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Premise labels used: sentient protagonist, identity concealment, stolen heirloom, search quest, nonhuman protagonist, post-collapse survival, mutant world, human infiltration

Setting labels used: post-apocalyptic Earth, dystopian future, human bases, wasteland, mutated ecosystem, militarized society, cosmic radiation aftermath, ecological collapse, fortified enclaves

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小蘑菇

一十四洲 · 2019

A nonhuman mushroom enters a human base to recover his lost spore in a brutal post-apocalyptic world.

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Premise labels: lost spore · body transformation · nonhuman protagonist · human infiltration · survival quest · mutated world · species boundary · search mission

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · dystopian future · mutated wildlife · military base · human enclave · wasteland · end-times · science-fictional world

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Star Man's Son, 2250 A.D

Andre Norton · 1980

A mutant outcast and his telepathic cat journey through a post-nuclear future to find a lost city and prove his worth.

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Premise labels: mutant outcast · post-nuclear future · search for lost city · ruined civilization · survival adventure · exploration quest · tribal society · outsider hero · telepathic animal companion · race relations

Setting labels: future Earth · post-apocalyptic world · post-nuclear landscape · atomic war aftermath · ruined cities · radiation zones · tribal societies · primitive future · healing earth · far future

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Distance: 0.1218

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Immobility

Brian Evenson · 2012

An amnesiac paraplegic is sent across a ruined wasteland on a mysterious mission that may reveal what he truly is.

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Premise labels: amnesiac protagonist · cryogenic wake-up · paraplegic protagonist · wasteland quest · mysterious mission · survival task · retrieval mission · post-collapse survival

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · radiated wasteland · underground community · ruined city · toxic environment · nuclear aftermath · futuristic dystopia

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Red Gambit

Luke R. Mitchell · 2017 · The Harvesters

A snarky mercenary and an energy-wielding arcanist team up in alien-ravaged Earth to recover what they’ve lost.

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Premise labels: post-apocalyptic quest · alien invasion aftermath · stolen equipment · missing sibling · reluctant alliance · save the world · power struggle

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic Earth · nuclear wasteland · alien-occupied world · dystopian future · apocalyptic aftermath

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Distance: 0.1250

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Ghosts

Nicholas Sansbury Smith · 2017 · Hell Divers

A surface mission in a ruined future Earth uncovers buried truths, mounting unrest, and a dangerous leader’s secrets.

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Premise labels: post-apocalyptic survival · airship society · surface scavenging · missing signal · hidden secrets · betrayal · humanity survival

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic Earth · flying airship · surface wasteland · radiated wasteland · toxic planet · future Earth · destroyed world · closed society

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Little Mushroom: Revelations

Yi Shi Si Zhou, 一十四洲 · 2022 · Little Mushroom (Novel)

A sentient mushroom infiltrates a human base to recover his spore, only to face a wary judge and an unraveling apocalypse.

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Premise labels: lost spore · identity concealment · xenogenic infiltration · human base · apocalypse survival · forbidden attraction · final trial

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · decaying universe · human base · Northern Base · walled cities · underground cities · desolate land · highly mutated world · scientific apocalypse · dystopian future

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Distance: 0.1267

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Pure

Julianna Baggott · 2012 · Pure

In a nuclear-ravaged world split between Dome-dwellers and mutated survivors, two teens risk everything to find truth.

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Premise labels: nuclear aftermath · split society · survival quest · escape from dome · lost mother search · apocalyptic mutation · controlled enclave · outside world survival

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic future · nuclear holocaust aftermath · domed enclave · wasteland · ash-covered world · controlled society · ruined Earth · climate-controlled dome

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Asfixia

Alex Mírez · 2016

After a toxic air catastrophe kills nearly everyone, one immune survivor uncovers hidden factions and a buried truth.

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Premise labels: last survivor · toxic air · mass extinction · immune protagonist · survival mystery · hidden society · underground civilization · truth-seeking · post-collapse world · end-of-humanity

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic Earth · surface wasteland · underground city · civilian bunker · toxic atmosphere · future setting · collapsed society · government-controlled regime

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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Philip K. Dick · 2008 · Blade Runner

A bounty hunter in a radioactive future tracks rogue androids while questioning what separates humans from machines.

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Premise labels: android hunt · identity crisis · post-apocalyptic survival · humanity test · empathy test · animal scarcity · fugitive androids · bounty hunter · false humanity · artificial life

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic Earth · San Francisco · Mars colony · nuclear fallout · radioactive dust · off-world colonies · dystopian future · future Earth · blighted urban wasteland · post-war

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Blame!, Vol. 1

Tsutomu Nihei · 2005 · Blame! [ブラム!]

A silent wanderer crosses a colossal cyberpunk megastructure, fighting machines and uncovering a hidden human future.

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Premise labels: mysterious quest · artifact search · survival journey · megastructure exploration · silent protagonist · post-apocalyptic survival

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic · cyberpunk · megacity · labyrinthine structure · industrial ruins · dystopian future · vertical city · biomechanical world

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The Frozen Realm

Mark Arrows · 2023 · 12 Miles Below

A survivor and his father are trapped in a frozen post-apocalyptic world where ancient tech, monsters, and gods lurk below.

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Premise labels: survival quest · frozen world · underground civilization · lost technology · ancient secrets · monster-infested depths · ancient war · father-son journey · power armor · progression arc

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic Earth · frozen surface · subterranean world · underground civilizations · dystopian future · pseudo-medieval society · high-tech ruins · ice wasteland · cybernetic dungeons · far future

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BLAME! Vol. 1

Tsutomu Nihei · 2016 · BLAME!

A silent wanderer crosses a vast vertical megastructure searching for a gene that may restore humanity’s link to the Net.

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Premise labels: search quest · missing gene · vertical megacity · survival journey · post-human world · lost humanity · mission-driven protagonist

Setting labels: future Earth · vertical city · megacity · megastructure · post-apocalyptic world · dystopian future · industrial wasteland · post-human setting · cybernetic world

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