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Characterization labels used: villainous scientist, mad scientist, megalomaniac, psychopath, misogynist, religious fanatic, corrupt general, billionaire villain, power-hungry, one-dimensional characters, flat characters, unlikely heroes, widower protagonist, father protagonist, family protagonist, brilliant but depraved, morally bankrupt

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In Any Lifetime

Marc Guggenheim · 2024

A grieving physicist uses multiverse theory to chase the one reality where his wife survived, while a rival closes in.

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Characterization labels: Nobel laureate · scientist protagonist · physicist · shy nerd · obsessive protagonist · devoted husband · heartbroken widower · artist wife · rival scientist · antagonist · narcissistic villain · mercenary figure · female love interest · single-minded hero · morally dubious protagonist

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Distance: 0.1801

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Ascension

Nicholas Binge · 2023

A scientific expedition climbs a newly appeared Pacific mountain where time bends, memories fray, and reality turns hostile.

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Characterization labels: scientist protagonist · brilliant scientist · introverted · loner · emotionally stunted · genius protagonist · guilt-ridden · traumatized · psychologically unraveling · physicist · team specialist · military figures · anthropologist · biologist · geologist · chemist

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Distance: 0.1923

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Under Story

Chloe Benjamin · 2026

A grieving scientist in Antarctica discovers a strange light that may open a door to second chances, love, and time itself.

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Characterization labels: biologist · mycologist · physicist · scientist protagonist · grieving parent · divorced protagonist · messy protagonist · emotionally fractured · brilliant scientist · ambitious · flawed characters · found family

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Distance: 0.1940

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Mutation

Robin Cook · 1998

A fertility doctor secretly engineers a genius child, then watches his experiment grow into a terrifying threat.

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Characterization labels: mad scientist · obsessed scientist · geneticist · doctor protagonist · scientist father · anxious mother · child prodigy · evil genius · sociopathic child · emotionless child · naive protagonist · high-strung characters

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Distance: 0.1641

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Ball Lightning

Liu Cixin · 2018

A scientist haunted by childhood tragedy pursues the mystery of ball lightning, pulling him into military research and radical physics.

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Characterization labels: obsessive protagonist · physicist · soldier-scientist · brilliant scientist · eccentric scientist · mentally unstable characters · flat characters · cipher protagonist · morally driven scientist · female military officer

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Distance: 0.1974

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One Yellow Eye

Leigh Radford · 2025

A grieving scientist hides her infected husband while racing a covert lab to find a cure after a zombie outbreak.

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Characterization labels: scientist protagonist · microbiologist · virologist · brilliant scientist · grieving widow · obsessive caregiver · difficult protagonist · selfish protagonist · resourceful protagonist · ethical transgressor · burnout · exhaustion · obsession · desperation · reckless · humanized monster

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Distance: 0.1682

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Fantastic Four: Books of Doom

Ed Brubaker · 2006 · Fantastic Four: Books of Doom

Doctor Doom recounts his tragic path from gifted boy to masked tyrant in a dark, self-mythologizing origin tale.

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Characterization labels: arrogant genius · mysterious villain · sympathetic villain · tyrant · megalomaniac · tragic figure · cold personality · obsessive personality · narcissistic · proud · tortured soul · scientist · sorcerer · ruler

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Distance: 0.1722

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The Skylark of Space

E.E. "Doc" Smith · 1980 · Skylark

A scientist’s breakthrough power source sparks a race to build the first starship, as rivals steal, chase, and sabotage.

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Characterization labels: scientist hero · inventor hero · millionaire ally · evil scientist · ruthless villain · superhuman heroes · cardboard characters · two-dimensional characters · brilliant protagonists · honorable villain · capable women · damsel in distress · manly men · stereotyped characters

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Distance: 0.1768

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The Manhattan Projects, Vol. 2: They Rule

Jonathan Hickman · 2013 · The Manhattan Projects

Mad scientists and secret powers clash in an alternate Cold War of conspiracies, violence, and world-scale ambition.

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Characterization labels: mad scientists · evil genius · sociopaths · historical figures reimagined · ruthless antagonists · morally bankrupt cast · psychopathic characters · brilliant minds · power-hungry characters · fragmented psyche · multiple personalities · cynical scientists · villain protagonists

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Distance: 0.1776

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The Godmakers

Frank Herbert · 1987

A planetary agent hunting warlike worlds uncovers hidden powers, religious engineering, and a path toward godhood.

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Characterization labels: charismatic hero · secret agent · government operative · deductive protagonist · genius outsider · everyman agent · pacifist hero · overpowered hero · prophet figure · godlike figure · bildungsroman · young male protagonist · female power brokers · matriarchal power · sympathetic fellow · flat characters · unsympathetic characters

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Distance: 0.1779

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Gladiator

Philip Wylie · 1930

A super-strong man’s life unfolds as he searches for belonging while society fears the gift that sets him apart.

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Characterization labels: superhuman protagonist · alienated outsider · angsty protagonist · morally conflicted · idealistic protagonist · gifted child · scientist father · biologist father · unethical scientist · overpowered protagonist · relatable outsider · emotionally isolated · intelligent protagonist · arrogant protagonist · self-interested protagonist · sensitive protagonist

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Belisarius Cawl: The Great Work

Guy Haley · 2020 · Warhammer 40,000

A genius Tech-Priest leads a dead-world expedition into buried xenos secrets while past and present collide.

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Characterization labels: genius protagonist · mad scientist · arrogant protagonist · eccentric scientist · charismatic antihero · heretical thinker · loner genius · tortured backstory · stoic warriors · transhuman characters · divisive protagonist

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Distance: 0.1787

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