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These books are ranked using the characterization labels extracted for When the Moon Hits Your Eye.

Characterization labels used: ordinary people, ensemble cast, billionaires, scientists, astronauts, politicians, preachers, workers, schoolkids, retirees, authors, cheese shop owners, government officials, celebrities, conspiracy theorists, snarky characters, eccentric billionaire, social outcasts, terminal illness, faith crisis, egoistic entrepreneur, human scale

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Cover of Machine of Death: A Collection of Stories About People Who Know How They Will Die by Ryan North

Machine of Death: A Collection of Stories About People Who Know How They Will Die

Ryan North · 2010 · Machine of Death

An illustrated anthology of 34 stories about a machine that tells people how they’ll die, and how that knowledge reshapes life.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1827

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334

Thomas M. Disch · 1999

A fragmented near-future New York mosaic follows public-housing residents living under strict social, reproductive, and economic controls.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.2014

Cover of Orsinian Tales by Ursula K. Le Guin

Orsinian Tales

Ursula K. Le Guin · 2004 · Orsinia

Interlinked tales of ordinary lives in an invented Central European country, tracing love, politics, faith, and loss.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.2078

Cover of The Morning Star by Karl Ove Knausgård

The Morning Star

Karl Ove Knausgård, Karl Ove Knausgaard · 2021 · Morgenstjernen

A new star appears over Norway, and nine lives slowly slide from ordinary routines into eerie, uncertain change.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.2089

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The Wanderer

Fritz Leiber · 2001

A rogue planet appears near Earth, triggering a global catastrophe and unexpected first contact with catlike aliens.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.2147

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Days of Panic

Jack Hunt · 2018 · EMP Survival

After an EMP cripples New York on New Year’s Eve, four strangers must band together to survive and escape the city.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.2149

Cover of The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner

The Sheep Look Up

John Brunner · 1972 · Club of Rome Quartet

A fragmented near-future dystopia where pollution, corruption, and disease push America toward ecological collapse.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.2225

Cover of Miracleman, Book One: The Golden Age by Neil Gaiman

Miracleman, Book One: The Golden Age

Neil Gaiman · 2016 · Miracleman

A post-utopian superhero collection follows ordinary people living under Miracleman’s godlike rule.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.2232

Cover of Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052–2072 by M.E. O'Brien

Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052–2072

M.E. O'Brien, Eman Abdelhadi · 2022

A future oral history of how collapse, revolt, and mutual aid built a post-capitalist New York commune.

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Characterization labels: ensemble cast · ordinary people · workers · nurses · sex workers · militants · survivors · academics · archivists · community organizers · diverse cast

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.2235

Cover of The Dinosaur Four by Geoff   Jones

The Dinosaur Four

Geoff Jones · 2014

A Denver coffee shop is blasted to the Cretaceous, forcing strangers to survive dinosaurs, each other, and a way home.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.2259

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Next

Michael Crichton · 2006

A biotech thriller weaving together genetic experiments, patent fights, and transgenic animals in a near-present world.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.2275

Cover of Songs of Distant Earth by Arthur C. Clarke

Songs of Distant Earth

Arthur C. Clarke · 1986

A dying-Earth starship stops at a peaceful ocean colony, forcing two branches of humanity to confront each other.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.2276