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Premise labels used: human cloning, cloned spouse, identity swap, marital betrayal, ethical dilemma, body double, pregnant clone, cover-up

Setting labels used: near future, not-too-distant future, future earth, cloning lab, domestic spaces, male-dominated field, scientific workplace

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Constance

Matthew FitzSimmons · 2021 · Constance

A woman wakes as her clone with missing memories and must solve her own murder in a near-future cloning conspiracy.

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Premise labels: human cloning · memory upload · identity crisis · own murder · clone investigation · immortality tech · rich-only access · personhood dispute · clone rights · conspiracy

Setting labels: near future · future America · clone clinic · corporate lab · politically divided · legal patchwork · realistic future · dystopian future

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Distance: 0.1429

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Kiln People

David Brin · 2002

A future PI uses short-lived copies of himself to solve a cloning crime that opens into a deeper mystery.

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Premise labels: temporary duplicates · consciousness transfer · private investigator · illegal copying · identity crisis · soul imprinting · memory upload · one-day bodies · societal transformation · future cloning economy

Setting labels: near future · Earth · urban future · technologically transformed society · political-economic future · street-level future

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Distance: 0.1568

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Ringer

Lauren Oliver · 2017 · Replica

Two separated girls navigate cloning fallout, hidden dangers, and identity questions in a dual-track sci-fi sequel.

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Premise labels: human cloning · identity crisis · ethical dilemma · on the run · mistaken identity · search for a cure · outsider status · escape from institution

Setting labels: futuristic world · not-too-distant future · laboratory setting · institution setting · outside the institute · road trip · suburban domestic setting · trailer park · contemporary world

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Distance: 0.1602

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Cyteen

C.J. Cherryh · 1995 · Cyteen

A cloned genius must grow up inside a power-hungry future society built on genetic engineering and control.

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Premise labels: cloning · genetic manipulation · political intrigue · power struggle · coming of age

Setting labels: future society · spacefaring civilization · research institute · planetary capital · colonized worlds · postwar politics · union society

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Distance: 0.1867

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Chance

Matthew FitzSimmons · 2023 · Constance

A wealthy young clone wakes accused of murder and races to uncover the truth about his memory gaps and family trauma.

Why this is here

Premise labels: human cloning · memory loss · murder accusation · self-investigation · wealth inequality · daredevil stunts · rich clone

Setting labels: near future · Los Angeles · southern California · Salton Sea · dystopian future · climate-altered future

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Distance: 0.1902

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The Seventh Son

Sebastian Faulks · 2023

A surrogate pregnancy becomes a secret bioethical experiment that forces a family to confront otherness, power, and humanity.

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Premise labels: surrogacy · IVF · genetic experiment · bioethics · hybrid human · secret experiment · ethical dilemma · otherness

Setting labels: near future · 2030 · 2056 · New York · London · Scottish Highlands · future society · alternate future · post-climate-change · technologically advanced

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Distance: 0.1931

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Brave New Girl

Rachel Vincent · 2017 · Brave New Girl

A cloned teen in a tightly controlled future risks everything after a forbidden connection exposes her world’s secrets.

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Premise labels: clones · genetic engineering · forbidden romance · individuality · conformity · lab-grown children · state control · secret rebellion · defective genome

Setting labels: dystopian future · futuristic city · clone compound · labor division · highly monitored society · genetically engineered society · utopian facade · controlled community

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Distance: 0.1934

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Baby X

Kira Peikoff · 2024

In a near-future DNA marketplace, a biosecurity guard races to protect a star’s genetic identity as a shocking claim upends everything.

Why this is here

Premise labels: genetic engineering · DNA theft · designer babies · reproductive technology · biosecurity · black market DNA · pregnancy uncertainty · future reproduction · bodily autonomy · genetic selection

Setting labels: near future · future United States · 2050s · dystopian future · lab conception · high-tech future · near-distant future · post-phone society · digital surveillance future · world of celebrity culture

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Distance: 0.1938

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Off Target

Eve Smith · 2022

A desperate would-be mother makes a dangerous genetic choice, then faces the fallout of a near-future bioethics crisis.

Why this is here

Premise labels: designer babies · genetic engineering · infertility · pregnancy secret · moral dilemma · medical ethics · unintended consequences · cover-up · reproductive technology · perfect child

Setting labels: near future · not-too-distant future · global · UK · medical future · dystopian future · scientific future · worldwide crisis

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Distance: 0.1942

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Thirteen Ways to Kill Lulabelle Rock

Maud Woolf · 2024

A celebrity clone sent to kill her predecessors starts to question her purpose in a gleaming near-future city.

Why this is here

Premise labels: clone assassination · celebrity clones · identity crisis · selfhood · free will · existential dilemma · publicity stunt · near-future technology

Setting labels: near future · Bubble City · cyberpunk city · futuristic city · celebrity culture · glitzy urban setting · high society · lavish urban decay

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Distance: 0.1979

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Foe

Iain Reid · 2018

An isolated married couple’s quiet routine is shattered when a stranger arrives with a strange government offer and a hidden replacement plan.

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Premise labels: isolated couple · mysterious visitor · government lottery · space mission · replacement partner · identity question · marriage under pressure · human replication

Setting labels: near future · isolated farm · rural isolation · farmland · space station · post-climate change · dystopian future

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Distance: 0.2005

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I Will Fear No Evil

Robert A. Heinlein · 1987

A dying billionaire’s brain transplant into a young woman’s body triggers identity, legal, and sexual chaos.

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Premise labels: brain transplant · body swap · shared body · identity crisis · gender swap · life extension · immortality quest · legal identity dispute · sexual awakening · future society

Setting labels: near future · early 21st century · dystopian future · lawless areas · enclaves · armored vehicles · urban collapse

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Distance: 0.2029

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