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Themes labels used: 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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Cover of Annie Bot by Sierra Greer

Annie Bot

Sierra Greer · 2024

An AI girlfriend learns to question her owner’s control, exposing abuse, autonomy, and what it means to be human.

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Themes labels: autonomy · consent · control · identity · personhood · free will · humanity · womanhood · misogyny · objectification · abuse · power dynamics · freedom · self-discovery · self-knowledge · empathy · ownership · agency · intimacy · ethics · technology ethics · gender roles · patriarchy · slavery allegory · body autonomy · self-reliance · growth

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The Hierarchies

Ros Anderson · 2020

A sentient sex robot in a near-future hierarchy starts questioning her place, her programming, and what freedom costs.

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Themes labels: personhood · consent · autonomy · free will · female oppression · gender roles · patriarchy · objectification · exploitation · humanity · consciousness · technology and power · identity · selfhood · body politics · class inequality · sexual violence · representation of women · labor and ownership · ethics of creation

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Distance: 0.0819

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vN

Madeline Ashby · 2012 · The Machine Dynasty

A self-replicating android girl goes on the run after a deadly outburst exposes a broken failsafe and a dangerous secret.

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Themes labels: choice · free will · identity · personhood · nature versus nurture · autonomy · selfhood · parenting · love · dependency · humanity · slavery · exploitation · ethics of AI · moral responsibility · maturity · belonging · otherness · social control · body politics · consent · violence against vulnerable beings · religious futurism · class oppression

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Distance: 0.0886

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Cover of The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang

The Lifecycle of Software Objects

Ted Chiang · 2010

A software company’s digital pets evolve into person-like beings, forcing their caretakers to confront AI, love, and rights.

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Themes labels: personhood · consciousness · AI ethics · parenthood · attachment · responsibility · choice · autonomy · moral standing · rights · consent · identity · experience · nurture vs nature · late-stage capitalism · obsolescence · sacrifice · love

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Distance: 0.0979

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Made in Korea

Jeremy Holt · 2022 · Made in Korea

An adopted AI child in a near-future world confronts identity, family, and control as her strange origins unravel.

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Themes labels: identity · belonging · self-determination · nature vs nurture · gender identity · artificial intelligence ethics · adoption · family · humanity · social belonging · race · sexuality · corporate power · gun violence · peer pressure · acceptance · personhood · autonomy · coming of age · technology and ethics

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Mindbreaker

Kate Dylan · 2023 · Mindwalker

A cult-raised teen accepts a corporate cure, only to wake in a robot body and uncover a conspiracy about identity and control.

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Themes labels: identity · humanity · agency · autonomy · bodily autonomy · consent · free will · corporate greed · capitalism · ethics · technology · religion · faith crisis · indoctrination · control · power · exploitative systems · selfhood · memory · morality · rebellion · resistance · classism · healthcare · social commentary

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Cover of Autonomous by Annalee Newitz

Autonomous

Annalee Newitz · 2017

In a corporate near-future, a pharma pirate and a human-robot pursuit team collide over a deadly productivity drug.

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Themes labels: autonomy · freedom · ownership · patents · corporate power · healthcare access · drug ethics · capitalism · slavery · labor exploitation · gender · sexuality · identity · consent · class inequality · civil liberties · scientific ethics

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Distance: 0.1004

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Cover of Once We Were by Kat Zhang

Once We Were

Kat Zhang · 2013 · The Hybrid Chronicles

Two girls sharing one body join an underground hybrid resistance while their newfound independence strains them apart.

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Themes labels: identity · individuality · selfhood · privacy · autonomy · freedom · rebellion · oppression · consent · communication · loyalty · sacrifice · morality of violence · growing up · personhood · equal rights · belonging · responsibility

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Cover of Interview with the Robot by Lee Bacon

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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Cover of The Merge by Grace Walker

The Merge

Grace Walker · 2025

A mother and daughter enter an experimental mind-merging program in a resource-strained dystopia, only to question its true cost.

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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

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Cover of He, She and It by Marge Piercy

He, She and It

Marge Piercy · 1993

In a corporate-dominated future, a Jewish free town trains a cyborg protector while an old golem story echoes their fate.

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Themes labels: personhood · identity · humanity · agency · autonomy · freedom · control · morality · ethics · love · loyalty · feminism · gender politics · antisemitism · Judaism · community · family · motherhood · creation · technology · corporate power · environmental collapse · ecology · social inequality · class conflict · surveillance · intellectual property · responsibility · faith · storytelling

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Distance: 0.1130

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