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Themes labels used: disability, bodily autonomy, accessibility, love and acceptance, identity, agency, medical ethics, caregiving, persistence, social stigma, humanity and machine, exploration, duty, plague prevention, doing what is right

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Cover of Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful by Arwen Elys Dayton

Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful

Arwen Elys Dayton · 2018

Six linked futures trace how genetic engineering and body modification reshape humanity, morality, and identity.

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Themes labels: humanity · ethics · perfection · power · privilege · class inequality · bodily autonomy · identity · morality · eugenics · technology and society · medical ethics · social control · discrimination · life and death · progress and consequences · vanity · fear of change · human nature

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Fox Forever

Mary E. Pearson · 2013 · Jenna Fox Chronicles

A young man with a bioengineered body goes undercover for the resistance and falls for the official’s daughter.

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Themes labels: humanity · identity · redemption · hope · prejudice · discrimination · social inequality · morality · bioethics · medical ethics · freedom · citizenship · belonging · love vs duty

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The Speed of Dark

Elizabeth Moon · 2003

An autistic man in a near-future workplace faces pressure to accept an experimental cure that could change who he is.

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Themes labels: normality · identity · selfhood · disability rights · medicalization · acceptance · humanity · choice and consent · sensory experience · prejudice · change · autonomy · neurodiversity · ethics

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Cover of The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey

The Ship Who Sang

Anne McCaffrey · 1985 · Brainship

A disabled girl becomes the mind of a starship and navigates missions, love, grief, and the ethics of her existence.

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Themes labels: disability · eugenics · personhood · humanity · grief · loss · love · agency · consent · ethics · identity · bodily autonomy · social worth · companionate love · art and music · gender roles · alienation · growth · choice

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Cover of The Evening and the Morning and the Night by Octavia E. Butler

The Evening and the Morning and the Night

Octavia E. Butler · 1991 · Pulphouse Short Story Paperbacks

A hereditary disease born from a cancer cure forces one young woman to confront stigma, control, and survival.

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Themes labels: genetic determinism · free will · agency · identity · social stigma · discrimination · medical ethics · bioethics · eugenics · isolation · community · responsibility · collective responsibility · self-determination · human dignity · mental illness · disability · inheritance · parent-child legacy · survival · compassion · belonging · autonomy · class stratification · feminism · racial discrimination · othering

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Cover of Glitches by Marissa Meyer

Glitches

Marissa Meyer · 2011 · The Lunar Chronicles

A cyborg girl’s first days with her new family expose her isolation, memories, and the start of her destiny.

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Themes labels: belonging · identity · memory loss · otherness · disability · body autonomy · humanity · self-worth · discrimination · family rejection · grief · resilience · kindness · dehumanization · acceptance

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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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Themes labels: humanity · consciousness · sentience · free will · love · desire · identity · personhood · rights · autonomy · loss · grief · selfishness · moral ambiguity · social conformity · alienation · discrimination · othering · coming of age · emotional repression · compassion · redemption · choice · societal pressure

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Upgrade Soul

Ezra Claytan Daniels · 2018 · Upgrade Soul

An elderly couple enters a risky rejuvenation experiment and must face the unsettling consequences of cloning, memory, and identity.

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Themes labels: identity · personhood · humanity · memory · aging · mortality · ethics · medical ethics · scientific ethics · transhumanism · selfhood · body image · beauty standards · disfigurement · disability · race · privilege · legacy · love · family · greed · selfishness · continuity of self · soul

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Cover of Leech by Hiron Ennes

Leech

Hiron Ennes · 2022

A parasite-doctor in a frozen chateau investigates a death and encounters a rival infection threatening body and mind.

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Themes labels: identity · autonomy · bodily autonomy · consent · medical ethics · oppression · control · personhood · trauma · grooming · abuse · survival · decay · humanity · colonization · self-discovery · memory · loss of agency

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Cover of World Running Down by Al Hess

World Running Down

Al Hess · 2023

A trans salvager chases city citizenship and gender-affirming care, then a job and an AI companion complicate everything.

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Themes labels: bodily autonomy · identity · sentience · personhood · free will · consent · gender dysphoria · trans joy · trans pain · self-determination · class inequality · liberation · community · kindness · humanity · social justice · access to healthcare · prejudice · neurodivergence

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