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Characterization labels used: brooding protagonist, romantic protagonist, cigarette-smoking protagonist, rebellious protagonist, male-led, outsider, playboy, poet, fisherman, climber, artist, scientist, baitman, Cyborg, genetically engineered beings, sentient machines, anthropomorphic cars, archetypal characters

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Labyrinth

Lois McMaster Bujold · 2009 · Vorkosigan Saga (Publication Order)

Miles takes a covert rescue job on a corrupt world, only to confront genetic exploitation and an unlikely ally.

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Characterization labels: brilliant protagonist · charismatic protagonist · resourceful protagonist · compassionate protagonist · impulsive protagonist · outsider protagonist · physically impaired protagonist · mercenary captain · genetically engineered soldier · geneticist · quaddie · hermaphrodite character · mutant · monster girl · teen soldier · young prisoner · villainous scientist · criminal boss

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Distance: 0.1776

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The Affirmation

Christopher Priest · 1983

A grieving man writes his life as fiction, only to find his autobiography splitting into rival realities.

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Characterization labels: brooding protagonist · morose protagonist · self-absorbed protagonist · isolated protagonist · grieving man · depressed protagonist · unlikable protagonist · self-observant narrator · doubled protagonist · mentally unstable protagonist

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Distance: 0.1829

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The Thought Readers

Dima Zales, Anna Zaires · 2014 · Mind Dimensions

A hedge-fund prodigy who can freeze time discovers others like him and is pulled into a hidden psychic conflict.

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Characterization labels: cocky protagonist · arrogant protagonist · shallow protagonist · likeable protagonist · feisty heroine · angry heroine · revenge-driven · sidekick · hacker · scientist · mobsters · gifted youths · morally grey protagonist · genius image · self-centered protagonist

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Distance: 0.1837

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George Falls Through Time

Ryan Collett · 2026

A stressed Londoner is hurled into 1300 and must survive medieval hardship, queer desire, and a dragon.

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Characterization labels: miserable protagonist · self-loathing · cynical · whiny · emotionally repressed · self-centered · unlikable protagonist · reliable foil · sweet love interest · captor-turned-lover · reflective · flawed protagonist · burned out · frustrated · messy adult · reluctant growth

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Victim Zero

Joshua Guess · 2013 · The Fall

A brilliant scientist tied to a cure project must survive the outbreak he helped unleash as the world collapses.

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Characterization labels: scientist protagonist · geneticist protagonist · biologist protagonist · guilt-ridden hero · conflicted hero · methodical protagonist · intelligent protagonist · physically imposing protagonist · genius hero · marty stu (minority) · character-driven

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Distance: 0.1847

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36

Nieves Delgado · 2017

A newly awakened AI questions identity, gender, and belonging while trying to live among humans in a near future.

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Characterization labels: artificial protagonist · intellectual protagonist · curious protagonist · nonhuman protagonist · socially adept · fast learner · rational character · stoic character · mentor figure · scientist characters · psychologist characters · technician characters · secondary characters underdeveloped

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Distance: 0.1855

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The Thing Itself

Adam Roberts · 2015

An Antarctic SETI disaster launches a cross-time chase into Kant, AI, and the limits of human reality.

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Characterization labels: scientist protagonist · disfigured protagonist · alcoholic protagonist · unlikable protagonist · obsessed philosopher · surly character · practical character · AI character · shadowy institute · traumatized survivor

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Distance: 0.1858

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Skullcrack City

Jeremy Robert Johnson · 2015

A drug-addled banker uncovers a monstrous corporate conspiracy that may be ending the world.

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Characterization labels: banker protagonist · antihero · everyman protagonist · addict · corporate drone · clueless protagonist · paranoid protagonist · clueless hero · morally compromised · messy protagonist · mad scientists · mutants · corporate assassins · missionary · pet turtle

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Distance: 0.1864

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Life in the North

Tao Wong · 2017 · The System Apocalypse

Camping in the Yukon, a broken man wakes to Earth remade as a deadly RPG and must survive, adapt, and get home.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: flawed protagonist · angsty hero · rage issues · loner · PTSD · survivor · brooder · self-destructive · reluctant leader · bisexual protagonist · POC protagonist · socially awkward · damaged goods · competent under pressure · emotionally repressed

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Distance: 0.1866

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Cover of Star Man's Son, 2250 A.D by Andre Norton

Star Man's Son, 2250 A.D

Andre Norton · 1980

A mutant outcast and his telepathic cat journey through a post-nuclear future to find a lost city and prove his worth.

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Characterization labels: mutant hero · outcast protagonist · young male hero · resourceful hero · clever protagonist · brave protagonist · telepathic animal companion · competent Black supporting character · female chieftain · animal ally · young adult protagonist · independent protagonist · social outsider

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Distance: 0.1879

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