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These books are ranked using the characterization labels extracted for Miracleman, Book One: A Dream of Flying.
Characterization labels used: middle-aged protagonist, freelance reporter, married protagonist, alter ego conflict, godlike hero, villainous superhuman, government agent, scientific creator, everyman hero
Focused on “loyal functionary” where exact label matches exist.
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their characterization embeddings are close.
A government agent is genetically upgraded against his will and must stop a plan to alter humanity itself.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: everyman hero · government agent · scientist protagonist · family man · complicated protagonist · guilt-ridden · reluctant hero · genius mother · upgraded protagonist
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1463
A retired man follows a mysterious horn into a tiered otherworld and climbs toward the creator at its summit.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: retired professor · middle-aged protagonist · older man · everyman hero · hyper-capable hero · sidekick · villainous ruler · damsel in distress · macho hero
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1614
A Vermont newspaper editor watches a demagogue win power and turn American democracy into dictatorship.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: journalist protagonist · aging editor · liberal protagonist · populist demagogue · charismatic politician · authoritarian leader · thug enforcers · corrupt cronies · reluctant revolutionary · everyman
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1736
A last man and his companions keep crossing a shattered America, where new factions and old loyalties collide.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: everyman protagonist · reluctant hero · brainwashed follower · fanatical leader · secret agent · scientist · survivalist group · eclectic companions · culpable sister
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1763
A disgraced race pilot turned courier gets dragged into a galaxy-spanning conspiracy involving mobsters, megacorps, and a mad scientist.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: everyman protagonist · washed-up loser · hotshot pilot · semi-illegal hero · wisecracking protagonist · unlikely hero · mad scientist · eccentric scientist · AI character · psychopathic inventor · supporting ensemble · morally questionable protagonist · good guy
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1781
On an unnamed island, disappearing things erase memory itself, and one novelist risks everything to shelter a man who still remembers.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: unnamed protagonist · novelist protagonist · editor · old man · immune rememberers · passive citizens · authoritarian enforcers · compliant protagonist
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1786
A secret division fights reality-devouring ideas that erase themselves from memory, making the war almost impossible to know.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: agents · scientists · organization leaders · middle-aged women · heroic protagonists · relatable individuals · good at jobs · facing erasure · memory-vulnerable · driven · complicated · flat characters (mixed) · minimal character growth · human-centered
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1804
A career-spanning Richard Matheson anthology of short, twisty horror, sci-fi, and suspense stories.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: everyman protagonists · ordinary people · older men · young woman protagonist · couple protagonists · authority figures · psychopathic antagonist · helpless protagonist · morally pressured characters
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1817
A postwar world is run by a supercomputer, but a rebel challenge exposes dangerous fractures in the machine-backed order.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: morally conflicted hero · bureaucrat protagonist · regional director · government officials · rebels · fanatics · religious zealots · technocrat · middle manager · self-doubt · thin characterization
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1817
An astronaut is remade into a cyborg to survive Mars, while the project’s human, political, and hidden costs mount.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: astronaut protagonist · reluctant subject · everyman hero · cyborg · scientist · bioengineer · president · wife · priest · best friend
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1817
A man dies at 43 and wakes up at 18 with his future memories intact, forced to relive and rethink his life.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: middle-aged protagonist · self-centered protagonist · regretful protagonist · nihilistic phase · persevering · morally mixed · competent strategist
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1851
A broke future ceramics repairman is recruited by a godlike alien for a bizarre off-world mission.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: everyman protagonist · working-class loser · depressed loner · unemployed craftsman · reluctant hero · specialist team · godlike entity · alien guide · robot side character · self-doubting protagonist · odd specialists
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1859
