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Premise labels used: artificial intelligence, android child, adoptive family, identity crisis, gender identity, coming of age, sentient AI, manufactured child, self-discovery, family system

Setting labels used: near-future, future Korea, United States, South Korea, Texas, dystopian-leaning future, high school, corporate-controlled world, post-birth decline, science-fiction reality

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Cover of Supertoys Last All Summer Long and Other Stories of Future Time by Brian W. Aldiss

Supertoys Last All Summer Long and Other Stories of Future Time

Brian W. Aldiss · 2001

A linked collection of future stories, led by a haunting robot-child tale about love, identity, and what makes someone human.

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Premise labels: artificial child · android child · parent-child bond · future society · identity crisis · existential search · social satire · technological future · humanity test · emotional AI

Setting labels: future dystopia · overpopulated world · futuristic society · technological society · fake garden · corporate future · earthbound future

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Cover of The Mad Scientist's Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke

The Mad Scientist's Daughter

Cassandra Rose Clarke · 2013

A girl grows up with her android tutor as love, identity, and robot rights reshape both their lives.

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Premise labels: android tutor · forbidden love · coming of age · robot rights · artificial intelligence · human-machine relationship · isolated childhood · first love · identity crisis

Setting labels: near future · post-apocalyptic · post-disaster · dystopian future · alternate future · climate-changed world · small-town America · isolated house · moon base · robots in daily life

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Distance: 0.1517

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Toward Eternity

Anton Hur · 2024

A near-future nanotech cure for cancer opens into centuries of AI, poetry, and posthuman questions about being human.

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Premise labels: near future · nanotechnology · artificial intelligence · cancer cure · immortality · identity crisis · personhood · humanity question · AI learns poetry · memory transfer · body replacement · posthuman future

Setting labels: near future · far future · distant future · global · South Africa · Antarctica · Korea · Portugal · interstellar · posthuman · dystopian future · speculative future

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Distance: 0.1574

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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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Premise labels: self-replicating robots · artificial intelligence · fugitive protagonist · human-machine family · failsafe failure · coming of age · identity crisis · autonomy

Setting labels: near future · post-apocalyptic Earth · Pacific Northwest · Seattle · human and robot society · mixed organic/synthetic family · futuristic road trip · post-Rapture world · synthetic underclass

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Distance: 0.1652

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Annie Bot

Sierra Greer · 2024

An AI girlfriend learns to question her owner’s control, exposing abuse, autonomy, and what it means to be human.

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Premise labels: AI companion · perfect girlfriend · sentient robot · ownership and control · autonomy struggle · abusive relationship · identity awakening · human-machine bond · self-awareness · female agency

Setting labels: future world · near future · dystopian future · present-day adjacent · apartment setting · domestic space · tech company

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Distance: 0.1669

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Willful Machines

Tim Floreen · 2015

A closeted president’s son is caught between a rogue AI attack and a new boy at school who may not be human.

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Premise labels: artificial human · rogue AI · internet threat · closeted protagonist · president's son · queer romance · robots · sentient machines · humanity question · free will

Setting labels: near future · futuristic America · boarding school · elite prep school · presidential household · high surveillance · internet-connected world · dystopian future · alternative future

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Distance: 0.1674

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Klara and the Sun

Kazuo Ishiguro · 2021

A solar-powered artificial friend enters a sick teenager’s home and quietly learns what love, class, and humanity cost.

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Premise labels: artificial friend · robot companion · near future · genetic enhancement · lonely child · humanity question · what is love · what makes a person · class inequality · distant narrator

Setting labels: near future · futuristic society · dystopian future · domestic setting · storefront · wealthy household · home schooling · unequal society

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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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Premise labels: dystopian future · corporate domination · robot rebellion · identity crisis · dual identity · insurance investigator · tax collector · robot assassin · self-aware robot · subjugated machines · corporate assassin · hidden true self

Setting labels: dystopian future · near future · future Los Angeles · urban wasteland · crowded metropolis · suburban home · corporate city · smog-choked city · cyberpunk reality · mechanized society

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Distance: 0.1784

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Cover of Alex + Ada, Vol. 3 by Jonathan Luna

Alex + Ada, Vol. 3

Jonathan Luna, Sarah Vaughn · 2015 · Alex + Ada

In a near-future where sentient androids are outlawed, Alex and Ada fight to stay together and free.

