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Characterization labels used: female leads, amnesiac protagonists, time travelers, healer's assistant, programmer, teenager, climate activist, last human, AI companion, robot helpers, helper robots, tiny robots, sentient AI, sassy AI, untrustworthy AI, mysterious organization recruits, out-of-time character, philosopher figures

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Cover of On the Origin of Species and Other Stories by Kim Bo-young

On the Origin of Species and Other Stories

Kim Bo-young · 2021

A short story collection where robots, humans, dragons, and time travelers probe evolution, identity, and what counts as life.

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Characterization labels: robots · androids · AI · human-like robots · nonhuman protagonists · marginalized characters · vulnerable characters · scientists · researchers · time travelers · adolescent characters · older generation · last survivor · rogue scientists · outsiders

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Distance: 0.1594

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Cover of The Infinity Particle: A Graphic Novel by Wendy Xu

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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Characterization labels: young inventor · aspiring scientist · AI pioneer · humanoid AI · robot companion · cute protagonist · idealistic protagonist · abusive mentor · controlling creator · traumatized protagonist · kindhearted lead · sentient AI · glitching AI · independent AI · expressive characters

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Distance: 0.1805

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The Color of the End: Mission in the Apocalypse, Vol. 1

Haruo Iwamune · 2025 · ウスズミの果て [Usuzumi no Hate]

A lone artificial girl crosses a dead Earth, searching for survivors and laying the contaminated dead to rest.

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Characterization labels: artificial human · immortal child · lone wanderer · female protagonist · detached protagonist · empathetic protagonist · determined protagonist · curious protagonist · reserved protagonist · android companion · animal companion

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Distance: 0.1825

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Exiles

Mason Coile, Andrew Pyper · 2025

On Mars, three astronauts face damaged habitats, missing robots, and conflicting truths in a tense, psychological survival mystery.

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Characterization labels: astronaut crew · mission medic · crew leader · engineer · female protagonist · haunted protagonist · traumatized protagonist · pragmatic heroine · small cast · robots with personalities · self-aware machines · morally ambiguous machines

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Distance: 0.1847

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The Soldier

Neal Asher · 2018 · Rise of the Jain

A far-future power struggle erupts around ancient alien technology that could upend the Polity and its enemies.

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Characterization labels: AIs · artificial intelligences · enhanced humans · posthumans · androids · cyborgs · rogue AI · ancient entity · mysterious entity · military drones · alien beings · morally ambiguous characters · cold characters · superhuman characters · few relatable protagonists

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Distance: 0.1852

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The Departure

Neal Asher · 2011 · Owner Trilogy

An amnesiac genius wakes in a brutal dystopia and fights to uncover his past while toppling the regime that wants him dead.

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Characterization labels: amnesiac hero · antihero · uberhuman · cyborg · genius protagonist · enhanced human · female scientist · female sidekick · strong women · villainous bureaucrat · torturer · antiheroic lone wolf

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Distance: 0.1867

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Cover of The Electric State by Simon Stålenhag

The Electric State

Simon Stålenhag · 2017

A teenager and her robot cross an alternate 1997 America unraveling under war, VR addiction, and decay.

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Characterization labels: runaway teenager · teen protagonist · young woman protagonist · robot companion · driven protagonist · traumatized protagonist · angry protagonist · isolated protagonist · morally anchored companion · memory-driven character

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Distance: 0.1874

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The Trials of Koli

M.R. Carey · 2020 · Rampart Trilogy

Exiled from his village, Koli travels through a deadly future England while a second narrator reveals what’s unfolding back home.

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Characterization labels: naive protagonist · coming-of-age · sensitive protagonist · skeptical companion · trans girl · healer · sentient AI · mature female narrator · found family group · mismatched companions

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Distance: 0.1878

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Catfishing on CatNet

Naomi Kritzer · 2019 · CatNet

A teen on the run finds safety in an online cat-photo community, until an AI ally and hidden pasts collide.

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Characterization labels: teen protagonist · sentient AI · benevolent AI · socially isolated teen · queer teens · supportive friend group · anxious protagonist · protective mentor figure · resourceful hacker · abusive parent · paranoid parent · young adult voice

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Distance: 0.1891

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