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Characterization labels used: brilliant scholar, young man, antiquarian, historian, obsessive researcher, alienist, family doctor, necromancer, wizard, alchemist, sorcerer, villainous figure, madness arc, identity shift, physically changed

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Cover of The Resurrectionist: The Lost Work of Dr. Spencer Black by E.B. Hudspeth

The Resurrectionist: The Lost Work of Dr. Spencer Black

E.B. Hudspeth · 2013

A faux-historical biography and illustrated atlas follow a doctor whose obsession with mythic anatomy leads him into madness.

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Characterization labels: brilliant doctor · surgeon · anatomist · mad scientist · grave robber · prodigy · obsessive researcher · vivisector · taxidermist · carnival performer · controversial figure · genius-to-madness arc · family man · shunned academic

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Distance: 0.1674

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Prelude to Foundation

Isaac Asimov · 1994 · Foundation (Publication Order)

A young mathematician's theory draws imperial attention and forces him into a dangerous search for the future's shape.

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Characterization labels: young genius · mathematician · prophet figure · idealistic protagonist · naive protagonist · rash protagonist · political operator · journalist · bodyguard · historian · emperor · power seekers · flawed hero

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Distance: 0.1995

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Cover of The Last Days of Krypton by Kevin J. Anderson

The Last Days of Krypton

Kevin J. Anderson · 2007

A scientist and his family race to warn a complacent world as politics, power, and disaster bring Krypton to ruin.

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Characterization labels: brilliant scientist · naive scientist · strong-willed mother · historian · artist · opportunist villain · tyrant · bureaucrats · ruling council · loyal brother · moral leader · fanatical leader · sympathetic villain · flat characterization · genius inventor

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Distance: 0.2090

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Cover of The Dunwich Horror and Others by H.P. Lovecraft

The Dunwich Horror and Others

H.P. Lovecraft, Robert Bloch · 1963

A rural New England town is shadowed by a grotesque family secret, an occult book, and a cosmic threat.

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Characterization labels: prodigy · unnatural child · occult practitioner · scholar hero · librarian hero · investigator · outsider · villager crowd · family patriarch · deformed outsider

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Distance: 0.2122

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Belisarius Cawl: The Great Work

Guy Haley · 2020 · Warhammer 40,000

A genius Tech-Priest leads a dead-world expedition into buried xenos secrets while past and present collide.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: genius protagonist · mad scientist · arrogant protagonist · eccentric scientist · charismatic antihero · heretical thinker · loner genius · tortured backstory · stoic warriors · transhuman characters · divisive protagonist

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Distance: 0.2226

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Cover of La llamada de Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft

La llamada de Cthulhu

H.P. Lovecraft · 2016

A scholar’s investigation into strange documents uncovers an ancient cosmic entity, a cult, and a dread beyond reason.

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Characterization labels: rational investigator · heir · academic · scholar · sailor · detective · artist · sculptor · cult leader · cultist · skeptical protagonist · obsessive researcher · sensitive artist

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Distance: 0.2228

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Cover of Strange Bodies by Marcel Theroux

Strange Bodies

Marcel Theroux · 2013

A dead academic seems to return in a new body, pulling a psychiatrist and a conspiracy into questions of identity and immortality.

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Characterization labels: academic protagonist · scholar protagonist · unlikable protagonist · inept hero · savant character · psychiatric patient · scientist character · brutish savant · bookish intellectual · self-pitying narrator · complex protagonist

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Distance: 0.2249

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The System of the World

Neal Stephenson · 2005 · The Baroque Cycle 3-volume

In 1714 London, an aging philosopher is pulled into politics, science disputes, counterfeiting, and a search for lost gold.

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Characterization labels: philosopher · natural philosopher · scientist · mathematician · spy · thief · pirate · royalty · counterfeiter · mastermind · political operator · mischievous · withdrawn hero · ordinary genius · antiheroic · ageing protagonist · older protagonist · unassuming protagonist · cunning protagonist

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Distance: 0.2260

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Cover of The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Dispossessed

Ursula K. Le Guin · 1975 · The Hainish Cycle

A physicist from an anarchist moon visits a capitalist world, forcing both societies’ flaws—and ideals—into view.

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Characterization labels: brilliant physicist · idealistic protagonist · outsider · conscientious thinker · social misfit · scientist hero · intellectual protagonist · convincing scientist

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Distance: 0.2279

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Cover of A Slip under the Microscope by H.G. Wells

A Slip under the Microscope

H.G. Wells · 2015

Two short, ambiguous Wells stories explore a hidden doorway and an exam slip-up through regret, choice, and conscience.

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Characterization labels: student · scholar · rival student · professor · promising man · social climber · humble background · conscientious character · obsessive character · idealistic character

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Distance: 0.2293

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Cover of Fantastic Four, Vol. 1 by Jonathan Hickman

Fantastic Four, Vol. 1

Jonathan Hickman, Dale Eaglesham · 2010 · Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman

Reed Richards pursues a multiverse-sized solution, forcing the Fantastic Four to weigh genius against family.

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Characterization labels: genius protagonist · arrogant scientist · family man · dutiful father · diplomatic mother · cocky comic relief · overpowered children · alternate selves

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Distance: 0.2308

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The Infinite and the Divine

Robert Rath · 2020 · Warhammer 40,000

Two immortal Necron rivals wage a millennia-long, hilarious feud over an artifact that could change their race’s fate.

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Characterization labels: immortal rivals · ancient scholars · collector · diviner · chronomancer · overlords · arrogant antiheroes · petty antagonists · relatable aliens · tragic figures · inhuman but humanized · eccentric geniuses · obsessive characters · flawed protagonists · bickering duo

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Distance: 0.2318

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