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Themes labels used: compassion, empathy, kindness, control, power, corruption, misinformation, fear, selfishness, human nature, morality, public trust, unintended consequences, choice, social critique

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The House of the Scorpion

Nancy Farmer · 2002 · Matteo Alacran

A cloned boy raised as property in a drug lord’s future borderland must confront what makes him human.

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Themes labels: humanity · identity · nature versus nurture · free will · individuality · self-determination · prejudice · slavery · power · corruption · dehumanization · human rights · belonging · acceptance · loyalty · morality · ethics of cloning · survival · compassion · empathy · immortality · addiction · sacrifice · predestination

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Quantum Night

Robert J. Sawyer · 2016

A psychologist who can spot psychopaths uncovers a missing six months of his own life and a theory that could alter humanity.

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Themes labels: consciousness · conscience · psychopathy · morality · utilitarianism · free will · human nature · ethics · social control · mob mentality · violence · hate · identity · memory · determinism · prejudice · dehumanization · greater good · collective responsibility

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Distance: 0.1230

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Cover of The Gap Into Power: A Dark and Hungry God Arises by Stephen R. Donaldson

The Gap Into Power: A Dark and Hungry God Arises

Stephen R. Donaldson · 1992 · The Gap Cycle

A multi-POV space-opera of corporate power, alien threat, and betrayals as rival factions converge on a lawless shipyard.

Why this is here

Themes labels: corruption · moral ambiguity · human nature · power and control · survival · redemption · betrayal · dehumanization · corporate usurpation · political manipulation · identity · cost of violence · hope under oppression · victimhood · loyalty

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Parasyte, Volume 3

Hitoshi Iwaaki · 2008 · Parasyte (8 Volumes Edition)

A teen partially infected by a parasite struggles to stay human as a hidden alien threat spreads through his school.

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Themes labels: humanity · identity · moral ambiguity · survival · coexistence · empathy · dehumanization · instinct versus reason · public fear · societal response · nature versus humanity · loss and grief · ethics of violence · otherness

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Tenth of December

George Saunders · 2013

Ten darkly funny, inventive stories probe kindness, class, and moral crisis in a skewed version of contemporary America.

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Themes labels: kindness · compassion · moral choice · class inequality · consumerism · capitalism · violence · war trauma · death · suicide · loss · grief · humanity · redemption · social inequity · parenting · shame · dignity · immigration · exploitation · corporate power · free will · ethical responsibility · loneliness

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Compound 26

Krista Street · 2018 · The Makanza

A brilliant young scientist in a virus-ravaged compound falls for an infected survivor while questioning the system she serves.

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Themes labels: humanity · ethics · medical morality · compassion · survival · trust · freedom · segregation · state power · choice · identity · trauma · social responsibility · equality · crisis morality

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Juniper Unraveling

Keri Lake · 2017 · Juniper Unraveling

In a virus-ravaged world split by walls, a young survivor and a mute boy become bound by love and dangerous secrets.

Why this is here

Themes labels: survival · love · resilience · hope · humanity · compassion · evil humanity · moral corruption · power and control · identity · truth and secrecy · sacrifice · trauma · trust · acceptance · tolerance · rebuilding · good versus evil · science ethics

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Distance: 0.1170

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Artificial Condition

Martha Wells · 2018 · The Murderbot Diaries

A rogue security construct seeks the truth behind its erased past, aided by a sharp-witted transport AI.

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Themes labels: personhood · sentience · free will · autonomy · identity · memory · trauma · control · governance · trust · agency · humanity · empathy · social alienation · corporate power · protector duty · fear · choice · self-discovery · moral responsibility

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Rejoice, A Knife to the Heart

Steven Erikson · 2018

An abducted science-fiction writer becomes humanity’s intermediary as alien intervention ends violence and remakes Earth.

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Themes labels: human nature · compassion · violence · freedom · capitalism · ecology · climate change · post-scarcity · social justice · politics · power · morality · faith · guilt · redemption · humanity · civilization · anthropocentrism · collective responsibility · environmental stewardship

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