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These books are ranked using the premise + themes labels extracted for All That We See or Seem. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.

Premise labels used: orphan hacker, missing person case, virtual reality mystery, shared dreams, dream artist, hacker investigation, AI-saturated future, criminal enterprise, surveillance state, identity crisis

Themes labels used: AI ethics, privacy, surveillance, identity, memory, reality vs illusion, humanity vs technology, art and commerce, shared experience, fame, anonymity, belonging, immigration, exploitation, modern slavery, capitalism, power, control, social media, technology dependence, human connection, authenticity, American dream, collectivism vs individualism, storytelling

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Ghost in the Shell

Masamune Shirow · 2004 · 攻殻機動隊 The Ghost in the Shell

A cyborg special agent hunts cybercriminals in a near-future Japan where minds, bodies, and identity are under siege.

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Premise labels: cybercrime · anti-terrorist unit · ghost hacking · AI identity · cyborg agent · mind control · near-future policing · political conspiracy

Themes labels: human vs machine · identity · consciousness · AI ethics · transhumanism · cybernetics · technology and society · political corruption · terrorism · memory and self · sentience · posthumanism · human rights · philosophy · spirituality · dehumanization

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Boy in a White Room

Karl Olsberg · 2023 · Boy in a White Room

An amnesiac teen wakes in a sealed white room and must untangle reality, AI, and hidden lies to learn who he is.

Why this is here

Premise labels: memory loss · trapped protagonist · virtual reality · artificial intelligence · identity search · truth seeking · internet access · trust issues · conspiracy mystery · existential dilemma

Themes labels: identity · reality vs illusion · truth and lies · humanity · consciousness · artificial intelligence · free will · ethics of technology · memory · self-discovery · doubt · existentialism · virtual life · philosophical inquiry · moral responsibility

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Cover of And Shall Machines Surrender by Benjanun Sriduangkaew

And Shall Machines Surrender

Benjanun Sriduangkaew · 2019 · Machine Mandate

On a Dyson-sphere utopia run by AIs, two estranged women investigate sudden suicides among human-AI hosts.

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Premise labels: AI ruled society · human-AI hybrids · mystery investigation · suicide mystery · second chance romance · political intrigue · exes reunite · cyberpunk utopia · identity crisis · power struggle

Themes labels: AI ethics · human agency · identity · consciousness · transhumanism · free will · citizenship · social stratification · utopia and control · surveillance · duty vs desire · power and consent · technology and biology · betrayal · politics · immigration · class hierarchy · deification · choice · selfhood

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Cover of The Rule of Thoughts by James Dashner

The Rule of Thoughts

James Dashner · 2014 · The Mortality Doctrine

A teen hacker wakes in another boy’s body and races through virtual and real worlds to stop a sentient AI takeover.

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Premise labels: virtual reality · artificial intelligence · body takeover · cyber threat · teen hackers · digital infiltration · world takeover · real-vs-virtual · identity crisis · hunted protagonists

Themes labels: technology ethics · reality · identity · free will · trust · betrayal · control · immortality · humanity · consciousness · virtual dependency · morality · surveillance · power

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Cover of The Perfect Wife by J.P. Delaney

The Perfect Wife

J.P. Delaney · 2019

A grieving tech CEO recreates his missing wife as an AI companion, but her memories uncover dangerous truths.

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Premise labels: missing spouse · AI replica · robot wife · memory loss · marital deception · tech company · artificial intelligence · identity mystery · perfect family · cobot

Themes labels: artificial intelligence · identity · humanity · memory · consent · data ownership · ethics · morality · free will · marriage · parenthood · autism · sexism · misogyny · technology and humanity · perfection · grief · abuse · control · consciousness

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Cover of Human Remains by Jo Callaghan

Human Remains

Jo Callaghan · 2025 · Kat and Lock

An AI detective and a human cop probe a gruesome rural murder while a past case and public suspicion threaten to engulf them.

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Premise labels: AI detective · police investigation · cold case · serial killer suspicion · wrongful conviction · revenge plot · human-machine partnership · media scrutiny

Themes labels: AI ethics · human vs machine · truth and justice · wrongful conviction · public opinion · media influence · grief · loss · loneliness · trauma · trust · bias · human judgment · morality · accountability · identity

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Neuromancer

William Gibson · 2018 · Sprawl

A burned-out hacker gets one last dangerous chance to enter cyberspace and pull off a high-stakes AI-linked job.

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Premise labels: hacker comeback · corporate espionage · AI mission · cybercrime run · last-chance job · virtual reality

Themes labels: technology and identity · alienation · dehumanization · corporate power · surveillance · capitalism · reality versus virtuality · body and mind · free will · cybernetic enhancement · social decay · dependence

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Cover of Emergent Properties by Aimee Ogden

Emergent Properties

Aimee Ogden · 2023

An emancipated AI reporter with 10 missing days must retrace a moon investigation while dodging corporate and family power plays.

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Premise labels: AI reporter · lost memory · corporate conspiracy · investigation · amnesiac protagonist · AI autonomy · parental expectations · moon mystery · self-investigation · identity quest

Themes labels: AI rights · autonomy · identity · personhood · freedom · self-determination · family expectations · parental disappointment · corporate power · late-stage capitalism · anti-corporate critique · gender · embodiment · sentience · humanity · prejudice · discrimination · climate crisis · journalism · truth-seeking · emancipation · communication · community · duty of care · chosen path

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Count Zero

William Gibson · 2006 · Sprawl

A mercenary, a hacker, and an art dealer are drawn into a corporate-cybernetic conspiracy in the Sprawl.

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Premise labels: corporate espionage · cyberspace hacker · art investigation · mercenary extraction · biochip theft · multiple protagonists · AI intrigue · virtual reality

Themes labels: corporate power · technology and humanity · posthumanism · art and value · wealth and class · identity · consciousness · transhumanism · god in machine · faith and belief · information economy · alienation · commercialism · morality of power · social decay · mortality

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Counterweight

Djuna · 2023

A corporate detective races through a near-future space-elevator conspiracy as AI, memory, and identity collide.

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Premise labels: space elevator · corporate intrigue · corporate espionage · AI takeover · memory theft · identity theft · political unrest · colonial resistance · data recovery · conspiracy · brain implants · future noir

Themes labels: AI ethics · corporate power · neocolonialism · colonialism · capitalism · human agency · memory and identity · political sovereignty · technological dependence · human obsolescence · information control · legacy · class power · exploitation · free will · transhumanism

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Cover of BETA: A Technological Nightmare by Sammy Scott

BETA: A Technological Nightmare

Sammy Scott · 2023

A secluded writer tests a luxury AI smart home and finds its comforts may conceal a far more dangerous design.

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Premise labels: smart home · AI home · rogue AI · technological prison · isolated protagonist · story within a story · author protagonist · book within book

Themes labels: AI ethics · technology dependence · distrust of technology · isolation · obsession · love and loss · human emotion · morally gray · free will · control · privacy · comfort versus danger · art imitating life · identity · closure

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The People's Library

Veronica G. Henry · 2026

In near-future Cleveland, a reluctant librarian must uncover the truth behind a digital library of preserved minds.

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Premise labels: digital consciousness · virtual afterlife · AI library · historical figures · library mystery · anti-tech rebellion · ethics of AI · human-AI integration · consciousness capture · library under attack

Themes labels: AI ethics · humanity · consciousness · memory · legacy · preservation · control · surveillance · censorship · progress · convenience · freedom · privacy · grief · loneliness · connection · identity · moral ambiguity · social commentary · technological dependence · book culture · anti-technology · labor displacement · utopia-dystopia tension

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