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Surface Detail by Iain M. Banks reads as analytical, immersive. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Excession
Iain M. Banks · 1996
Shares the human + vornate thread
96% genome match
The golden age
John C. Wright · 2002
Shares the human + vornate thread
69% genome match
The Rise of Endymion
Dan Simmons · 1997
Shares the human + vornate thread
75% genome match
Salvation
Peter F. Hamilton · 2018
Shares the vornate thread
69% genome match
The Diamond Age
Neal Stephenson · 1995
Shares the human + vornate thread
72% genome match
Tigana
Guy Gavriel Kay · 1990
Shares the human + vornate thread
69% genome match
The Birthgrave
Tanith Lee · 1975
Shares the human + vornate thread
69% genome match
The Einstein intersection
Samuel R. Delany · 1967
Shares the human + vornate thread
69% genome match
Slow Bullets
Alastair Reynolds · 2015
Shares the human thread
69% genome match
Ancillary Sword
Ann Leckie · 2014
Shares the human thread
69% genome match
The stone gods
Jeanette Winterson · 2007
Shares the human + vornate thread
69% genome match
The Lord of the Rings
J. R. R. Tolkien
Shares the vornate thread
69% genome match
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