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Premise labels used: clone assassination, celebrity clones, identity crisis, selfhood, free will, existential dilemma, publicity stunt, near-future technology

Setting labels used: near future, Bubble City, cyberpunk city, futuristic city, celebrity culture, glitzy urban setting, high society, lavish urban decay

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Cover of Strange New World by Rachel Vincent

Strange New World

Rachel Vincent · 2018 · Brave New Girl

Two genetically identical girls from opposite worlds uncover a cloning conspiracy and fight to expose the truth.

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Premise labels: clone identity · mistaken identity · clone rights · runaway clones · media celebrity · genetic sisterhood · social control · exposed lies · uprising

Setting labels: future society · dystopian city · clone farm · walled city · elite society · wealth divide · social media society · reality TV world · futuristic landscape

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Distance: 0.1686

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Cover of The Original by Brandon Sanderson

The Original

Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal · 2020

A cloned woman must hunt her original in four days while uncovering the truth behind a murder and her reality.

Why this is here

Premise labels: clone hunt · identity crisis · self versus self · memory loss · murder investigation · government surveillance · immortality cost · replica mission · truth seeking · forced replacement

Setting labels: near future · futuristic society · dystopian future · altered reality · virtual overlay · surveillance state · global government · high tech world · post-work society

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Distance: 0.1739

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Kiln People

David Brin · 2002

A future PI uses short-lived copies of himself to solve a cloning crime that opens into a deeper mystery.

Why this is here

Premise labels: temporary duplicates · consciousness transfer · private investigator · illegal copying · identity crisis · soul imprinting · memory upload · one-day bodies · societal transformation · future cloning economy

Setting labels: near future · Earth · urban future · technologically transformed society · political-economic future · street-level future

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Distance: 0.1777

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Constance

Matthew FitzSimmons · 2021 · Constance

A woman wakes as her clone with missing memories and must solve her own murder in a near-future cloning conspiracy.

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Premise labels: human cloning · memory upload · identity crisis · own murder · clone investigation · immortality tech · rich-only access · personhood dispute · clone rights · conspiracy

Setting labels: near future · future America · clone clinic · corporate lab · politically divided · legal patchwork · realistic future · dystopian future

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Cover of Chance by Matthew FitzSimmons

Chance

Matthew FitzSimmons · 2023 · Constance

A wealthy young clone wakes accused of murder and races to uncover the truth about his memory gaps and family trauma.

Why this is here

Premise labels: human cloning · memory loss · murder accusation · self-investigation · wealth inequality · daredevil stunts · rich clone

Setting labels: near future · Los Angeles · southern California · Salton Sea · dystopian future · climate-altered future

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Distance: 0.1868

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Cover of Hard Boiled by Frank Miller

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: 0.1895

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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.

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Premise labels: human cloning · identity crisis · ethical dilemma · on the run · mistaken identity · search for a cure · outsider status · escape from institution

Setting labels: futuristic world · not-too-distant future · laboratory setting · institution setting · outside the institute · road trip · suburban domestic setting · trailer park · contemporary world

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Distance: 0.1901

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Cover of The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey

The Echo Wife

Sarah Gailey · 2021

A cloning scientist finds her husband has replaced her with a better, obedient copy—then the dead body forces both wives to cooperate.

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Premise labels: human cloning · cloned spouse · identity swap · marital betrayal · ethical dilemma · body double · pregnant clone · cover-up

Setting labels: near future · not-too-distant future · future earth · cloning lab · domestic spaces · male-dominated field · scientific workplace

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Distance: 0.1979

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Cover of The Possibility of an Island by Michel Houellebecq

The Possibility of an Island

Michel Houellebecq · 2005

A cynical comedian’s life and future clones expose a bleak experiment in sex, aging, faith, and immortality.

Why this is here

Premise labels: immortality · cloning · aging crisis · cult involvement · future humanity · human extinction · posthuman life · love and death · youth obsession · social critique

Setting labels: near future · far future · post-apocalyptic world · France · Paris · Spain · Lanzarote · Almeria · dystopian society · cloned society · deserted landscape

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Cover of Sewer, Gas and Electric: The Public Works Trilogy by Matt Ruff

Sewer, Gas and Electric: The Public Works Trilogy

Matt Ruff · 2004

In a satirical 2023 New York, a sewer-dwelling investigator is pulled into a bizarre conspiracy of robots, sharks, and power.

Why this is here

Premise labels: near-future conspiracy · satirical dystopia · corporate power · environmental collapse · capitalism critique · racism critique · investigative mystery · android revolution · eco-terrorism · absurdist premise

Setting labels: New York City · Manhattan · 2023 · near future · dystopian future · urban underworld · sewers · public works infrastructure · alternate reality · corporate metropolis

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Distance: 0.2035

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Cover of The Unhappening of Genesis Lee by Shallee McArthur

The Unhappening of Genesis Lee

Shallee McArthur · 2014

A memory-perfect teen must stop a thief stealing lives—while her own memories begin to vanish.

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Premise labels: memory theft · stored memories · genetically enhanced humans · social divide · thief hunt · identity crisis

Setting labels: near future · future society · city setting · closed community · urban dystopia · futuristic technology · science fiction world · class divide

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Distance: 0.2112

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Cover of Motorman by David Ohle

Motorman

David Ohle · 2023 · Moldenke

A persecuted man navigates a bizarre, surveilled future of fake weather, artificial skies, and body-altered identities.

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Premise labels: surveillance · escape · identity crisis · body alteration · bizarre future · persecuted protagonist · artificial reality

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic · dystopian future · artificial weather · artificial suns · artificial moons · surveilled society · urban decay · country journey · post-industrial

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Distance: 0.2119

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Cover of I Will Fear No Evil by Robert A. Heinlein

I Will Fear No Evil

Robert A. Heinlein · 1987

A dying billionaire’s brain transplant into a young woman’s body triggers identity, legal, and sexual chaos.

