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Lauren Stienstra

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Premise labels used: human extinction, reproductive crisis, genetic limit, government program, ethical dilemma, sibling bonds

Setting labels used: alternate reality, early 21st century, United States, Pennsylvania, government agency, medical research setting, global crisis

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K.A. Gandy · 2022 · Populations Crumble

In a future with collapsing fertility, a young woman enters a government pairing program and must choose her genetic match.

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Premise labels: forced matchmaking · genetic compatibility · fertility crisis · population collapse · government control · arranged marriage · reproductive dystopia · partner selection

Setting labels: dystopian future · future North America · post-apocalyptic · fertility center · government facility · controlled society · near-future · world on the brink

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Distance: 0.2054

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Blake Crouch · 2022

A government agent is genetically upgraded against his will and must stop a plan to alter humanity itself.

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Premise labels: genetic engineering · genome hacking · human enhancement · superhuman transformation · upgrade humanity · ethical dilemma · save humanity · genetic modification · family legacy · scientific conspiracy · illegal research · future crisis

Setting labels: near future · mid-21st century · dystopian future · post-famine world · climate change · flooded cities · surveillance state · Washington DC · New York City · global crisis · post-apocalyptic

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Distance: 0.2151

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Halfway to Free

Emma Donoghue · 2020

In a future where children are rare and parenthood is discouraged, one woman must choose between safety and motherhood.

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Premise labels: population control · childfree society · forbidden parenthood · maternal desire · reproductive choice · climate crisis

Setting labels: near future · 2060 · dystopian future · childless society · post-climate-crisis world · high-tech social control

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Distance: 0.2172

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The Fertile Ones: A Dystopian Novel

Kate L. Mary · 2024

In 2067, a woman forced into a state fertility program confronts coercion, surveillance, and her own shifting limits.

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Premise labels: reproductive control · forced pregnancy · government program · fertile women · body autonomy · population crisis · post-pandemic society

Setting labels: 2067 · near future · United States · post-pandemic world · dystopian society · medicalized control · bureaucratic regime

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Distance: 0.2213

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Kill Them with Kindness

Will Carver · 2025

A scientist races to stop a deadly virus by mutating it into compassion—until kindness becomes its own danger.

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Premise labels: deadly virus · virus mutation · kindness contagion · pandemic conspiracy · political plot · race against time · worldwide crisis

Setting labels: near future · alternate reality · global setting · China · United Kingdom · research laboratory · political sphere

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Distance: 0.2242

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2BR02B

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. · 2007

In a deathless future, a father must choose who dies so his triplets can live.

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Premise labels: population control · extended lifespan · government regulation · assisted suicide · moral dilemma · birth requirement · one in one out · overpopulation

Setting labels: future world · near future · dystopian future · utopian dystopia · hospital · Chicago · controlled society · immortal society · one-room setting

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Distance: 0.2243

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Off Target

Eve Smith · 2022

A desperate would-be mother makes a dangerous genetic choice, then faces the fallout of a near-future bioethics crisis.

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Premise labels: designer babies · genetic engineering · infertility · pregnancy secret · moral dilemma · medical ethics · unintended consequences · cover-up · reproductive technology · perfect child

Setting labels: near future · not-too-distant future · global · UK · medical future · dystopian future · scientific future · worldwide crisis

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Distance: 0.2245

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The Screwfly Solution

Raccoona Sheldon, James Tiptree Jr. · 1977

A fragmented sci-fi horror tale follows a worldwide surge of violent misogyny, ending in a chilling alien explanation.

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Premise labels: alien manipulation · femicide outbreak · sexual violence · gendered violence · misogyny · extinction threat · human takeover

Setting labels: dystopian future · global crisis · worldwide collapse · laboratory setting · Mexico · United States · apocalyptic Earth

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Distance: 0.2286

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Darwin's Children

Greg Bear · 2003 · Darwin's Radio

Genetically changed children face quarantine, fear, and state control as their species nears adolescence.

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Premise labels: genetic mutation · viral evolution · posthuman transition · new species · societal backlash · quarantine state · persecuted children · human adaptation · biological shift · species coexistence

Setting labels: 21st century America · Virginia suburbs · rural southeastern US · quarantine schools · detention centers · concentration camps · near future · alternate present · post-pandemic society · academic/scientific institutions

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Distance: 0.2298

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The History of Bees

Maja Lunde · 2017 · Klimakvartetten

Three generations linked by bees confront family strain, ecological collapse, and a future without pollinators.

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Premise labels: bees and humans · environmental collapse · family saga · parent child bond · intergenerational story · pollination crisis · ecological warning

Setting labels: Victorian England · contemporary USA · future China · post-apocalyptic future · dystopian future · apocalyptic world · global crisis · rural setting

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Future Home of the Living God

Louise Erdrich · 2017

A pregnant Ojibwe adoptee journals to her unborn child while a chaotic future turns women’s bodies into targets.

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Premise labels: reverse evolution · pregnancy crisis · fertility dystopia · pregnant woman on the run · state control of reproduction · biological apocalypse · identity search · birth family search · adoption mystery · apocalyptic survival

Setting labels: near future · Minnesota · reservation · dystopian future · apocalyptic world · theocracy

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Polly Ho-Yen · 2023

In a near-future infertility crisis, a mother races to keep her child while the state polices every parenting mistake.

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Premise labels: infertility crisis · state control · parental surveillance · motherhood under pressure · child extraction

Setting labels: near future · dystopian society · state surveillance · post-fertility crisis

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Distance: 0.2315

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