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Themes labels used: humanity, sentience, free will, personhood, civil rights, identity, belonging, morality, war and peace, politics, ideology, multiculturalism, technology and society, otherness, ethics of artificial life, citizenship

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The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories

Isaac Asimov · 2000 · The Complete Stories

A robot collection centered on sentience, freedom, and humanity, anchored by the title story of Andrew’s long quest for personhood.

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Themes labels: humanity · identity · freedom · personhood · civil rights · consciousness · ethics · technology and society · transhumanism · artificial intelligence · gender roles · sexism · religion · environmental harm · mortality · sacrifice · class · prejudice · slavery

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Amped

Daniel H. Wilson · 2012

In a near-future America, a teacher with a brain implant is swept into a civil-rights crisis over human enhancement.

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Themes labels: humanity · civil rights · discrimination · prejudice · othering · free will · morality · technology ethics · transhumanism · identity · societal fear · class conflict · marginalization · government power · mob mentality · social commentary · belonging · enhancement

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Beta Hearts

Marie Graßhoff · 2020 · Neon Birds

In 2101, a final showdown with the evolving AI KAMI forces Andra and her allies to question humanity, power, and survival.

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Themes labels: humanity · personhood · free will · morality · ethics of violence · peace · identity · community · politics · power · truth · memory · future of society · discrimination · environment · sustainability · hope · love

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Descender, Vol. 5: Rise of the Robots

Jeff Lemire · 2018 · Descender

As robots rise across the galaxy, Tim-21 and scattered allies are drawn into an interstellar war with buried origins.

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Themes labels: consciousness · identity · personhood · ethics · discrimination · prejudice · war · revolution · nature vs machine · humanity · free will · control · power · morality · otherness

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Alex + Ada, Vol. 3

Jonathan Luna, Sarah Vaughn · 2015 · Alex + Ada

In a near-future where sentient androids are outlawed, Alex and Ada fight to stay together and free.

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Themes labels: sentience · free will · identity · rights · equality · discrimination · prejudice · humanity · morality · love vs law · civil rights allegory · fear of the other · technology and society · ethical AI · mortality

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Evolved

N.R. Walker · 2018

In a near-future Australia, a lonely professor buys a custom android companion—then discovers he may be becoming sentient.

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Themes labels: humanity · sentience · free will · consent · identity · love · companionship · loneliness · ethics · personhood · self-awareness · technology · belonging · otherness · rights · moral agency

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The Ghost Brigades

John Scalzi · 2007 · Old Man's War

A cloned special-ops soldier races to stop an alien alliance while his maker’s buried memories begin to surface.

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Themes labels: identity · consciousness · free will · ethics · morality · humanity · choice · personhood · colonization · war ethics · nature vs nurture · individual agency · technology ethics · loyalty · duty · selfhood

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Alex + Ada, Vol. 2

Jonathan Luna, Sarah Vaughn · 2015 · Alex + Ada

A sentient android and the man who freed her face growing feelings as anti-robot pressure tightens around them.

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Themes labels: personhood · identity · free will · sentience · humanity · love and choice · technology fear · discrimination · acceptance · rights · self-discovery · morality of creation

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The Mechanical

Ian Tregillis · 2015 · The Alchemy Wars

In a Dutch-dominated alternate 1920s, a sentient mechanical servant seeks freedom amid war, spies, and philosophy.

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Themes labels: free will · slavery · personhood · soul · sentience · religion · determinism · identity · ethics of technology · imperialism · colonialism · resistance · political power · conditioned obedience · morality

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The Complete Robot

Isaac Asimov · 1995 · Robot

Asimov’s thematic robot anthology explores the Three Laws through human-robot puzzles, ethics, and future society.

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Themes labels: ethics · morality · consciousness · identity · personhood · rights · labor · technology and society · fear of technology · human nature · prejudice · freedom · immortality · evolution

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Dogs of War

Adrian Tchaikovsky · 2017 · Dogs of War

A genetically engineered war dog fights to obey his master, then questions the rules, the war, and his own right to exist.

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Themes labels: personhood · free will · animal rights · sentience · humanity · ethics of warfare · slavery · control · responsibility · guilt · moral choice · legal rights · transhumanism · bioethics · identity · self-discovery · monstrosity · social commentary · conscience · value of life

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LIFEL1K3

Jay Kristoff · 2018 · LIFEL1K3

A scavenger girl with a hidden power and a robot-like outsider flee a broken future while unraveling her past.

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Themes labels: identity · memory · free will · humanity · artificial intelligence · slavery · rebellion · choice · morality · power and control · personhood · family · survival · grief · trauma · ethics of creation · freedom · trust

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