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Premise labels: brain transplant · body swap · shared body · identity crisis · gender swap · life extension · immortality quest · legal identity dispute · sexual awakening · future society

Setting labels: near future · early 21st century · dystopian future · lawless areas · enclaves · armored vehicles · urban collapse

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Distance: 0.2123

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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.

Why this is here

Premise labels: mind upload · robot body · identity crisis · body autonomy · corporate control · anti-tech cult · experimental technology · terminal illness · save or betray · corporate conspiracy · humanity question · memory gaps · hidden agenda · escape and expose

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic · post-nuclear war · radioactive world · futuristic city · future America · future New York · dystopian world · tech-dominated society · fringe cult · fringe society · corporate future · neon city · wasteland · robotic body

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Distance: 0.2125

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Cover of Airhead by Meg Cabot

Airhead

Meg Cabot · 2008 · Airhead

After a freak accident, a tomboy teen wakes in a supermodel’s body and must navigate fame, love, and identity.

Why this is here

Premise labels: body swap · brain transplant · identity crisis · celebrity life · modeling world · fish out of water · secret identity · forced impersonation · search for self

Setting labels: New York City · Manhattan · SoHo · high school · hospital · megastore · modeling industry · celebrity world · contemporary · near-future

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Distance: 0.2131

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Cover of Counting Heads by David Marusek

Counting Heads

David Marusek · 2005 · Counting Heads

In a far-future, AI- and clone-filled society, an assassination sets off a tangled struggle over family, power, and survival.

Why this is here

Premise labels: future society · life extension · clone society · AI mediation · assassination fallout · head rescue · corporate power · class divide · overpopulation · conspiracy

Setting labels: far future · 22nd century · future Earth · high-tech society · domed cities · surveillance state

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Distance: 0.2137

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Cover of Anyone by Charles Soule

Anyone

Charles Soule · 2019

A scientist’s failed Alzheimer’s experiment creates body-swapping tech that reshapes society and exposes its dark uses.

Why this is here

Premise labels: consciousness transfer · body swapping · future tech · black market tech · Alzheimer's research · identity crisis · technology gone awry · corporate control · legal gray market · world-changing invention

Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · realistic future · Ann Arbor · Michigan · global · urban future · black market underworld · corporate future · regulated technology

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Distance: 0.2148

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Cover of Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart

Super Sad True Love Story

Gary Shteyngart · 2010

In a near-future New York, a book-loving salesmen and a younger social-media native try to love amid collapse.

Why this is here

Premise labels: near future · love story · dying world · social collapse · immortality industry · aging anxiety · books vs digital culture · credit economy · surveillance society · social ranking

Setting labels: near future · New York City · Manhattan · Rome · post-literate society · tech-saturated world · dystopian America · economic collapse · Chinese creditors · immigration pressure

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Distance: 0.2165

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Cover of Spares by Michael Marshall Smith

Spares

Michael Marshall Smith · 1997

An ex-cop junkie in a vertical cyberpunk city rescues human clones and is dragged back into his own buried past.

Why this is here

Premise labels: clone bodies · medical exploitation · ex-cop protagonist · redemption quest · rescue mission · dystopian future · corrupt elite · body part harvesting · outcast survivor

Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · cyberpunk future · city-sized mall · vertical city · cloning farm · corporate state · alternate dimension · surreal otherworld

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Distance: 0.2169

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Cover of In Our Likeness by Bryan VanDyke

In Our Likeness

Bryan VanDyke · 2024

A tech worker’s AI experiment rewrites reality, forcing him to question truth, love, and identity.

Why this is here

Premise labels: AI gone wrong · reality alteration · truth and falsehood · misinformation · tech startup · ethical dilemma · power and control · identity crisis

Setting labels: near future · contemporary · New York · Manhattan · Brooklyn · the Hamptons · tech company · startup workplace · urban setting · recognizable 21st century environment

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Distance: 0.2170

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Cover of The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer

The House of the Scorpion

Nancy Farmer · 2002 · Matteo Alacran

A cloned boy raised as property in a drug lord’s future borderland must confront what makes him human.

Why this is here

Premise labels: clone identity · human cloning · organ donor · coming of age · human rights · dehumanization · escape

Setting labels: future · dystopian future · borderland · Mexico-influenced · drug empire · estate setting · desert setting · oppressive society

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Distance: 0.2180

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Cover of Suicide Club by Rachel Heng

Suicide Club

Rachel Heng · 2018

In a near-future NYC where immortality is rationed, a model citizen is pulled toward a rebel group that rejects eternal life.

Why this is here

Premise labels: immortality · life extension · illegal death · health-obsessed society · genetic selection · body enhancement · underground resistance · family rupture

Setting labels: near future · near-future NYC · future America · dystopian city · biotech society · high surveillance · strict regulation · immortal elite · social underclass · urban near future

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Distance: 0.2195

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Cover of Three Days in April by Edward Ashton

Three Days in April

Edward Ashton · 2015

In a near-future city split by genetic enhancement, a mass-death mystery pulls a misfit group into chaos.

Why this is here

Premise labels: near-future crisis · mass death mystery · genetic divide · augmented humans · anti-mod conflict · government cover-up · hackers and misfits · survival mission · sentient AI conflict · pandemic scare

Setting labels: near future · Baltimore · Hagerstown · future America · United States · dystopian future · high-tech society · surveillance society · cybernetic future · split society

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Distance: 0.2200

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Cover of Life Ever After by Carla Grauls

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

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Distance: 0.2203

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