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Roque Larraquy

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These books are ranked using the tone + premise labels extracted for The National Telepathy. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.

Tone labels used: satirical, darkly funny, absurd, grotesque, sarcastic, ironic, bizarre, disquieting, funny

Premise labels used: ethnographic park, human zoo, telepathic sloth, state secrecy, power appropriation

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His Name was Death

Rafael Bernal · 2021

A bitter recluse in the Mexican jungle learns mosquito language and is pulled into a surreal bid for world domination.

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Tone labels: dark · darkly satirical · hilarious · delirious · cynical · grim · sinister · wild · surreal · allegorical · philosophical · serious · desperate · apocalyptic

Premise labels: misanthrope · jungle exile · inter-species communication · mosquito society · world domination · anti-colonial allegory · ecological disaster · hive mind · language learning · dictation

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Distance: 0.1543

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Demain les chats

Bernard Werber · 2016 · Les chats

A Parisian cat narrates the rise of feline knowledge as human society collapses into violence, plague, and upheaval.

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Tone labels: satirical · philosophical · darkly comic · uneasy · absurd · playful · melancholy · morbid

Premise labels: cat narrator · animal perspective · inter-species communication · human-animal relationship · civilizational collapse

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Distance: 0.1599

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QualityLand 2.0

Marc-Uwe Kling · 2020 · QualityLand

In a near-future algorithmic dystopia, interwoven characters face pursuit, politics, and escalating absurdity.

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Tone labels: bitterly funny · absurd · satirical · bizarre · darkly comic · political · cynical · playful · grotesque · provocative

Premise labels: near-future dystopia · AI society · algorithmic control · surveillance capitalism · level system · digital identity · right to be forgotten · climate crisis · machine therapy · killer robot

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Distance: 0.1618

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The Constant Rabbit

Jasper Fforde · 2020

In an alternate UK, a rabbit spotter must choose sides when a rabbit family moves in next door.

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Tone labels: satirical · absurd · witty · darkly funny · biting · acerbic · playful · serious · bittersweet · melancholy · heartbreaking · thinly veiled

Premise labels: anthropomorphic animals · rabbit rights · social allegory · outsider newcomer · political scapegoating · neighborhood conflict · bystander complicity · minority underclass

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Distance: 0.1651

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The Teleportation Accident

Ned Beauman · 2012

A self-absorbed Berlin set designer chases sex, art, and a teleportation mystery across 1930s Europe and America.

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Tone labels: funny · irreverent · absurd · farcical · satirical · darkly comic · bizarre · playful · seductive · wry · unsteady

Premise labels: teleportation · stage design · sexual frustration · obsessive pursuit · historical absurdism · anti-historical fiction

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Distance: 0.1713

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Mood Swings

Frankie Barnet · 2024

In a post-fauna world, two young women navigate grief, love, and absurd survival as a billionaire promises a time machine.

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Tone labels: surreal · satirical · wry · absurd · hilarious · darkly funny · sharp · sardonic · earnest · earnestly serious · melancholy · nihilistic · hopeful · unsettling · crazy

Premise labels: animal uprising · post-fauna world · billionaire power · time machine · wealth inequality · climate collapse · grief economy · internet fame · young adulthood · romantic entanglement

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Distance: 0.1723

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War with the Newts

Karel Čapek, Ewald Osers · 1990

A captain's exploitative deal with intelligent newts spirals into a worldwide satire of power, greed, and collapse.

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Tone labels: satirical · sarcastic · darkly comic · bleak · funny · disturbing · wicked · cynical · pointed · poignant · absurdist · unsettling · prophetic

Premise labels: intelligent species · human exploitation · slave labor · industrial expansion · colonial exploitation · public enemy · species revolt

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Distance: 0.1733

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Schismatrix Plus

Bruce Sterling · 1996

A decades-spanning posthuman saga follows an exiled diplomat through a fractured solar system of warring human factions.

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Tone labels: inventive · weird · dark humor · satirical · somber · dazzling · dense · serious · absurdist · visceral

Premise labels: posthuman future · human faction conflict · solar system colonization · genetic vs cybernetic enhancement · power struggle · ideological schism · future history

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Distance: 0.1780

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Heart of a Dog

Mikhail Bulgakov, Михаил Булгаков, Michail Bulgakov · 1990

A starving Moscow stray becomes the subject of a reckless experiment, with grotesque and satirical fallout.

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Tone labels: satirical · black comedy · darkly funny · unsettling · grotesque · bitter · cynical · absurd · playful · sharp

Premise labels: dog transformation · body transformation · scientific experiment · unexpected consequences · new man · class conflict · social satire · state critique · anti-authoritarian satire

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Distance: 0.1786

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Adjustment Day

Chuck Palahniuk · 2019

A satirical dystopia follows a violent American revolution that splits society into separate nations by identity.

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Tone labels: satirical · darkly funny · dark · bleak · offensive · irreverent · cynical · absurd · disturbing · bizarre · harsh · comic

Premise labels: mysterious book · social upheaval · political revolution · identity politics · conspiracy theory · ethnostate · social satire · mass violence · new order · alt-right fantasy

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Distance: 0.1810

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QualityLand

Marc-Uwe Kling · 2018 · QualityLand

A near-future tech dystopia turns consumer convenience into social control, until one man challenges the system.

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Tone labels: satirical · bitter · comic · darkly funny · absurd · cynical · skeptical · mocking · alarming · playful

Premise labels: algorithmic society · consumerism · ratings culture · predictive delivery · automated matchmaking · techno-dystopia

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Distance: 0.1818

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Software

Rudy Rucker · 1982 · Ware

An aging robot inventor is drawn into a moon-bound revolt, where mind upload, identity, and immortality collide.

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Tone labels: wacky · funny · surreal · satirical · gonzo · darkly funny · quirky · absurd · playful · light · trippy · punk

Premise labels: sentient robots · robot revolt · digital immortality · mind upload · consciousness transfer · posthuman identity · human-robot conflict · moon colony

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Distance: 0.1840

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