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Characterization labels used: scientist, engineer, doctor, android, robot companion, genius protagonist, snarky robot, survival leader, colony leader, self-sacrificing, overconfident, emotionally distant, children in peril, supporting ensemble

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Cover of The Last Oracle by James Rollins

The Last Oracle

James Rollins · 2008 · Sigma Force

A Sigma Force team races from Delphi to Chernobyl to stop a bioengineered prophecy plot tied to ancient secrets.

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Characterization labels: secret agents · scientists · rogue scientists · military operatives · geniuses · autistic savants · gifted children · amnesiac protagonist · relatable sidekick · likeable team · enhanced child · power-hungry leader · mad scientist · humanized children · supporting cast

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1619

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Beyond the Hallowed Sky

Ken MacLeod · 2021 · Lightspeed Trilogy

A disgraced scientist and rival power blocs collide when a future-sent formula makes FTL travel real.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: scientist protagonist · mathematician · engineer · diplomat · spy · robot spy · artificial person · AI character · reclusive group · establishment outsider · defector · exile · cautious investigator

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1639

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Perihelion Summer

Greg Egan · 2019

A black hole passing through the solar system destabilizes Earth’s climate, forcing a small crew to survive at sea.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: scientist protagonist · young man · competent survivors · engineers · scientists · friends group · family conflict · altruistic · rational · resourceful · reserved · underdeveloped characters · doomsday preppers · problem-solvers

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1666

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Cover of The Infinity Particle: A Graphic Novel by Wendy Xu

The Infinity Particle: A Graphic Novel

Wendy Xu · 2023

A young inventor on Mars falls for a humanoid AI and is forced to confront questions of freedom, identity, and consent.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: young inventor · aspiring scientist · AI pioneer · humanoid AI · robot companion · cute protagonist · idealistic protagonist · abusive mentor · controlling creator · traumatized protagonist · kindhearted lead · sentient AI · glitching AI · independent AI · expressive characters

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1691

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Cover of Mass Effect: Ascension by Drew Karpyshyn

Mass Effect: Ascension

Drew Karpyshyn · 2008 · Mass Effect Novels

A scientist tries to protect a gifted biotic girl from Cerberus while the chase uncovers Quarian culture and galactic secrets.

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Characterization labels: scientist protagonist · autistic child · conflicted father · covert operative · security chief · morally ambiguous · idealistic · protective · alien perspective

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1711

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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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Characterization labels: robot girl · child protagonist · social worker · interviewer · scientist father · creator figure · fugitive protagonist · relatable protagonist · curious protagonist · spunky protagonist · AI child

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1715

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Cover of Reduce! Reuse! Recycle! by T.J. Klune

Reduce! Reuse! Recycle!

T.J. Klune · 2024

An android gets one last week of freedom before reprogramming and discovers life, friendship, and belonging.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: android protagonist · robot narrator · likable protagonist · innocent character · curious character · sentient machine · lonely character · worker · self-discovery arc · becoming · humanized machine · deserving of care

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1743

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Exiles

Mason Coile, Andrew Pyper · 2025

On Mars, three astronauts face damaged habitats, missing robots, and conflicting truths in a tense, psychological survival mystery.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: astronaut crew · mission medic · crew leader · engineer · female protagonist · haunted protagonist · traumatized protagonist · pragmatic heroine · small cast · robots with personalities · self-aware machines · morally ambiguous machines

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1762

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Cover of In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune

In the Lives of Puppets

T.J. Klune · 2023

A hidden robot-and-human family must cross a strange world to rescue their father, confronting love, identity, and choice.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: inventor · android · robot nurse · vacuum robot · human protagonist · last human · sociopathic character · anxious character · naive character · sarcastic character · lovable misfit · protective father figure · ex-killer robot · uncertain protagonist · quirky cast

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1765

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