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Hive-Minded

A collective psychological alignment and unified processing matrix where individual consciousness, personal identity, and independent agency are completely dissolved into a singular, overarching communal will or hive intellect.

The horror of losing oneself to a greater, unified consciousness. The chilling sensation of individual thoughts and actions being dictated by an alien, collective mind, erasing personal identity and free will.

Books

AnthemAyn Rand
XenocideOrson Scott Card
Children of the MindOrson Scott Card
The Ghost BrigadesJohn Scalzi
The Midwich CuckoosJohn Wyndham
DamiaAnne McCaffrey
Lyon's PrideAnne McCaffrey
Damia's ChildrenAnne McCaffrey
The Freeze-Frame RevolutionPeter Watts
ZeroesDeborah Biancotti
The Tower and the HiveAnne McCaffrey
The Night WindowDean Koontz
The Last TownBlake Crouch
You Weren't Meant to Be HumanAndrew Joseph White
SwarmDeborah Biancotti
SideshowSheri S. Tepper
Mort(e)Robert Repino
MariposaGreg Bear
Half Past HumanT. J. Bass
Turning pointLisanne Norman
PostsingularRudy Rucker
The different girlGordon Dahlquist
The Klingon GambitRobert E. Vardeman
The Return of Nathan BrazilJack L. Chalker
Edge of DarkBrenda Cooper
Cage a ManF. M. Busby
The Madness SeasonC. S. Friedman
The Faith of BeastsJames S. A. Corey
The Golden TranscendenceJohn C. Wright
Aliens: GenocideDavid Bischoff
Still Forms on FoxfieldJoan Slonczewski
Shiva in SteelFred Saberhagen
TRUEL1F3Jay Kristoff
Bee SpeakerAdrian Tchaikovsky
The Quantum WarDerek Künsken
Eye of the CometPamela Sargent
The Purgatory ZoneArsen Darnay
The myriadR. M. Meluch
MindworldsPhyllis Gotlieb
Fortress of MagiMirah Bolender
The City of the SunBrian Stableford
DescentDiane Carey
CandleJohn Barnes
The Sky So Big and BlackJohn Barnes
Hive MonkeyGareth L. Powell
ScavengersDavid J. Skal
Q IslandRussell James
Singularity's RingPaul Melko
The flying eyesJ. Hunter Holly
The Dark ImbalanceShane Dix
Phylum MonstersHayford Peirce
The PsychomorphMichael Butterworth
Phoenix of MegaronJohn Rankine
MarathonD. Alexander Smith
Stand on ZanzibarJames L. Cambias
WeYevgeny Zamyatin
FarfetchJacqueline Lichtenberg
The Meridian AscentRichard Phillips
Gaia's Wasp: Sci-Fi too rough for nice mommiesDr. Insensitive Jerk
The ManySylvain Neuvel

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