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Cover of The Orville: Sympathy for the Devil by Seth MacFarlane
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These books are ranked using the premise + themes labels extracted for The Orville: Sympathy for the Devil. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.

Premise labels used: moral dilemma, ethical conundrum, simulation premise, identity crisis, ideology and accountability, rehabilitation question, brainwashing, time-displaced upbringing

Themes labels used: morality, accountability, free will, ideology, radicalization, brainwashing, justice, rehabilitation, identity, intention versus harm, reality and simulation, technology ethics, political extremism, fascism, human nature, gray morality

This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their premise + themes embeddings are close.

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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.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + themes

Distance: 0.1511

Cover of Quantum Night by Robert J. Sawyer

Quantum Night

Robert J. Sawyer · 2016

A psychologist who can spot psychopaths uncovers a missing six months of his own life and a theory that could alter humanity.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + themes

Distance: 0.1557

Cover of The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson

The Adoration of Jenna Fox

Mary E. Pearson · 2008 · Jenna Fox Chronicles

A teen wakes from a coma with missing memories and uncovers a shocking secret about her body, family, and humanity.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + themes

Distance: 0.1626

Cover of Clockwork Orange by Stanley Kubrick

Clockwork Orange

Stanley Kubrick · 2002

A violent youth is forced through a state reform experiment, raising questions about free will, morality, and control.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + themes

Distance: 0.1680

Cover of Sympathy Tower Tokyo by Rie Qudan

Sympathy Tower Tokyo

Rie Qudan · 2025

In near-future Tokyo, an architect designs a radical prison-tower for criminals while wrestling with language, AI, and her own doubts.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + themes

Distance: 0.1726

Cover of Mindbreaker by Kate Dylan

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.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + themes

Distance: 0.1742

Cover of The Merge by Grace          Walker

The Merge

Grace Walker · 2025

A mother and daughter enter an experimental mind-merging program in a resource-strained dystopia, only to question its true cost.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + themes

Distance: 0.1756

Cover of UnWholly by Neal Shusterman

UnWholly

Neal Shusterman · 2012 · Unwind Dystology

In a dystopian future where teens are harvested for parts, survivors face new threats and a manufactured boy questions who he is.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + themes

Distance: 0.1759

Cover of موسم صيد الغزلان by Ahmed Mourad

موسم صيد الغزلان

Ahmed Mourad, أحمد مراد · 2017

A future-set, controversial novel follows an atheist scientist drawn into a strange experiment, desire, and unsettling questions of faith.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + themes

Distance: 0.1765

Cover of Amped by Daniel H. Wilson

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.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + themes

Distance: 0.1773

Cover of Beyond the Rift by Peter Watts

Beyond the Rift

Peter Watts · 2013 · Rifters

A hard-SF short story collection where alien POVs, AI, faith, and bleak futures probe what makes us human.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + themes

Distance: 0.1777

Cover of Ringer by Lauren Oliver

Ringer

Lauren Oliver · 2017 · Replica

Two separated girls navigate cloning fallout, hidden dangers, and identity questions in a dual-track sci-fi sequel.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + themes

Distance: 0.1777