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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Heavy Liquid.
Setting labels used: late 21st century, near future, future New York City, Paris, dystopian city, crumbling cities, urban underworld, retrofuture, cyberpunk future, alternate future
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
An exiled gonzo journalist keeps fighting a corrupt president while uncovering the city’s darkest social truths.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near-future · cyberpunk city · dystopian city · urban decay · media-saturated future · political future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0704
A lone surviving Turtle in a ruined future NYC fights for revenge, justice, and his lost family’s legacy.
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Setting labels: future New York City · post-apocalyptic city · dystopian future · fortress city · cyberpunk future · underground city · ruined metropolis · technological future · alternate universe
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0734
A hitman is forced to target a rising cyborg religion in a grim near-future city ruled by a brutal police state.
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Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · cyberpunk future · unified world · ruined city · New York · crapsack world · post-collapse society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0840
In a near-future New York, three interwoven love stories unfold amid sex work, art, and everyday struggle.
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Setting labels: future New York · Manhattan · 2038 · near future · urban dystopia · recognizable city · cyberpunk city · grimy future · commercialized intimacy
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0875
An outlaw journalist races to expose a corrupt president in a profane, darkly funny near-future political satire.
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Setting labels: Near future · Dystopian future · Hyper-urban city · Decaying metropolis · Political future · Technological future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0898
A hyper-detailed dystopian sci-fi comic where a suburban man, a killer tax collector, and a robot may be one being.
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Setting labels: dystopian future · near future · future Los Angeles · urban wasteland · crowded metropolis · suburban home · corporate city · smog-choked city · cyberpunk reality · mechanized society
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Distance: 0.0936
A cyborg writer posing as AI races against debt, deadlines, and a draining battery in a corporate dystopia.
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Setting labels: future city · cyberpunk city · dystopian future · corporate dystopia · late capitalism · megacorp control · working-class precarity · slums
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Distance: 0.0951
In 2075 New York, a Filipino American corporate hacker is sent to probe a billionaire’s secrets and falls into doomed desire.
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Setting labels: New York City · 2075 · near future · cyberpunk future · dystopian future · capitalist society · late-stage capitalism · fractured nation · post-war society · technological future · corporate city · futuristic Americas
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1032
In a dying future, a self-taught reader, a rebel woman, and a suicidal android collide in a robot-run world.
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Setting labels: future America · New York City · 25th century · far future · distant future · post-apocalyptic world · decaying city · robot-managed society · dystopian future
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Distance: 0.1042
A lone surviving Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle fights through a dystopian future on a revenge mission for his fallen family.
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Setting labels: future New York City · dystopian city · walled city · post-apocalyptic future · industrial waste city · cyberpunk setting · sewers · tower stronghold · nocturnal setting
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Distance: 0.1067
A future street thief discovers she is the next Slayer and must save a broken city from demons and vampires.
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Setting labels: far future · post-apocalyptic · dystopian future · Manhattan · urban slum · future New York · cyberpunk city · monster-filled city · radiation-damaged world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1068
A data courier with a brain implant must outrun criminals and recover stolen secrets before the information destroys him.
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Setting labels: near future · future Japan · Beijing · United States · cyberpunk future · dystopian future · high-tech wasteland · urban future · twenty-first century · globalized future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1069
