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Themes labels used: identity, selfhood, race, gender, belonging, loneliness, connection, love, friendship, marriage, dating, childlessness, grief, memory, capitalism, immigration, racism, humanity, transformation, death, afterlife, social commentary, womanhood, technology

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Cover of Slow Gods by Claire North

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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The Prey of Gods

Nicky Drayden · 2017

In near-future South Africa, a drug-fueled power shift sparks gods, robots, and misfits into a chaotic fight for survival.

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Themes labels: identity · self-discovery · belonging · love · acceptance · family · power · worship · fear · technology and humanity · tradition vs modernity · race · class · gender · sexuality · chronic illness · pain · memory · agency · dehumanization · community

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Cover of Belly Up: Stories by Rita Bullwinkel

Belly Up: Stories

Rita Bullwinkel · 2018

A surreal story collection where bodies, grief, love, and hunger twist ordinary life into strange, unsettling forms.

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Themes labels: identity · loneliness · death · grief · loss · body · embodiment · physicality · alienation · love · feminism · patriarchy · consumption · mortality · human condition · incommunicability · motherhood · selfhood · desire · sabotage

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Cover of Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

Klara and the Sun

Kazuo Ishiguro · 2021

A solar-powered artificial friend enters a sick teenager’s home and quietly learns what love, class, and humanity cost.

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Themes labels: love · loneliness · humanity · personhood · loss · hope · compassion · faith · grief · class · inequality · technology · ethics · sacrifice · identity · social isolation · parenting · mortality · belonging

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Cover of If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light by Kim Cho-yeop

If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light

Kim Cho-yeop · 2026

Seven Korean speculative stories explore space, aliens, and future tech through intimate questions of identity, grief, and connection.

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Themes labels: 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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Cover of Foe by Iain Reid

Foe

Iain Reid · 2018

An isolated married couple’s quiet routine is shattered when a stranger arrives with a strange government offer and a hidden replacement plan.

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Themes labels: identity · selfhood · personhood · human nature · marriage · loneliness · isolation · self-determination · reality vs perception · memory · consciousness · connection · deception · control · technology and humanity

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Version Control

Dexter Palmer · 2016

A near-future marriage, a troubled physicist, and a device that may rewrite reality pull one woman into an eerie puzzle.

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Themes labels: grief · depression · technology · privacy · data mining · race · sexism · gender · science and society · free will · fate · identity · memory · truth · ethics · parenthood · marriage · modern alienation · social media · online dating · capitalism

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Cover of A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

A Closed and Common Orbit

Becky Chambers · 2016 · Wayfarers

An AI reborn in an illegal human body and a cloned mechanic's pasts intertwine in a hopeful search for identity and belonging.

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Themes labels: identity · personhood · sentience · belonging · freedom · autonomy · prejudice · class structure · gender · equality · humanity · purpose · survival · motherhood · family · consciousness · cultural difference · ethics · self-determination · empathy · social justice

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Cover of The World Wasn't Ready for You by Justin C. Key

The World Wasn't Ready for You

Justin C. Key · 2023

A debut short-story collection fusing horror, sci-fi, and fantasy to confront race, class, prejudice, and identity.

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Themes labels: race · class · prejudice · love · exclusion · loneliness · identity · consent · ethics · systemic racism · oppression · dehumanization · empathy · humanity · grief · motherhood · fatherhood · technology and ethics · body autonomy · social justice · alienation · trauma · mental health · neurodiversity · immigration · Xenophobia · panic · survival

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Cover of Singing the Dogstar Blues by Alison Goodman

Singing the Dogstar Blues

Alison Goodman · 2004 · Singing the Dogstar Blues

A rebellious teen in a future time-travel school is paired with a dying alien and must break rules to save him.

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Themes labels: identity · belonging · loneliness · family heritage · parentage · class prejudice · genetic engineering · nature versus design · bigotry · racism · gender · sexuality · cultural difference · friendship · loyalty · agency · survival · coming of age · technology exchange · language and communication · otherness

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Cover of The New Voices of Fantasy by Peter S. Beagle

The New Voices of Fantasy

Peter S. Beagle, Usman T. Malik, Carmen Maria Machado, Eugene Fischer, Adam Ehrlich Sachs, Kelly Sandoval, J.Y. Yang · 2017

A curated anthology of 19 contemporary fantasy stories showcasing rising voices, weird premises, and genre-bending moods.

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Themes labels: identity · otherness · desire · loneliness · loss · abandonment · family trauma · secrecy · trust · consent · gender politics · feminism · queerness · belonging · risk · fate · choice · human nature · mortality · coming of age · work/life tension · society · alienation · freedom · monstrosity

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