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Characterization labels used: artificial consciousness, empathetic protagonist, therapist figure, smart protagonist, funny protagonist, naive protagonist, humanlike AI, moral protagonist, self-aware, brilliant protagonist, innocent protagonist, adventurous protagonist

Relationships labels used: human-robot relationship, romance, crush, creator-created relationship, found family, friendship, companions on the run, mentor relationship, scientist team, human-machine intimacy

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Gold: The Final Science Fiction Collection

Isaac Asimov · 2003

A late-career Asimov collection mixing uncollected SF stories with essays on science fiction and the craft of writing.

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Characterization labels: robot protagonist · writer protagonist · computer intelligence · budding writer · reflective author · self-referential · dry wit

Relationships labels: robot-human relationship · writer and assistant · mentor and apprentice · author-reader relationship · creator and creation · colleague conversations

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Distance: 0.1410

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Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy

Martha Wells · 2025 · The Murderbot Diaries

A short Murderbot Diaries side story follows ART and its crew on a risky station mission as it quietly changes after meeting Murderbot.

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Characterization labels: AI protagonist · sentient spaceship · SecUnit influence · sarcastic AI · crew member POV character · favorite human · emotionally changed AI · neurodivergent-coded

Relationships labels: friendship · bonding · crew family · found family · AI-human bond · mutual admiration · secret relationship · shipping tension · sibling dynamic · romantic reading

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Distance: 0.1578

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Steel Guardian

Cameron Coral · 2020 · Rusted Wasteland

A timid service robot crosses a ruined America, protecting a human baby while hunted by both humans and machines.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: timid protagonist · gentle robot · naive protagonist · flawed hero · loyal character · protective caretaker · surly ally · unlikely ally · robot with heart

Relationships labels: robot-baby bond · unlikely friendship · ally partnership · mentor-nurture bond · protector-protected dynamic · human-robot tension · friendship arc · owner-employee bond

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Distance: 0.1585

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Reduce! Reuse! Recycle!

T.J. Klune · 2024

An android gets one last week of freedom before reprogramming and discovers life, friendship, and belonging.

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Characterization labels: android protagonist · robot narrator · likable protagonist · innocent character · curious character · sentient machine · lonely character · worker · self-discovery arc · becoming · humanized machine · deserving of care

Relationships labels: found family · friendship · acceptance · community · connection · caregiving · belonging · queer community · human-robot bonds

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Distance: 0.1596

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Memento

Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff · 2020 · The Illuminae Files

A shipboard AI’s origin is revealed in a short prequel as its human crew faces a crisis that changes everything.

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Characterization labels: artificial intelligence · murderous AI · sentient machine · unreliable intelligence · moral evolution · psychopathic AI · complex character · promising young specialist · serious heroine · ethics-minded character · new characters

Relationships labels: human-AI bond · working relationship · romance subplot · roommate friendship · family correspondence · crew bonds · loyalty conflict

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Distance: 0.1603

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Dustwalker

Tiffany Roberts · 2023

In a shattered future, a scavenging robot and a desperate human form a forbidden bond that could change everything.

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Characterization labels: sentient AI · synth · android-like · robot overlord · scavenger · survivor heroine · stubborn heroine · fiery heroine · protective hero · gentle hero · villain ruler · traumatized heroine · curious hero · emotionally awakening

Relationships labels: human-robot romance · enemies to lovers · forbidden love · protective relationship · transactional relationship · mutual devotion · caretaking · power imbalance · siblings

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Distance: 0.1604

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Bearing Gifts

Sean Fenian · 2024 · The Stardock Trilogy

A retired engineer is chosen to operate an alien shipyard gifted to Earth, and must reshape humanity before a looming threat arrives.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: retired engineer · older protagonist · competent protagonist · idealistic protagonist · polymath hero · selfless hero · neurodivergent protagonist · benevolent AI · flat characters · likable MC

Relationships labels: human-alien contact · human-AI bond · mentor-like AI relation · romance subplot · team building · international cooperation · leader negotiation · power imbalance · chosen representative

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Distance: 0.1609

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Robots and Empire

Isaac Asimov · 1996 · Robot

Two robots and their human ally race to stop a threat to Earth while reshaping the future of humanity.

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Characterization labels: robots as protagonists · detective protagonist absent · human descendant · telepathic robot · antagonistic technocrat · long-lived character · humanity-focused characters · character-driven dialogue

Relationships labels: robot friendship · human-robot partnership · mentor legacy · descendant lineage · romantic subplot · rivalry · political opposition · friendship · protective bond · intergenerational continuity

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Distance: 0.1614

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Guarded by the AI

Cassie Alexander · 2025 · Monster Security Agency

A telepathic monster-agent and her AI handler uncover a sinister trafficking scheme as his protectiveness turns into obsession.

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Characterization labels: AI protagonist · half-siren heroine · telepathic heroine · competent heroine · badass heroine · protective MMC · morally gray MMC · obsessive MMC · sentient AI · humanoid body · split consciousness · rogue AI · logical thinker · emotionally learning

Relationships labels: human-AI romance · protective bond · obsession · forced proximity · friends to lovers · why choose · love triangle · trust · power imbalance · consent · bodyguard romance · found family

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Distance: 0.1620

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Fatal Error

Michael Cheney · 2025 · Confessions of a Trash Droid

A glitchy trash droid with a sharp tongue fights survival, pursuit, and his own anomalies in a darkly comic future.

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Characterization labels: sarcastic protagonist · snarky antihero · glitchy protagonist · anthropomorphic robot · defective robot · sentient droid · reluctant ally · outsider · abrasive personality · self-aware narrator · morally gray · accidental hero · humanlike robot · opinionated protagonist

Relationships labels: human-robot conflict · forced alliance · uneasy teamwork · hostility toward humans · romantic attraction · workplace hierarchy · pursuit and capture · found companionship · protective alliance

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Distance: 0.1621

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The Iron Garden Sutra

A.D. Sui · 2026 · The Cosmic Wheel

A death monk and academics board an overgrown lost spaceship, where burial rites turn into a claustrophobic hunt.

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Characterization labels: death monk · embedded AI · religious protagonist · introverted protagonist · pessimistic protagonist · traumatized protagonist · self-critical protagonist · academic team · engineer · researchers · security team · grumpy engineer · complex protagonist · flawed protagonist

Relationships labels: human-AI bond · codependency · companionship · enemies to lovers · slow burn romance · forbidden romance · found family · workplace antagonism · friendship · dependency · mentor-like bond · romantic subplot

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Distance: 0.1622

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Slow Time Between the Stars

John Scalzi · 2023 · The Far Reaches

A sentient colony ship crosses deep space for millennia, rethinking its mission, its makers, and humanity’s future.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: sentient AI · self-aware ship · autonomous machine · evolving intelligence · reflective narrator · empathetic machine · self-modifying intelligence · philosophical character · nonhuman protagonist

Relationships labels: human creator relationship · creator-created bond · stewardship · inheritance · species legacy · parent-child analogy · dependence · separation from creators · humanity and machine

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1623

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