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These books are ranked using the characterization labels extracted for The Kraken Wakes.
Characterization labels used: journalists, reporters, married couple, heroic couple, observer protagonists, resourceful wife, clever wife, capable woman, plainspoken narrator, scientist, boffin, visionary scientist, government officials, public skeptics, ordinary people under stress
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their characterization embeddings are close.
Asimov's self-selected short fiction collection pairs his famous 'Nightfall' with 19 more idea-driven, varied stories.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: scientists · journalist · biologist · engineer · police officer · psychologist · underdog protagonist · intelligent mouthpieces · villains · career woman · family roles
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2011
A journalist investigates a festival illness that becomes a fast-moving antibiotic-resistant pandemic.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: journalist protagonist · female reporter · investigative reporter · immune character · tenacious reporter · scientists · researcher · doctor · baffled doctors · corrupt politicians · plucky journalist · ordinary person perspective
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2029
A scientist fixates on his wife’s small facial birthmark and tries to remove it, with tragic consequences.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: scientist · alchemist · philosopher · obsessive husband · beautiful wife · submissive wife · dutiful wife · mad scientist · assistant figure
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2030
An elderly couple enters a risky rejuvenation experiment and must face the unsettling consequences of cloning, memory, and identity.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: elderly couple · married couple · scientist · doctor · researcher · wealthy protagonists · older protagonists · scientific hubris · morally compromised scientist · believable protagonists · secondary character conflict
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2059
A mysterious object skips through the solar system toward Earth, forcing humanity to confront first contact, fear, and misinformation.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: scientist · astrophysicist · military officer · president · conspiracy theorist · vlogger · everyman viewpoint · competent characters · believable characters · vulnerable characters · strong female characters · rigid military man · outspoken scientist
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2073
A doctor aboard the ISS must stop a deadly microbe outbreak before the crew, and Earth, are lost.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: female physician · astronaut · research scientist · estranged spouse · ground support staff · smart characters · strong characters · loyal hero · competent professionals · brilliant doctor · heroic protagonist · divorcing couple
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2086
An astronaut's wife relives their love story while fighting to clear his name after his spacecraft vanishes in the Space Race.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: astronaut · astronaut wife · journalist · career woman · independent woman · strong female lead · devoted spouse · risk-taker · ambitious man · cautious woman · supporting friend · military spouse
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2183
Ten Philip K. Dick short stories collected as the source material for Electric Dreams, built around reality, tech, and human anxiety.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: ordinary protagonists · bureaucrats · station workers · researchers · curious investigators · old woman · robot servant · telepaths · mind readers · salesman · fathers · children
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2234
An Antarctic scientific expedition uncovers a frozen lost civilization—and a love story that threatens the world.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: scientists · physician · narrator · idealized woman · frozen lovers · international team · cynical politician · utopian citizens · male gaze · obsessive lover · secondary characters underused · caricatured characters
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2235
A Challenger-series novel where a journalist and Challenger’s daughter investigate spiritualism and test the boundary between science and belief.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: skeptical scientist · reluctant convert · journalist protagonist · investigator · aging genius · pompous intellectual · ardent believer · medium figure · fraud and charlatan types
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2238
Antarctic scientists uncover a frozen alien and trigger a tense struggle to identify who among them has been replaced.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: scientists · researchers · male scientists · biologist · pathologist · cook · military personnel · intelligent characters · proactive characters · expendable cast · leaders and dissidents
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2269
A solar storm countdown forces scientists, leaders, and civilians to decide who gets shelter when civilization may end.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: scientist · president · government officials · bureaucrats · military figures · prepper · married couple · protective parent · moral exemplar · self-sacrificing
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2273
