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Themes labels used: humanity, identity, nature versus nurture, free will, individuality, self-determination, prejudice, slavery, power, corruption, dehumanization, human rights, belonging, acceptance, loyalty, morality, ethics of cloning, survival, compassion, empathy, immortality, addiction, sacrifice, predestination

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Cover of The Mad Scientist's Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke

The Mad Scientist's Daughter

Cassandra Rose Clarke · 2013

A girl grows up with her android tutor as love, identity, and robot rights reshape both their lives.

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Themes labels: humanity · consciousness · sentience · free will · love · desire · identity · personhood · rights · autonomy · loss · grief · selfishness · moral ambiguity · social conformity · alienation · discrimination · othering · coming of age · emotional repression · compassion · redemption · choice · societal pressure

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Distance: 0.0746

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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.

Why this is here

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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Distance: 0.0750

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Cover of Allegiant by Veronica Roth

Allegiant

Veronica Roth · 2013 · Divergent

In a shattered dystopia, Tris and Tobias venture beyond the fence and uncover truths that upend everything.

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Themes labels: identity · loyalty · sacrifice · love · courage · truth · free will · choice · human nature · grief · war · betrayal · selflessness · nature vs nurture · power · social control · morality · belonging

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Distance: 0.0767

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The Lord of Opium

Nancy Farmer · 2013 · Matteo Alacran

A cloned teen inherits a drug empire and must choose between preserving power and transforming a damaged world.

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Themes labels: humanity · identity · power · responsibility · ethics · cloning · free will · slavery · environmental collapse · leadership · good vs evil · morality · trust · social justice · science ethics · drug trade

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Kiln People

David Brin · 2002

A future PI uses short-lived copies of himself to solve a cloning crime that opens into a deeper mystery.

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Themes labels: identity · individuality · selfhood · human nature · souls · memory · personhood · morality of cloning · privacy · class · prejudice · responsibility · free will · transcendence · godhood · ethics of technology · social change · cheating/fidelity · mortality

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Distance: 0.0812

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Cover of The Diabolic by S.J. Kincaid

The Diabolic

S.J. Kincaid · 2016 · The Diabolic

A genetically engineered bodyguard impersonates her charge at a corrupt imperial court to keep her safe—and survive.

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Themes labels: humanity · nature versus nurture · identity · selfhood · loyalty · power · politics · rebellion · science versus faith · knowledge suppression · moral conflict · free will · sacrifice · love and duty · human worth

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Cover of Forgotten by M.R. Forbes

Forgotten

M.R. Forbes · 2017 · The Forgotten

On a failing generation ship, a sheriff’s search for his missing wife uncovers a deadly secret behind sealed hatches.

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Themes labels: survival · humanity · loyalty · identity · truth vs control · authority · corruption · moral compromise · sacrifice · dehumanization · desperation · love versus duty · free will · collapse · ethics

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Cover of Crossfire by Lindsay Buroker

Crossfire

Lindsay Buroker · 2019 · Star Kingdom

A roboticist on a royal fleet mission must recover a lost artifact while navigating rival factions, robots, and shifting loyalties.

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Themes labels: loyalty · morality · nature vs nurture · free will · humanity · political power · propaganda · human rights · slavery · war vs peace · unintended consequences · individual conscience · community · identity · genetics

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Echo of Worlds

M.R. Carey · 2024 · Pandominion

A multiverse-spanning team races to stop an AI-human war from unleashing extinction across countless Earths.

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Themes labels: identity · sentience · selfhood · consciousness · personhood · free will · autonomy · empathy · compassion · community · humanity · morality in war · redemption · sacrifice · peace vs violence · genocide · collateral damage · sustainability · authoritarianism · self-destruction · prejudice · dehumanization · victory through surrender · hope · optimism

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Cover of Descender, Vol. 4: Orbital Mechanics by Jeff Lemire

Descender, Vol. 4: Orbital Mechanics

Jeff Lemire · 2017 · Descender

Robot outlaw TIM-21 and allies flee one danger while rival factions close in and old secrets unravel across the galaxy.

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Themes labels: identity · sentience · free will · humanity · trust · betrayal · loyalty · loss · war · prejudice · rights · perseverance · emotion · memory · change · nurture vs nature

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Distance: 0.0845

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