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Premise labels used: genetic engineering, animal experimentation, uplifted animal, lab escape, animal revolt, near-future biotech

Setting labels used: near future, laboratory setting, urban setting, New York City, biotech startup, dystopian future

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Michael Crichton · 2006

A biotech thriller weaving together genetic experiments, patent fights, and transgenic animals in a near-present world.

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Premise labels: genetic engineering · gene patenting · biotech ethics · corporate science · legal conflict · transgenic animals · genetic research · bioethics

Setting labels: contemporary · near future · present-day science · biotech industry · laboratory setting · legal setting · corporate setting · urban setting · global · sci-fi realism

Reader-connected: no

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Distance: 0.1398

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The MaddAddam Trilogy: Oryx and Crake / The Year of the Flood / MaddAddam

Margaret Atwood · 2013 · MaddAddam

A near-future trilogy of biotech collapse, plague, and survival told through intertwined timelines and perspectives.

Why this is here

Premise labels: near future · genetic engineering · global plague · post-collapse survival · corporate power · bioengineered humans · biotech disaster

Setting labels: near future · post-apocalyptic world · dystopian future · corporate compounds · pleeblands · biotech society · environmental collapse · plague aftermath · scientific dystopia · recognizable world

Reader-connected: no

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Distance: 0.1776

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Change Agent

Daniel Suarez · 2017

In 2045, an Interpol agent hunting illegal gene editors is transformed into the criminal kingpin he’s chasing.

Why this is here

Premise labels: genetic engineering · gene editing · identity theft · body swap · fugitive on the run · illegal labs · black market biotech · biocrime · human enhancement

Setting labels: near future · 2045 · Southeast Asia · Singapore · Thailand · Myanmar · Asian biotech hub · dystopian future · globalized future

Reader-connected: no

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Distance: 0.1794

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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

Reader-connected: no

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Distance: 0.1868

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Blood Music

Greg Bear · 1985

A biotech researcher’s forbidden experiment creates sentient cells that transform his body and then humanity.

Why this is here

Premise labels: scientific experiment · unauthorized research · intelligent cells · self-experimentation · internal invasion · accidental outbreak · biotech hubris · microbial intelligence

Setting labels: biotechnology lab · modern-day America · North America · urban collapse · post-disaster landscape · lab-to-world scale

Reader-connected: no

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Distance: 0.1908

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Eva

Peter Dickinson · 1988

After a crash leaves her near death, a teen wakes in a chimp body and must navigate identity, ethics, and survival.

Why this is here

Premise labels: mind transplant · body swap · animal consciousness · human-animal hybrid · experimental medicine · survival at any cost · species identity · ethical dilemma · animal exploitation · future collapse

Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · environmental collapse · overpopulated world · wildlife extinction · chimp reserve · hospital · school · urban civilization · conservation setting

Reader-connected: no

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Distance: 0.1937

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The Eyes of Heisenberg

Frank Herbert · 2002

In a far-future biotech dystopia, a rare embryo could upend an immortal ruling class built on genetic control.

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Premise labels: genetic engineering · immortality · controlled reproduction · eugenic society · rebel embryo · sterile elite · class control · genetic surveillance · bioengineered hierarchy · resistance movement

Setting labels: far future · distant future · dystopian future · Earth · Seatac Megalopolis · Pacific Northwest · controlled society · in vitro reproduction · genetically engineered world · immortal ruling class

Reader-connected: no

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Distance: 0.1951

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Upgrade

Blake Crouch · 2022

A government agent is genetically upgraded against his will and must stop a plan to alter humanity itself.

Why this is here

Premise labels: genetic engineering · genome hacking · human enhancement · superhuman transformation · upgrade humanity · ethical dilemma · save humanity · genetic modification · family legacy · scientific conspiracy · illegal research · future crisis

Setting labels: near future · mid-21st century · dystopian future · post-famine world · climate change · flooded cities · surveillance state · Washington DC · New York City · global crisis · post-apocalyptic

Reader-connected: no

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Distance: 0.1983

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Your Utopia

Bora Chung · 2024

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

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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

Reader-connected: no

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Distance: 0.2008

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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

Reader-connected: no

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Distance: 0.2015

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The Book of Phoenix

Nnedi Okorafor · 2015 · Who Fears Death

A genetically engineered young woman in a dystopian lab breaks free and unleashes a fiery, mythic revolt.

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Premise labels: genetic experimentation · superhuman woman · revolt · revenge · escape from captivity · post-apocalyptic future · oppressed subjects · mythmaking

Setting labels: near future · post-apocalyptic future · dystopian future · future America · New York · tower setting · Africa · transatlantic setting · climate-changed world · flooded cities

Reader-connected: no

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Distance: 0.2024

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Life Ever After

Carla Grauls · 2019

In a future of AI upgrades and long life, two lovers question how much of themselves they can keep intact.

Why this is here

Premise labels: technology and humanity · AI enhancement · cyborg future · immortality · memory manipulation · autonomy vs control · relationship under augmentation · ethical dilemma

Setting labels: future city · tech city · dystopian future · near future · high-tech society · AI-integrated world · clinic setting · transhuman future

Reader-connected: no

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2034

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