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Pedro the Vast

Simón López Trujillo

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Characterization labels used: single father, widower, working-class protagonist, farm worker, logging worker, mycologist, priest, child caretaker, abandoned children, reluctant prophet, cult figure, scientific observer, predictive child, fragile adult authority, community witness

Relationships labels used: father-daughter, father-son, sibling responsibility, parental absence, abandonment, religious devotion, cult dynamic, science-faith tension, community dependence, worker solidarity

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The Chronoliths

Robert Charles Wilson · 2002

A laid-off expat in Thailand is pulled into a mystery when monuments from the future appear, warning of a coming conqueror.

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Characterization labels: flawed protagonist · slacker · expat · divorced father · programmer · observer protagonist · reluctant investigator · ordinary man · family man · scientist · cult follower · warlord · antihero

Relationships labels: father daughter · divorce · family strain · marital breakdown · parent child · scientist protagonist · friendship · romance · cult allegiance · accommodationist faction · community under stress

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1933

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The Mist

Stephen King · 2007 · Skeleton Crew

A storm strands a father and son in a supermarket as a strange mist brings terrifying creatures and social collapse.

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Characterization labels: family man · protective father · young child · religious zealot · small-town locals · survivor group · leader figure · cowardice · mob mentality · believable characters

Relationships labels: father-son · marriage · group conflict · strangers trapped together · community breakdown · cult-like following · romantic infidelity · neighbor relationship

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2049

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City of Truth

James K. Morrow · 1993

In a city where lying is impossible, one father risks everything to learn deception and save his dying son.

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Characterization labels: everyman protagonist · father · loving parent · truth-conditioned citizen · rule-abiding conformist · artist-censor · dissembler · terminally ill child · pragmatic spouse · desperate seeker

Relationships labels: parent-child bond · father-son relationship · marriage · romantic attraction · community vs outsider · truth-teller versus liar · family loyalty · caregiving · social alienation

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2081

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When the English Fall

David Williams · 2017

After a solar storm wipes out modern power, an Amish farmer’s diary tracks faith, survival, and pressure from desperate outsiders.

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Characterization labels: Amish farmer · father · husband · community leader · pacifist · devout · thoughtful · reflective · gentle · oracle daughter · epileptic daughter · prophetic child · caregiver father · craftsman · woodworker · respectable patriarch · nonviolent protagonist

Relationships labels: family unit · parent child · husband wife · community bonds · neighborly aid · us vs them · cultural divide · outsider intrusion · rival cultures · mutual dependence · protective duty · moral obligation

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2085

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Perfect People

Peter James · 2011

A grieving couple turns to designer-baby science to avoid another genetic tragedy, only to face terrifying consequences.

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Characterization labels: naive parents · grieving couple · maverick scientist · scientific parent · creepy children · religious fanatic · ambitious scientist · unlikeable protagonists · cold antagonist · highly intelligent children

Relationships labels: parent-child · marriage · family crisis · betrayal · dependency · power imbalance · protective parenting · cult opposition · science vs religion

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Distance: 0.2124

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H.P. Lovecraft's The Colour Out of Space

Gou Tanabe · 2025 · Gou Tanabe's Adaptations of H.P. Lovecraft's Masterpieces

A surveyor hears how a rural farm was slowly blighted by a meteorite carrying an indescribable alien color.

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Characterization labels: farm family · stoic farmer · surveyor · aged survivor · scientists · local witnesses · doomed family · rural community

Relationships labels: family bonds · community isolation · scientist-observer · neighbor testimony · parent-child · marital family unit · human versus nature

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2175

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Rendición

Ray Loriga · 2017

A war-displaced family is moved to a transparent city where safety, comfort, and happiness come with total loss of privacy.

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Characterization labels: humble narrator · simple man · farm worker · family man · cautious protagonist · adaptable protagonist · unnamed wife · named children · mute child · soldier sons · resigned characters

Relationships labels: marriage · parent-child · adoption · family bond · lost sons · spousal affection · dependence · community surveillance · collective conformity

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2186

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Sleep Donation

Karen Russell · 2014

In a near-future insomnia epidemic, a recruiter must confront the ethics of harvesting sleep and the cost of saving lives.

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Characterization labels: recruiter · grieving protagonist · morally conflicted · charity worker · manipulative · enigmatic executives · universal donor child

Relationships labels: sibling grief · parent-child tension · donor-recipient · employer-employee · institutional power · community dependence · manipulation · ethical coercion · trust breakdown

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2189

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The End Has Come

John Joseph Adams, Charlie Jane Anders, Megan Arkenberg, Chris Avellone, Elizabeth Bear, Annie Bellet, Tananarive Due, Jamie Ford, Mira Grant, Hugh Howey, Jake Kerr, Nancy Kress, Sarah Langan, Ken Liu, Jonathan Maberry, Seanan McGuire, Will McIntosh, Leife Shallcross, Scott Sigler, Carrie Vaughn, Robin Wasserman, David Wellington, Ben H. Winters · 2015 · The Apocalypse Triptych

A linked anthology of post-apocalyptic short stories about survivors, rebuilders, and unfinished arcs after the end.

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Characterization labels: survivors · investigators · scientists · families · children · outcasts · soldiers · judges · civil servants · creators · parents · caretakers · isolated protagonists