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These books are ranked using the motifs labels extracted for Running with the Demon.
Motifs labels used: heatwave, Fourth of July, fireworks, park, dreams, staff, walking stick, dark creatures, secrets, visions, forest guardian, steel mill
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their motifs embeddings are close.
Dreams Underfoot
Interlinked stories in the magical city of Newford follow artists, drifters, and outsiders as hidden wonder breaks into city life.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: music · painting · dreams · ghosts · fairies · mermaids · bigfoot · goblins · balloon men · locked bicycles · drums · beaches · streets · night · moon · rains
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.2505
Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
Yoda answers a secret plea from Count Dooku, sparking a tense Clone Wars mission of temptation, philosophy, and old bonds.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: dark side · light and dark · prophetic dreams · walking stick · lunchroom antics · disguise · secret mission · rain
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.2513
Winter of Fire
In a frozen future, an enslaved girl is chosen by the ruling Firelord and becomes a spark for freedom.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: fire · firestones · sun · cold · darkness · light · warmth · mines · branded bodies · forehead marks · myths · legends · visions · prophecy · snow
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.2571
Red Prophet
An alternate-history frontier tale where a gifted boy enters Native-led संघर्ष to stop war, empire, and land destruction.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: green music · whiskey · blood · tornado · vision · dreams · land sense · knacks · healing · water crossing · prophet · curse
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.2576
Beacon 23
A war-scarred beacon keeper in deep space faces isolation, breakdown, and choices that could affect an entire war.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: lighthouse · beacon · light and darkness · rock · naming things · sounds in the dark · space travel · asteroids · coffee · pets
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.2594
Ghost Ship
The Enterprise faces a mysterious force that absorbs life, while Troi hears the lost crew pleading across centuries.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: ghosts · dreams · voices · souls · visions · energy field · shipboard meetings
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.2595
Doctor Who: The Nightmare of Black Island
The Doctor and Rose investigate a Welsh village where children’s nightmares are becoming real and something ancient is waking.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: nightmares · monsters · lighthouse · woods · coastline · sleep · children · dreams · old building · light in darkness
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.2613
A Sound of Thunder and Other Stories
A Bradbury story collection spanning time travel, rockets, Mars, and eerie human moments, tied together by lyrical wonder.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: rockets · fog horn · butterfly · rain · shoes · space · dinosaurs · machines · sun · wind · summer · letters · walls · tracks
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.2622
Swan Song
After nuclear war devastates America, scattered survivors and a gifted girl become central to a battle of hope versus evil.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: glass ring · crown · plants · visions · dreams · faces · mask · scarlet eye · tarot · fire · nuclear fallout · radiation · winter · light and darkness · magic object
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.2623
Wonders of the Invisible World
A collection of lyrical fantasy and mythic tales, ranging from fairy-tale retellings to modern and sci-fi-inflected wonders.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: water · forest · faerie · angels · witches · music · tarot · painting · artists · moon · starlight · labyrinth · dreams · old tales · time travel · fire
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.2629