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Characterization labels used: scientists, porn stars, ensemble cast, attractive cast, diverse cast, defiant inventor, geeky protagonists, sexually liberated characters, reluctant teammates, underdeveloped supporting cast, intrepid explorers

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Cover of Spread Me by Sarah Gailey

Spread Me

Sarah Gailey · 2025

At a remote desert research outpost, a found specimen unleashes quarantine, contagion, and twisted desire.

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Characterization labels: team leader · scientist · quiet protagonist · reclusive protagonist · uptight protagonist · horny protagonist · gender-neutral cast · queer cast · nonbinary characters · diverse cast · underdeveloped characters (mixed) · difficult protagonist · morally compromised lead · obsessive desire

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Fine Structure

qntm, Sam Hughes

A physicist uncovers a physics-decoding breakthrough as reality itself starts changing, and humanity’s multiverse hangs in the balance.

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Characterization labels: scientists · physicist protagonist · ensemble cast · interchangeable characters · flat characters · underdeveloped characters · ambitious thinkers · idea-driven characters · scientists under pressure · superpowered characters · hard-to-track cast

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Cover of The Swarm by Frank Schätzing

The Swarm

Frank Schätzing · 2006

A sprawling eco-thriller where strange ocean events force scientists to confront a hostile intelligence in the deep sea.

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Characterization labels: scientists · marine biologists · expert team · ensemble cast · flat characters · stereotyped characters · cartoonish antagonists · genius characters · international team · scientific experts

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Distance: 0.2340

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Symbiote

Michael Nayak · 2025 · Ice Plague Wars

At a South Pole research base, a cold-triggered parasite spreads violence, paranoia, and a dangerous hive mind.

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Characterization labels: ensemble cast · large cast · scientists · military personnel · researchers · technicians · support crew · unlikable characters · flawed characters · immature adults · paranoid characters · female underdevelopment · male gaze · morally compromised characters · survivor mindset · rivalrous colleagues

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Next

Michael Crichton · 2006

A biotech thriller weaving together genetic experiments, patent fights, and transgenic animals in a near-present world.

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Characterization labels: ensemble cast · scientists · lawyers · corporate executives · venture capitalists · unethical scientists · greedy tycoons · morally gray characters · thin character development · transgenic characters · talking animals · unlikable characters

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The Number of the Beast

Robert A. Heinlein · 1980 · The World as Myth

Four brilliant travelers flee hostile aliens in a dimension-hopping car and tumble through the multiverse of fiction.

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Characterization labels: genius protagonists · scientists · flying car as character · sexually liberated characters · competent women · quirky ensemble · argumentative characters

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Distance: 0.2426

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Cover of Hold Fast Through the Fire by K.B. Wagers

Hold Fast Through the Fire

K.B. Wagers · 2021 · NeoG

A space-patrol crew faces a personnel shakeup, hidden secrets, and a conspiracy threatening the solar system.

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Characterization labels: ensemble cast · competence porn · deeply flawed characters · emotionally intelligent characters · character growth · new recruit · promoted leader · retiring officers · street-rat engineer · nonbinary main character · polyamorous characters

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Distance: 0.2434

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Cover of The Thing by Alan Dean Foster

The Thing

Alan Dean Foster · 1982

In an Antarctic research station, a shape-shifting alien turns a trapped crew’s fear and trust against them.

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Characterization labels: ensemble cast · scientists · support staff · helicopter pilot · station commander · biologist · geophysicist · cook · male cast · character backstory · character interiority · selfishness · paranoia · uneasy friendship

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Distance: 0.2454

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Cover of Ultima by Stephen Baxter

Ultima

Stephen Baxter · 2014 · Proxima

A direct sequel where a stranded crew crosses alternate universes, uncovering the hatch builders and a cosmic endgame.

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Characterization labels: ensemble cast · generational cast · descendants · AIs · human explorers · alien intelligences · passive protagonists · cipher-like characters · flat characterization · character turnover

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Nightflyers

George R.R. Martin · 1988

A team of scientists on a deep-space quest boards a haunted ship, where an unseen captain and hidden killer turn crew distrust lethal.

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Characterization labels: scientists · academics · crew ensemble · telepath · cybernetic captain · enigmatic captain · improved human · genetically modified human · psionics · xenotech · flat characters · cardboard characters · memorable characters (mixed) · interchangeable cast · female lead · flawed character · morally compromised crew

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Cover of Noumenon by Marina J. Lostetter

Noumenon

Marina J. Lostetter · 2017 · Noumenon

A clone-crewed generation ship convoy travels for centuries to investigate a strange distant star and its consequences.

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Characterization labels: clones · scientists · engineers · social scientists · specialists · AI character · recurring lineages · mission-driven · collective cast · individual quirks · personality variation · genetically selected

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Distance: 0.2490

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Fiasco

Stanisław Lem · 1988

A human mission to contact an alien civilization turns into a bleak test of intelligence, bias, and survival.

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Characterization labels: scientists · astronauts · crew ensemble · mission specialists · flight commander · priest adviser · computer intelligence · reconstructed survivor · rational actors · thin characterization · interchangeable characters · male-dominated cast · technocratic crew

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