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Characterization labels used: president, Soviet premier, military officers, civilian experts, policy wonks, academics, professors, hawks, translator, bombardier crew, leaders under pressure, bureaucrats, technocrats

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Cover of The 2020 Commission Report On The North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against The United States: A Speculative Novel by Jeffrey Lewis

The 2020 Commission Report On The North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against The United States: A Speculative Novel

Jeffrey Lewis · 2018

A faux commission report traces how a chain of misread signals could trigger a devastating nuclear war.

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Characterization labels: political leaders · military leaders · government officials · bureaucrats · survivors · experts · decision-makers under pressure · erratic leader · conscientious public servants · cautious defense official

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Distance: 0.2135

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Cover of Nexus Uprising by Jason M. Hough

Nexus Uprising

Jason M. Hough, K.C. Alexander · 2017 · Mass Effect: Andromeda Novels

A damaged deep-space colony hub strains under crisis, forcing rival leaders to battle for survival before rebellion erupts.

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Characterization labels: security director · interim leadership · political leader · engineer · bureaucrat · command under pressure · unlikeable characters

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Distance: 0.2850

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Cover of Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr.

Who Goes There?

John W. Campbell Jr. · 1991

Antarctic scientists uncover a frozen alien and trigger a tense struggle to identify who among them has been replaced.

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Characterization labels: scientists · researchers · male scientists · biologist · pathologist · cook · military personnel · intelligent characters · proactive characters · expendable cast · leaders and dissidents

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Distance: 0.2927

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Cover of The Last Best Hope by Una McCormack

The Last Best Hope

Una McCormack · 2020 · Star Trek: Picard

A Star Trek prequel follows Picard's desperate Romulan evacuation mission as politics, logistics, and catastrophe collide.

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Characterization labels: admiral · captain · first officer · politician · scientist · engineer · refugee · secret police · idealist · pragmatic · moral center · disillusioned · charismatic

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Distance: 0.2933

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Cover of The Fatal Eggs by Mikhail Bulgakov

The Fatal Eggs

Mikhail Bulgakov, Михаил Булгаков · 2005

A Russian zoologist’s accidental scientific breakthrough is commandeered by the state, with disastrous results.

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Characterization labels: zoologist · cranky professor · solitary scientist · misanthropic academic · bureaucrats · politicians · incompetent officials · science-minded researcher

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Distance: 0.2995

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Moonfall

Jack McDevitt · 1999

When a fast-moving comet threatens the Moon and Earth, a crowded ensemble races to evacuate Moonbase and avert disaster.

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Characterization labels: career politician · amateur astronomer · scientists · pilots · refugees · dignitaries · ordinary people · heroic characters · cowardice · bureaucrats · minor characters · disposable characters

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Distance: 0.3033

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Cover of Day of Ascension by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Day of Ascension

Adrian Tchaikovsky · 2022

On a brutal forge world, an oppressed cult and a technocratic regime collide as each seeks salvation, power, and change.

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Characterization labels: ambitious technocrat · radical scientist · cultist · infiltrator · idealistic rebel · oppressive ruler · bureaucratic hierarchy · morally ambiguous · humanized villains · misguided hero · gray morality

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Distance: 0.3045

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Cover of 2034: A Novel of the Next World War by Elliot Ackerman

2034: A Novel of the Next World War

Elliot Ackerman, James G. Stavridis · 2021

Near-future US-China tensions spiral into a global crisis when cyber attacks cripple military power and trigger escalation.

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Characterization labels: military officers · national security officials · naval commander · fighter pilot · admiral · interrogators · state actors · decision-makers · bureaucrats · one-dimensional characters · paper-thin characters

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Distance: 0.3046

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