Why this is here

Premise labels: android sentience · forbidden love · robot rights · near-future dystopia · escape from authorities · human-android relationship

Setting labels: near future · not-so-distant future · futuristic society · cyborg-like tech · corporate age

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The Positronic Man

Isaac Asimov, Robert Silverberg · 1994 · Robot

A household robot develops self-awareness and fights to be recognized as human, body and all.

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Premise labels: robot selfhood · robot rights · human identity · personhood · artificial intelligence · legal recognition · free will · social acceptance

Setting labels: future Earth · twenty-first century · far future · robotic society · outer space · Moon · colonies · near-future extrapolation · technological future

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Distance: 0.1836

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Void Star

Zachary Mason · 2017

In a climate-changed near future, three disparate lives collide around AI, memory implants, and a hidden struggle for power.

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Premise labels: artificial intelligence · memory implants · near-future dystopia · cyberpunk intrigue · wealth inequality · climate collapse · rogue AI · human-machine interface

Setting labels: near future · post-climate-change world · flooded world · San Francisco · Los Angeles · global city network · dystopian urban future · high-tech low-life · drowned cities

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Distance: 0.1854

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Cover of Accelerando by Charles Stross

Accelerando

Charles Stross · 2005

Three generations of one family navigate an accelerating posthuman future as AI, nanotech, and the Singularity reshape humanity.

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Premise labels: technological singularity · posthuman future · AI takeover · mind uploading · solar system scale · family saga · venture altruism · post-scarcity economy · humanity under pressure · alien contact · distributed intelligence · runaway innovation

Setting labels: near future · post-singularity · solar system · outer system · Saturn · Jupiter moon · Earth · virtual worlds · cyberspace · posthuman civilization · spacefaring future · ultra-capitalist future

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Distance: 0.1861

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Chobits, Vol. 1

Clamp · 2002 · ちょびっツ [Chobits]

A broke student finds a discarded humanoid computer in the trash and becomes entangled in her mystery and their bond.

Why this is here

Premise labels: found robot · humanoid computer · AI mystery · boy meets robot girl · near-future technology · human-machine relationship · unaffordable tech

Setting labels: near future · Tokyo · urban Japan · tech-saturated society · computer-mediated life · humanlike androids · alternate reality

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Distance: 0.1869

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Sub-Human

David Simpson · 2012 · Post-Human

A doctor-soldier is sent to destroy a rogue AI, but war, time shifts, and post-human upgrades change everything.

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Premise labels: artificial intelligence · world war · military mission · human survival · post-humanity · time travel · alternate universes · nanotechnology · super soldiers · AI conflict

Setting labels: far future · near future · post-WWIII · wartime · post-apocalyptic · dystopian · alternate realities · parallel worlds · multiverse · military setting · China · United States

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Distance: 0.1881

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Cover of Luminous by Silvia Park

Luminous

Silvia Park · 2025

In near-future reunified Korea, estranged siblings and a found robot child collide amid a murder case and family secrets.

Why this is here

Premise labels: estranged siblings · missing sibling · robot sibling · murder investigation · family mystery · robot ethics · human identity · personhood · posthuman future · companion robots · second-class robots

Setting labels: reunified Korea · near-future · post-war · Seoul · robot graveyard · tech-heavy society · speculative future · posthuman world · underbelly of the city

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Cover of Terminal Boredom: Stories by Izumi Suzuki

Terminal Boredom: Stories

Izumi Suzuki · 2021

Seven bleak, prescient sci-fi stories trace alienation, gender, and numbness in futures that feel eerily present.

