu · 2023

A young inventor on Mars falls for a humanoid AI and is forced to confront questions of freedom, identity, and consent.

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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

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Alex + Ada, Vol. 2

Jonathan Luna, Sarah Vaughn · 2015 · Alex + Ada

A sentient android and the man who freed her face growing feelings as anti-robot pressure tightens around them.

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Themes labels: personhood · identity · free will · sentience · humanity · love and choice · technology fear · discrimination · acceptance · rights · self-discovery · morality of creation

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Thirteen Ways to Kill Lulabelle Rock

Maud Woolf · 2024

A celebrity clone sent to kill her predecessors starts to question her purpose in a gleaming near-future city.

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Themes labels: identity · individuality · self-determination · free will · humanity · morality · celebrity culture · fame · purpose · consciousness · self-acceptance · agency · nature versus nurture · loneliness · ethics of cloning

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Foe

Iain Reid · 2018

An isolated married couple’s quiet routine is shattered when a stranger arrives with a strange government offer and a hidden replacement plan.

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Themes labels: identity · selfhood · personhood · human nature · marriage · loneliness · isolation · self-determination · reality vs perception · memory · consciousness · connection · deception · control · technology and humanity

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Crossover

Joel Shepherd · 2006 · Cassandra Kresnov

An escaped android super-soldier seeks a normal life in enemy territory, but politics, violence, and identity questions pull her back in.

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Themes labels: humanity · sentience · free will · personhood · civil rights · identity · belonging · morality · war and peace · politics · ideology · multiculturalism · technology and society · otherness · ethics of artificial life · citizenship

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Exit Strategy

Martha Wells · 2018 · The Murderbot Diaries

A rogue security unit races home to rescue a respected human ally while evading a powerful corporation.

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Themes labels: personhood · autonomy · identity · free will · AI rights · corporate greed · ethics · belonging · responsibility · freedom · friendship · emotional complexity · trust · humanity

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Interview with the Robot

Lee Bacon · 2020

A 12-year-old shoplifter reveals in interrogation that she’s a robot on the run, forcing a truth about family and identity.

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Themes labels: identity · autonomy · free will · personhood · family · chosen family · humanity · artificial intelligence · ethics of technology · being misunderstood · rights and property · selfhood · sentience · grief · agency

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The Ghost Brigades

John Scalzi · 2007 · Old Man's War

A cloned special-ops soldier races to stop an alien alliance while his maker’s buried memories begin to surface.

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Themes labels: identity · consciousness · free will · ethics · morality · humanity · choice · personhood · colonization · war ethics · nature vs nurture · individual agency · technology ethics · loyalty · duty · selfhood

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Ringer

Lauren Oliver · 2017 · Replica

Two separated girls navigate cloning fallout, hidden dangers, and identity questions in a dual-track sci-fi sequel.

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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

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Wakers

Orson Scott Card · 2022 · The Side Step Trilogy

A clone teen with the power to jump realities wakes alone on abandoned Earth and must solve why he was created.

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Themes labels: identity · choice · consequence · free will · morality · responsibility · selfhood · humanity · survival · loneliness · trust · reality · causality · multiple selves · purpose · sacrifice · love

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