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Themes labels used: free will, agency, civil rights, animal rights, personhood, slavery, oppression, prejudice, fascism, corporate overreach, economic exploitation, political corruption, class inequality, identity, loyalty, control, coercion, privacy, mind ownership, social regression, climate change, transhumanism, bioethics, autonomy, state power, resistance, propaganda, fearmongering, hierarchy, metagame, responsibility

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Mindbreaker

Kate Dylan · 2023 · Mindwalker

A cult-raised teen accepts a corporate cure, only to wake in a robot body and uncover a conspiracy about identity and control.

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Themes labels: identity · humanity · agency · autonomy · bodily autonomy · consent · free will · corporate greed · capitalism · ethics · technology · religion · faith crisis · indoctrination · control · power · exploitative systems · selfhood · memory · morality · rebellion · resistance · classism · healthcare · social commentary

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Amped

Daniel H. Wilson · 2012

In a near-future America, a teacher with a brain implant is swept into a civil-rights crisis over human enhancement.

Why this is here

Themes labels: humanity · civil rights · discrimination · prejudice · othering · free will · morality · technology ethics · transhumanism · identity · societal fear · class conflict · marginalization · government power · mob mentality · social commentary · belonging · enhancement

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Saturn's Children

Charles Stross · 2008 · Freyaverse

A sexbot in a post-human solar system is pulled into a dangerous conspiracy over freedom, identity, and the return of humans.

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Themes labels: slavery · freedom · identity · free will · agency · classism · capitalism · sexuality · objectification · trauma · meaning of life · post-humanity · social hierarchy · power relations · gender criticism · creation vs evolution · human nature

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The Block

Ben Oliver · 2021 · The Loop Trilogy

A trapped teen must survive a harsher prison, resist a mind-bending AI, and rally allies before reality breaks him.

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Themes labels: freedom · humanity · morality · identity · hope · sanity · resistance · survival · power · control · truth vs illusion · memory · propaganda · systemic oppression · collective action · political corruption · human nature · class inequality · wealth distribution · greed · systemic privilege · AI ethics

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Hard Boiled

Frank Miller · 1993 · Hard Boiled

A hyper-detailed dystopian sci-fi comic where a suburban man, a killer tax collector, and a robot may be one being.

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Themes labels: capitalism · consumerism · slavery · dehumanization · identity · power hierarchy · corporate control · humanity · selfhood · free will · violence · technology · social decay · fate · reality vs illusion · play god · class oppression · rebellion · media saturation · moral decay

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vN

Madeline Ashby · 2012 · The Machine Dynasty

A self-replicating android girl goes on the run after a deadly outburst exposes a broken failsafe and a dangerous secret.

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Themes labels: choice · free will · identity · personhood · nature versus nurture · autonomy · selfhood · parenting · love · dependency · humanity · slavery · exploitation · ethics of AI · moral responsibility · maturity · belonging · otherness · social control · body politics · consent · violence against vulnerable beings · religious futurism · class oppression

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When the Tripods Came

John Christopher · 1988 · The Tripods

A teen boy witnesses the first alien Tripods and watches a TV-driven takeover turn ordinary people into willing slaves.

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Themes labels: freedom · free will · individuality · brainwashing · media manipulation · authoritarianism · conformity · propaganda · xenophobia · nationalism · censorship · resistance · survival · coming of age · fear of control · dehumanization · societal collapse · mass suggestion · personal autonomy · civil liberties

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Rosebud

Paul Cornell · 2016

Five digital crew members on a microscopic survey ship encounter a mysterious sphere that warps memory, time, and identity.

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Themes labels: identity · personhood · humanity · free will · corporate power · state oppression · transphobia · queer oppression · capitalism · memory · reality · self-discovery · conditioning · choice · social control · social commentary · transhumanism · time · freedom · forbidden knowledge · moral awakening

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This Perfect Day

Ira Levin · 1970

In a computer-run future of drugged conformity, one uneasy man begins to question a perfect world built to erase freedom.

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Themes labels: freedom · control · individuality · conformity · choice · surveillance · conditioning · drug dependence · genetic engineering · collectivism · propaganda · truth · obedience · equality vs liberty · moral ambiguity · human nature · selfhood · social engineering · utopia critique · political allegory

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Lazarus, Vol. 1: Family

Greg Rucka · 2013 · Lazarus

In a resource-starved dystopia ruled by wealthy Families, one family’s near-immortal enforcer begins questioning her role.

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Themes labels: power and control · class inequality · wealth disparity · dehumanization · identity · free will · loyalty · betrayal · moral responsibility · violence · eugenics · humanity · corruption · political oppression · family as institution

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Breakfast of Champions

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. · 1999

A metafictional satire follows a failed sci-fi writer and a unraveling car dealer toward a bizarre collision.

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Themes labels: free will · human automation · racism · sexism · capitalism · consumerism · politics · pollution · war · mental illness · art · truth vs fiction · social hypocrisy · identity · class inequality · complicity · modern life · social influence

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UnSouled

Neal Shusterman · 2013 · Unwind Dystology

Fugitive teens chase answers about unwinding while converging plots, shifting loyalties, and hidden history reshape everything.

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Themes labels: identity · humanity · personhood · ethics · morality · political power · social control · body autonomy · human rights · sacrifice · parental choice · class inequality · disposability · hope · fear · coming of age · responsibility · conscience · corruption · resistance · propaganda · corporate power · government power · moral ambiguity · existentialism

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