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Characterization labels used: screenwriter, narrator-protagonist, Bradbury stand-in, eccentric characters, film mogul, studio executive, detective ally, inventor, special effects artist, monster maker, former star, eccentric director, caricatured figures, quirky cast, enigmatic antagonist

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Cover of Perdido Street Station by China Miéville

Perdido Street Station

China Miéville · 2003 · New Crobuzon

In a filthy industrial city, a rogue scientist’s experiment unleashes a nightmare that tests love, power, and survival.

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Characterization labels: eccentric scientist · rogue scientist · maverick inventor · insect artist · bird-man · outcast · morally complex · flawed protagonists · eccentric cast · underworld figure · resourceful journalist · scientific curiosity · defiant · brutish protagonist · alienated

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Distance: 0.3220

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The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

Douglas Adams · 2006 · Dirk Gently

A holistic detective traces an airport explosion, odd gods, and tangled coincidences through modern London.

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Characterization labels: eccentric detective · holistic investigator · bumbling genius · absent-minded savant · quirky protagonist · disheveled exterior · sharp mind · depressed deities · bizarre supporting cast · underdeveloped characters · female lead · client role

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Distance: 0.3242

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The Arrest

Jonathan Lethem · 2020

In a Maine farm community after technology stops working, a writer’s past returns in a strange nuclear-powered vehicle.

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Characterization labels: screenwriter protagonist · uneffectual protagonist · charismatic antagonist · megalomaniac villain · mysterious sister · self-sufficient community · ideologue · outsider figure · frenemy

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Distance: 0.3250

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Starship Titanic

Terry Jones, Douglas Adams · 1997

A luxury starship launches amid sabotage and chaos, pulling Earthlings into a madcap, Adams-adjacent space fiasco.

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Characterization labels: eccentric inventor · humans abroad · alien journalist · talking robot crew · sentient bomb · parrot · silly caricatures · over-the-top characters · underdeveloped characters · bureaucratic antagonists · obsequious robots · sex-obsessed characters · irreverent protagonists

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Distance: 0.3316

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Cover of A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett

A Drop of Corruption

Robert Jackson Bennett · 2025 · Shadow of the Leviathan

A brilliant detective and her assistant tackle an impossible locked-room murder that threatens the empire’s magic supply.

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Characterization labels: eccentric detective · brilliant investigator · assistant sidekick · overwhelmed assistant · mercurial genius · observant aide · vulnerable protagonist · bureaucratic functionary · local warden

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Distance: 0.3338

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Cover of The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall by Edgar Allan Poe

The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall

Edgar Allan Poe · 2008

A desperate bellows-maker builds a balloon to reach the Moon, blending hoax, satire, and pseudo-scientific adventure.

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Characterization labels: bankrupt protagonist · bellows maker · inventor · desperate fugitive · callous protagonist · ambitious protagonist · scientifically curious

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Distance: 0.3367

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Cover of City of Night by Dean Koontz

City of Night

Dean Koontz, Ed Gorman · 2005 · Dean Koontz's Frankenstein

A rogue creator unleashes a perfected new race in modern New Orleans, while a monster and two detectives fight back.

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Characterization labels: mad scientist · sympathetic monster · detective protagonists · antihero · engineered beings · assassin characters · autistic character · supporting cast heavy · brooding protagonist · haughty villain · creator figure

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Distance: 0.3374

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Cover of Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle

Bury Your Gays

Chuck Tingle · 2024

A queer Hollywood screenwriter fights a studio's demands and is hunted by his own creations in a meta horror thriller.

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Characterization labels: jaded protagonist · closeted protagonist · queer creator · screenwriter · scriptwriter · artist hero · defiant lead · supporting friends · best friend · boyfriend · vulnerable backstory · trauma-shaped · cynical executives · corporate villains

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Distance: 0.3379

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Cover of The Investigation by Stanisław Lem

The Investigation

Stanisław Lem · 1986

A Scotland Yard detective investigates bodies that move or vanish, only to confront a case of reason, chance, and truth.

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Characterization labels: young detective · police investigator · eccentric statistician · skeptical investigator · frustrated investigator · analytical protagonist · inconsistent characters · flat characters · unsympathetic characters · eccentric suspects

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Distance: 0.3379

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Cover of The Dead Mountaineer's Inn by Arkady Strugatsky

The Dead Mountaineer's Inn

Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky · 2015

A vacationing police inspector in a snowbound mountain inn stumbles into a murder, odd guests, and a mystery that may not be human.

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Characterization labels: eccentric cast · quirky characters · investigator protagonist · bureaucrat detective · white-collar crime specialist · reluctant detective · world-weary cop · competent but limited detective · moral dilemma · unreliable characters · gender-ambiguous character · hypnotist · physicist · magician · intelligent dog · ghostly presence

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.3380

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Cover of Asimov's Mysteries by Isaac Asimov

Asimov's Mysteries

Isaac Asimov · 1986

Thirteen science-fiction mysteries blend clues, science, and twist endings, with Asimov’s own commentary throughout.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: Eccentric detective · Official investigator · Pragmatic investigator · Analytical genius · Scientific mind · Baffled foil · Earthy characters · Not character-driven · Morally corrective endings · Academic squabbling · Scientist characters · Investigative duo

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Distance: 0.3421

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