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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Four Novels of the 1960s.
Setting labels used: 1960s future vision, alternate World War II outcome, occupied America, postwar America, Mars colonies, space travel, postapocalyptic society, illusory half-life, parallel worlds, virtual reality
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
Ten Philip K. Dick short stories collected as the source material for Electric Dreams, built around reality, tech, and human anxiety.
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Setting labels: near-future · future America · 1950s America · Cold War era · spacefaring future · dystopian future · alternate reality · post-apocalyptic future · authoritarian society
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Distance: 0.1462
A massive New Wave SF anthology of original, provocative stories framed by intros and afterwords, with wildly uneven results.
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Setting labels: late 1960s · early 1970s · 1972 context · Cold War era · Vietnam era · futuristic settings · alternate worlds · parallel universes · postapocalyptic worlds · alien planets · space future · near-future speculation
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1465
A vintage SF collection of sharp, funny, idea-driven stories about alien encounters, warped futures, and reality-bending twists.
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Setting labels: spacefaring · far future · 1950s-era future · suburbia · small town · alien planet · parallel dimension · time-bending reality · postwar future
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Distance: 0.1617
A career-spanning collection of 21 Philip K. Dick stories about reality, paranoia, power, and what makes us human.
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Setting labels: mid-century America · post-apocalyptic world · Mars colonies · alternate future · nuclear aftermath · space colonies · bureaucratic reality
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Distance: 0.1678
A Mars-raised human returns to Earth, where his alien worldview and powers ignite culture clash, philosophy, and controversy.
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Setting labels: Mars · Earth · near future · undisclosed future · space travel · 1960s America · counterculture era · institutional setting · hospital setting
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Distance: 0.1694
An Orville crew investigation into a moral nightmare unfolds through a dark simulation, forcing hard questions about guilt and reality.
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Setting labels: early 20th century · World War I era · World War II era · Nazi Germany · historical simulation · spacefaring future · virtual reality · alternate reality
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Distance: 0.1740
Two future historians collide across eras when a time shift erases lives and threatens to rewrite history forever.
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Setting labels: far future · 1960s America · Civil Rights era · twentieth century · twenty-fourth century · distant future · alternate history · alternate future
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Distance: 0.1765
A WWI veteran wakes 500 years in the future and joins a resistance fighting to reclaim occupied America.
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Setting labels: 25th century · far future · Earth-bound future · occupied America · dystopian future · postwar future · alternative future · military future
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Distance: 0.1768
Mad scientists and secret powers clash in an alternate Cold War of conspiracies, violence, and world-scale ambition.
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Setting labels: alternate history · cold war era · 1950s · postwar America · Soviet Union · space program · secret world · surreal reality
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Distance: 0.1771
A restless war veteran and his wife gamble on relativity to escape a posthuman future, only for their trip to unravel into mystery.
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Setting labels: postwar future · distant future · spacefaring future · colony planet · barren planet · hive mind society · cloned society · military retirement colony · interstellar travel · Earth future
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Distance: 0.1790
An alien mother-daughter line secretly steers the space race, while a ruthless enemy hunts them across history.
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Setting labels: World War II · postwar Europe · Cold War · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · Germany · Russia · United States · space race · ancient history · ancient times · alternate history · speculative reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1793
In a peace-obsessed dystopia, a gifted pilot uncovers a corrupt system of fate, control, and betrayal.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate history · future dystopia · post-apocalyptic · 1940s America · 1940s-inspired · war aftermath · air combat world · totalitarian state
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1794
