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Themes labels used: identity, autonomy, freedom, control, ethics, selfhood, sacrifice, love, loss, grief, dementia, memory, resistance, class divide, consent, bodily autonomy, medical ethics, human rights, government control, corporate manipulation, capitalism, climate crisis, overpopulation, scarcity, nature vs nurture, critical thinking

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UnSouled

Neal Shusterman · 2013 · Unwind Dystology

Fugitive teens chase answers about unwinding while converging plots, shifting loyalties, and hidden history reshape everything.

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Themes labels: identity · humanity · personhood · ethics · morality · political power · social control · body autonomy · human rights · sacrifice · parental choice · class inequality · disposability · hope · fear · coming of age · responsibility · conscience · corruption · resistance · propaganda · corporate power · government power · moral ambiguity · existentialism

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Mindbreaker

Kate Dylan · 2023 · Mindwalker

A cult-raised teen accepts a corporate cure, only to wake in a robot body and uncover a conspiracy about identity and control.

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Themes labels: identity · humanity · agency · autonomy · bodily autonomy · consent · free will · corporate greed · capitalism · ethics · technology · religion · faith crisis · indoctrination · control · power · exploitative systems · selfhood · memory · morality · rebellion · resistance · classism · healthcare · social commentary

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More Perfect

Temi Oh · 2023

In near-future London, two people shaped by opposite views of a brain-linked network confront love, memory, and control.

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Themes labels: privacy · bodily autonomy · freedom · control · identity · memory · grief · trauma · mental health · loneliness · connection · autonomy · technology ethics · surveillance · capitalism · political control · public safety · personhood · free will · dementia · truth versus false memory · collectivism · individualism

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Mem

Bethany C. Morrow · 2018

In alternate 1920s Montreal, an extracted memory who can think for herself is summoned back to the lab.

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Themes labels: humanity · identity · memory · trauma · autonomy · ownership · personhood · self-determination · free will · ethics · power · classism · capitalism · patriarchy · belonging · loss · self-possession · othering · women's autonomy · memory and grief

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The Lifecycle of Software Objects

Ted Chiang · 2010

A software company’s digital pets evolve into person-like beings, forcing their caretakers to confront AI, love, and rights.

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Themes labels: personhood · consciousness · AI ethics · parenthood · attachment · responsibility · choice · autonomy · moral standing · rights · consent · identity · experience · nurture vs nature · late-stage capitalism · obsolescence · sacrifice · love

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The Declaration

Gemma Malley · 2007 · The Declaration

In a future where immortality is normal, a brainwashed Surplus girl is pulled toward escape, truth, and rebellion.

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Themes labels: immortality · death · aging · overpopulation · resource scarcity · freedom · human rights · social control · brainwashing · child abuse · identity · obedience · self-worth · ethics of science · nature vs technology · value of life · parental sacrifice · class hierarchy · state violence · love as redemption · environmental collapse

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Revenant Gun

Yoon Ha Lee · 2018 · The Machineries of Empire

An amnesiac young general is used in a fractured empire’s last power struggle, while rivals and allies race to stop a tyrant.

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Themes labels: identity · memory · free will · consent · bodily autonomy · abuse · trauma · war · power · oppression · rebellion · morality · humanity · personhood · immortality · responsibility · social change · class hierarchy · choice · survival

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vN

Madeline Ashby · 2012 · The Machine Dynasty

A self-replicating android girl goes on the run after a deadly outburst exposes a broken failsafe and a dangerous secret.

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Themes labels: choice · free will · identity · personhood · nature versus nurture · autonomy · selfhood · parenting · love · dependency · humanity · slavery · exploitation · ethics of AI · moral responsibility · maturity · belonging · otherness · social control · body politics · consent · violence against vulnerable beings · religious futurism · class oppression

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The Infinity Particle: A Graphic Novel

Wendy Xu · 2023

A young inventor on Mars falls for a humanoid AI and is forced to confront questions of freedom, identity, and consent.

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Themes labels: autonomy · personhood · consciousness · freedom · consent · self-determination · humanity · identity · ethics · sentience · trauma · abuse · healing · loss · grief · community · care · respect · relationship ethics · self-actualization

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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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Elites of Eden

Joey Graceffa · 2017 · Children of Eden

A brainwashed elite girl begins to uncover her real identity in a controlled future society built on lies.

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Themes labels: identity · memory · individuality · control · freedom · surveillance · manipulation · resistance · truth vs lies · environmental damage · ecology · social inequality · class divide · self-discovery · sacrifice · human nature · belonging · choice · love is love · brainwashing

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The Seep

Chana Porter · 2020

A trans woman in an alien-made utopia spirals after her wife remakes herself, then sets out on a strange quest.

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Themes labels: grief · identity · transformation · free will · autonomy · community · memory · mortality · love · loss · acceptance · pain · happiness · toxic positivity · utopia vs dystopia · ethics · consent · self-determination · change · humanity · post-scarcity

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