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Lawrence M. Schoen

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These books are ranked using the themes labels extracted for The Elephants' Graveyard.

Themes labels used: racism, prejudice, bigotry, cultural bias, memory, death, identity, free will, fate vs free will, social engineering, genetic tampering, colonial exile, power and control, history, responsibility, civilization, humanity, loss, exclusion, morality of intervention, privilege

Focused on “evolution” where exact label matches exist.

This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their themes embeddings are close.

Cover of Survivor by Octavia E. Butler

Survivor

Octavia E. Butler · 1978 · Patternist

A young woman on an alien world must navigate tribal war, colonists, and dangerous loyalties to keep her people alive.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0815

Cover of Lilith's Brood by Octavia E. Butler

Lilith's Brood

Octavia E. Butler · 2000 · Xenogenesis

A post-apocalyptic trilogy about humanity’s survival bargain with aliens who demand genetic and social transformation.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.1135

Cover of The Fifth Head of Cerberus by Gene Wolfe

The Fifth Head of Cerberus

Gene Wolfe · 1999

Three linked novellas on twin colonized planets unravel identity, colonial guilt, and a vanished people.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0954

Cover of The Book of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor

The Book of Phoenix

Nnedi Okorafor · 2015 · Who Fears Death

A genetically engineered young woman in a dystopian lab breaks free and unleashes a fiery, mythic revolt.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.1006

Cover of In Our Stars by Jack Campbell

In Our Stars

Jack Campbell · 2024 · The Doomed Earth

A half-alien fleet officer is hurled 40 years into Earth’s past and must stop the catastrophe she already witnessed.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.1020

Cover of Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio

Empire of Silence

Christopher Ruocchio · 2018 · The Sun Eater

An exiled nobleman recounts how he became a legendary outcast, gladiator, and future destroyer of suns.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.1025

Cover of The Dragon Masters by Jack Vance

The Dragon Masters

Jack Vance · 1962

On a remote colony world, rival human lords and a secretive mystic sect face an alien return and weaponized breeding.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.1052

Cover of Iron Sunrise by Charles Stross

Iron Sunrise

Charles Stross · 2004 · Eschaton

A refugee teen and a UN agent race to uncover who destroyed a world before a retaliatory fleet wipes out another.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.1067

Cover of The Test by Sylvain Neuvel

The Test

Sylvain Neuvel · 2019

A British citizenship test turns into a terrifying moral ordeal for an immigrant father and his family.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.1072

Cover of Outlaw Planet by M.R. Carey

Outlaw Planet

M.R. Carey · 2025

A schoolteacher turned outlaw and a sentient gun uncover the truth behind a frontier world locked in endless war.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.1080

Cover of Thirteen by Richard K. Morgan

Thirteen

Richard K. Morgan · 2007

A genetically engineered bounty hunter is pulled into a violent, politically charged hunt for another rogue variant.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.1081