All Sci Fi novels published since 1900 were scraped from Good Reads, and for each novel, all reader comments, plot descriptions, and user-generated tags were compiled. Keywords and concepts were added to each novel by parsing the text described above and mapping them to a curated dictionary of SciFi keywords and concepts. 2,633 novels published since 1990 had at least 50 reviews and contained at least one keyword from the keyword corpus.

After keyword enhancement, a book network was created by linking novels if they share similar keyword. Network clusters identify Keyword Themes - or groups of similar books that are labeled most commonly shared keywords in the group.
The network was generated using the open source python 'tag2network' package, and visualized here using 'openmappr''. The scripts for analyzing this dataset are available at https://github.com/ericberlow/SciFi

This is a collaborative project of Bethanie Maples, Srini Kadamati, and Eric Berlow

NOTE - This visualization performs best in Chrome and Safari browsers full screen - and is not optimized for the small screens of mobile devices.
How to Navigate this Network:

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