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These books are ranked using the characterization labels extracted for The Expanded Earth.

Characterization labels used: survivalist, scientist, mad scientist, crotchety character, snarky character, flawed characters, emotionally raw, resourceful, familial motivation, questionable morality, community builder

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The Shock

Scott Nicholson · 2012 · After

After a solar storm wrecks technology and society, a young woman fights violent survivors and an evolving threat to stay alive.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: survivalist · orphaned child · young woman protagonist · caretaker · military soldiers · rogue soldiers · survivors · clichéd characters · flat characterization · flawed characters · likable characters · unlikeable characters · grounded characters · realistic characters · one-dimensional characters

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1491

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Вонгозеро

Yana Vagner, Яна Вагнер · 2011 · Вонгозеро

A Moscow flu outbreak forces a mismatched group into a winter road escape toward a remote lake and uncertain safety.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: flawed characters · ordinary people · survivors · neurotic narrator · jealousy · hostility · selfish behavior · family protectiveness · human weakness · survival instincts · complex characters

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1352

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Fractal Noise

Christopher Paolini · 2023 · Fractalverse

A grieving xenobiologist joins a perilous trek across an alien planet to investigate a perfect hole and the signal it emits.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: grieving protagonist · depressed protagonist · widower · xenobiologist · scientist crew · religious character · geologist · chemist · flawed characters · unlikable characters · dysfunctional crew · traumatized characters · genetically modified human · morose protagonist

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1489

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The Genocides

Thomas M. Disch · 2000

Alien plants overrun Earth, and a small rural survivor community fights hunger, fear, and each other.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: unlikable characters · morally ambiguous · religious patriarch · survivalist · outsider · fanatic · flawed survivors · power-hungry · resentful · cynical humanity · patriarchal leader · revenge-driven

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1493

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Black Science, Vol. 4: Godworld

Rick Remender · 2016 · Black Science

After a disastrous jump scatters his crew, a stranded scientist must confront his past and reclaim himself.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: flawed protagonist · antihero · scientist protagonist · broken character · self-destructive · guilt-ridden · redeeming arc · character growth · emotionally damaged · morally compromised

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1517

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The Thing Itself

Adam Roberts · 2015

An Antarctic SETI disaster launches a cross-time chase into Kant, AI, and the limits of human reality.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: scientist protagonist · disfigured protagonist · alcoholic protagonist · unlikable protagonist · obsessed philosopher · surly character · practical character · AI character · shadowy institute · traumatized survivor

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1523

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The Rising

Brian Keene · 2004 · The Rising

A father crosses a collapsing America to rescue his son while intelligent, possessed dead and ruthless survivors hunt him.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: determined father · survivalist · preacher · scientist · recovering addict · ex-prostitute · junkie prostitute · militia leader · soldiers · rogue military · cannibals · flawed heroes · resourceful survivor · tormented scientist · badass female lead · stereotyped characters · morally corrupt characters

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1537

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Breakers

Edward W. Robertson · 2012 · Breakers

A flu apocalypse splits two survivor groups across America, then reveals a deadly alien agenda beneath the collapse.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: average people · flawed characters · survivors · antihero · grieving protagonist · resourceful survivors · homesteaders · obsessive character · sarcastic characters · gritty survivors · character-driven

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1562

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My Name is Monster

Katie Hale · 2019

A lone survivor crosses a ruined world, then finds a feral girl and must decide what it means to survive and become Mother.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: loner · outcast · introvert · survivor · practical · aloof · unlikeable protagonist · feral child · traumatized child · engineer · scientist · fixer · caretaker · maternal ambivalence · resilient · curious child · socially detached

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1572

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The MaddAddam Trilogy: Oryx and Crake / The Year of the Flood / MaddAddam

Margaret Atwood · 2013 · MaddAddam

A near-future trilogy of biotech collapse, plague, and survival told through intertwined timelines and perspectives.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: survivor · prophet figure · genetic scientist · activist · damaged genius · sympathetic characters · morally ambiguous characters · flawed narrator · children/young adults · cult members · corporate insiders

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1592

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The Future

Naomi Alderman · 2023

In a near-future collapse, survivalists and insiders race tech billionaires and hidden systems to change who gets through the end.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: billionaires · tech moguls · tech executives · survivalist influencer · cult survivor · assistant · ousted founder · former CEO · wife · nonbinary child · journalist-survivalist · refugee · hacker · resourceful · intelligent · curious · relentless · morally ambiguous · unlikable characters · questionable morals · shallow characters · character-driven tension

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1601

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Jem

Frederik Pohl · 2004

When Earth’s rival blocs race to colonize a habitable planet, their old conflicts endanger both settlers and natives.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: morally compromised · unlikable characters · shallow caricatures · political actors · military figures · scientist protagonist · linguist character · strong women · cynical character · sympathetic alien characters · ambitious characters · self-interested

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1619

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