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Themes labels used: good and evil, inner ring, belonging, marriage, gender roles, modernity, nature vs machine, propaganda, moral psychology, materialism, scientism, authority, submission, freedom, human dignity, social pressure, faith, spiritual warfare, apocalyptic judgment, truth

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Cover of Space Trilogy: Out of the Silent Planet / Perelandra / That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis

Space Trilogy: Out of the Silent Planet / Perelandra / That Hideous Strength

C.S. Lewis · 1996 · The Space Trilogy

A philologist is swept into cosmic journeys that turn science fiction into Christian allegory, philosophy, and moral conflict.

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Themes labels: Christianity · theology · philosophy · allegory · free will · temptation · fall · redemption · objective truth · science and faith · scientism critique · modernity critique · gender roles · masculine and feminine · marriage · evil · good and evil · spiritual warfare · human nature · obedience · imagination · myth · transhumanism · authority · morality · cosmology · creation · community · prophecy · apocalyptic conflict

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Cover of Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan

Glow

Amy Kathleen Ryan · 2011 · Sky Chasers

Two teen leaders on rival generation ships are split apart when survival, faith, and power turn their voyage violent.

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Themes labels: survival · leadership · power · religion · faith · religious fanaticism · secularism · morality · choice · agency · women's rights · reproductive rights · fertility · human nature · betrayal · loyalty · trust · violence · trauma · coming of age · responsibility · social control · manipulation · good and evil · moral grayness · survival of species

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Cover of The Diabolic by S.J. Kincaid

The Diabolic

S.J. Kincaid · 2016 · The Diabolic

A genetically engineered bodyguard impersonates her charge at a corrupt imperial court to keep her safe—and survive.

Why this is here

Themes labels: humanity · nature versus nurture · identity · selfhood · loyalty · power · politics · rebellion · science versus faith · knowledge suppression · moral conflict · free will · sacrifice · love and duty · human worth

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Cover of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Suzanne Collins · 2020 · The Hunger Games

A desperate Capitol student becomes a Hunger Games mentor, and every choice pulls him closer to power and ruin.

Why this is here

Themes labels: power and control · ambition · morality · nature versus nurture · survival · trauma · war aftermath · propaganda · dehumanization · class inequality · love and possession · complicity · human nature · good versus evil

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Dark Inside

Jeyn Roberts · 2011 · Dark Inside

After world-shaking earthquakes, four teens race to survive as ordinary people become murderous, rage-filled hunters.

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Themes labels: human nature · good and evil · inner darkness · survival · morality under pressure · trust · fear · violence · loss · civilization collapse · choice and responsibility · identity under stress · human capacity for evil · sanity · self-preservation

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The Dead Town

Dean Koontz · 2011 · Dean Koontz's Frankenstein

A Montana town faces a monster siege as Deucalion and allies race to stop Victor Frankenstein’s final plan.

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Themes labels: good vs evil · humanity · monstrosity · identity · free will · power and pride · hubris · science and ethics · creation and responsibility · apocalypse · community · acceptance · belonging · otherness · family · sacrifice · redemption · heroism · control

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Cover of The Call of Earth by Orson Scott Card

The Call of Earth

Orson Scott Card · 1994 · Homecoming Saga

As Harmony’s Oversoul weakens, rival powers and family loyalties collide while a perilous return to Earth takes shape.

Why this is here

Themes labels: faith · free will · divine providence · religious allegory · political power · gender roles · marriage · sex · social decay · human agency · trust · destiny · moral conflict · religion and science · colonization

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Cover of Spiderlight by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Spiderlight

Adrian Tchaikovsky · 2016

A misfit quest to defeat a Dark Lord goes sideways when the party turns a giant spider into their guide.

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Themes labels: othering · prejudice · bigotry · human nature · morality · ethics · faith · free will · identity · personhood · good vs evil · greater good · consent · belonging · hypocrisy · gender roles · racism · self-righteousness · moral compromise

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A Case of Conscience

James Blish · 2000 · After Such Knowledge

A Jesuit-scientist on an alien world must judge whether perfect aliens are divine or demonic, with Earthly fallout ahead.

Why this is here

Themes labels: faith and reason · morality · ethics · religion · evil · original sin · heresy · soul · free will · good and evil · social order · colonialism · resource exploitation · war · slavery · politics · authority · civilization · human nature · alien humanity · faith crisis · sin · utopia · dystopia · rationality · science vs religion

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Cover of The Unnoticeables by Robert Brockway

The Unnoticeables

Robert Brockway · 2015 · The Vicious Circuit

A punk rocker and a stuntwoman in different eras face hidden creatures, violent angels, and a world-scrambling conspiracy.

Why this is here

Themes labels: good and evil · humanity · identity · perception · order vs chaos · corruption · resistance · free will · cosmic insignificance · fate · dehumanization · social commentary · moral allegory · celebrity culture

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