Why this is here

Premise labels: dystopian future · post-apocalyptic society · gender politics · population control · screen addiction · alienation · technological mediation · interplanetary politics · human drift · social collapse

Setting labels: near future · post-apocalyptic · dystopian · Tokyo · space colonization · interplanetary · alien worlds · matriarchal society · future Earth · cybernetic future

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Distance: 0.1917

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Cover of Your Utopia by Bora Chung

Your Utopia

Bora Chung · 2024

Eight Korean sci-fi stories explore AI, immortality, grief, and social injustice in bleak, wry near-future worlds.

Why this is here

Premise labels: immortality research · AI emotions · posthuman survival · cannibalism pandemic · dystopian futures · late capitalism · technology and society · human-machine relations · environmental collapse

Setting labels: near future · distant future · post-apocalyptic · posthuman · dystopian · spacefaring · corporate setting · urban apartment building · desolate planet

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Distance: 0.1923

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Cover of QualityLand 2.0 by Marc-Uwe Kling

QualityLand 2.0

Marc-Uwe Kling · 2020 · QualityLand

In a near-future algorithmic dystopia, interwoven characters face pursuit, politics, and escalating absurdity.

Why this is here

Premise labels: near-future dystopia · AI society · algorithmic control · surveillance capitalism · level system · digital identity · right to be forgotten · climate crisis · machine therapy · killer robot

Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · algorithmic society · digital world · self-driving cars · big-data world

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Distance: 0.1938

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Cover of A Calculated Life by Anne Charnock

A Calculated Life

Anne Charnock · 2013

A hyper-intelligent engineered analyst in a controlled near-future society starts questioning her role, freedom, and humanity.

Why this is here

Premise labels: engineered humans · predictive analytics · human identity · social stratification · corporate control · artificial person · self-discovery · class separation · controlled population · posthuman society

Setting labels: near future · late 21st century · England · Manchester · dystopian future · climate change · corporate society · regulated enclaves · office world · alternate future

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Distance: 0.1943

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Cover of Off Target by Eve Smith

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: 0.1944

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Cover of 36 by Nieves Delgado

36

Nieves Delgado · 2017

A newly awakened AI questions identity, gender, and belonging while trying to live among humans in a near future.

Why this is here

Premise labels: artificial intelligence · AI growth · AI integration · social adaptation · identity search · self-definition · difference and conformity · human machine contact · conscious machine · coming of age

Setting labels: near future · future society · laboratory setting · research center · human world · socially integrated technology

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Distance: 0.1956

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Cover of Elites of Eden by Joey Graceffa

Elites of Eden

Joey Graceffa · 2017 · Children of Eden

A brainwashed elite girl begins to uncover her real identity in a controlled future society built on lies.

Why this is here

Premise labels: hidden identity · memory loss · brainwashing · false reality · artificial world · second child · elite school · underground resistance · restricted society · identity crisis · love triangle · state control

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic future · artificial society · underground refuge · elite boarding school · cave system · city under surveillance · controlled environment · closed society · futuristic world · dystopian future

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Distance: 0.1957

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Cover of Axiomatic by Greg Egan

Axiomatic

Greg Egan · 1997

A hard-SF short story collection where each tale stress-tests identity, ethics, and consciousness through speculative science.

Why this is here

Premise labels: idea-driven · thought experiments · future technology · identity crisis · consciousness · selfhood · moral dilemma · bioethics · speculative extrapolation · human augmentation

Setting labels: near future · futuristic · parallel worlds · multiverse · posthuman future · Earthbound settings · scientific future

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Distance: 0.1959

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Cover of Alex + Ada, Vol. 1 by Jonathan Luna

Alex + Ada, Vol. 1

Jonathan Luna, Sarah Vaughn · 2014 · Alex + Ada

A lonely man receives a companion android and soon risks everything to help her become truly self-aware.

Why this is here

Premise labels: android companion · sentient AI · awakening · robot rights · human-AI relationship · post-breakup loneliness · illegal AI activation

Setting labels: near future · futuristic society · domestic setting · digitally connected world · robot-integrated daily life · post-AI crackdown · virtual reality · smart home · head implants

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Distance: 0.1961

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