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Themes labels used: humanity, identity, belonging, connection, loneliness, grief, loss, memory, motherhood, parenthood, classism, misogyny, discrimination, bioethics, eugenics, transhumanism, empathy, legacy, imperfection, hope, melancholy, technological progress, limits of science, moral choice, utopia, alienness, translation of emotions

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Slow Gods

Claire North · 2025

An immortal pilot from a brutal star society becomes central to a galaxy-wide response to an impending supernova.

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Themes labels: identity · humanity · mortality · immortality · memory · belonging · love · grief · loss · meaning of life · ethics · morality · agency · free will · power · control · oppression · capitalism critique · climate denial · war · sacrifice · community · cultural survival · history · preservation · perception · belief · othering · gender · language · home · diaspora

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Luminous

Silvia Park · 2025

In near-future reunified Korea, estranged siblings and a found robot child collide amid a murder case and family secrets.

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Themes labels: humanity · personhood · identity · memory · grief · loss · family estrangement · connection · ethics · agency · autonomy · technology and humanity · robot rights · body and identity · gender · queerness · disability · chronic illness · war trauma · moral ambiguity · capitalism · consumerism · social inequality · class hierarchy · exploitation · violence · love · authenticity · memory and selfhood · creation and control · religion · salvation · posthumanism

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Every Version of You

Grace Chan · 2022

In a climate-damaged near-future Australia, a woman must choose between a virtual future and the physical ties that anchor her.

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Themes labels: identity · humanity · consciousness · mortality · grief · loss · climate change · technology · capitalism · class inequality · embodiment · authenticity · migration · diaspora · belonging · memory · ethics · disability · aging · mental health · consumerism · privacy · consent · social responsibility · surveillance · progress · transhumanism

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Glitches

Marissa Meyer · 2011 · The Lunar Chronicles

A cyborg girl’s first days with her new family expose her isolation, memories, and the start of her destiny.

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Themes labels: belonging · identity · memory loss · otherness · disability · body autonomy · humanity · self-worth · discrimination · family rejection · grief · resilience · kindness · dehumanization · acceptance

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The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015

Joe Hill, Theodora Goss, Neil Gaiman, Susan Palwick, Adam-Troy Castro, Sam J. Miller, Daniel H. Wilson, Nathan Ballingrud, Kelly Link, Jess Row, Kelly Sandoval, T. Coraghessan Boyle, A. Merc Rustad, Sofia Samatar, Carmen Maria Machado, Cat Rambo, Karen Russell, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Seanan McGuire, Jo Walton · 2015 · The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy

A curated anthology of 20 standout-and-divisive 2015 science fiction and fantasy stories, chosen blind by Joe Hill.

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Themes labels: depression · death · destruction · grief · loss · identity · humanity · technology · body autonomy · gender · feminism · colonialism · cultural appropriation · worldbuilding · memory · resurrection · transformation · isolation · hope · emotional resonance · creative imagination