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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Inherit the Stars.
Setting labels used: near future, 2020s, 2027-2029, solar system, Moon, Ganymede, spacefaring future
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A looming solar catastrophe forces humanity to unite, invent, and race to survive an alien-planned extinction event.
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Setting labels: near future · Earth · 2037 · 2042 · space stations · Moon · solar system · hard SF future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0971
A Clarke anthology of short SF tales about lunar discovery, alien artifacts, and the awe and peril of spacefaring.
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Setting labels: Moon · future Earth · solar system · Jupiter · mid-century future · outer space
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Distance: 0.1128
Near-future space debris collectors confront grief, ambition, and everyday life in a realistic Earth-orbit workplace.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · Earth orbit · space station · Moon · Solar System · 2070s · orbital workplace · realistic future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1161
A near-future international crew races to Enceladus after signs of life are found beneath its ice.
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Setting labels: near future · 2030s · 2040s · outer solar system · Saturn system · Enceladus · deep space · spacecraft interior · under-ice ocean · microgravity
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1373
A solar-system crisis brings together a missing-child search, alien menace, and rival powers on the brink of war.
Why this is here
Setting labels: solar system · space station · Ganymede · Venus · Earth · Mars · Luna · Jovian system · outer planets · near-future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1385
A near-future Moon colony murder sparks a China-centered political chase across Earth and lunar bases.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · 2040s · Moon colony · China · Earth · lunar south pole · lunar north pole · space station · low gravity · hard SF world
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Distance: 0.1390
A near-future crew heads to the solar system’s edge to solve a probe mystery—and finds a truth that could change humanity.
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Setting labels: near future · outer solar system · heliopause · International Space Station · space program · Earth
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Distance: 0.1395
An astronaut’s asteroid mission uncovers an alien derelict and pulls him into a slow-burn first-contact mystery.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · solar system · space missions · NASA setting · moon base · interplanetary travel · Earth under ecological strain · galactic-scale reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1406
Aliens seek human “witnesses” for an ancient wrong, and the revelation on distant worlds upends Earth.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · moon base · interstellar travel · alternate past · other human worlds · binary planets · spacefaring future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1409
A space courier who fosters teen AI bots is forced into a solar-system chase when one charge is endangered.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · solar system · interplanetary society · Moon · Luna · space stations · spaceship setting · post-Earth future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1411
A near-future space-junk collector uncovers an alien artifact that thrusts humanity into a sprawling first-contact crisis.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · mid-21st century · Earth orbit · global society · networked future · post-catastrophe Earth · solar system
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1425
A young astrophysicist spots a solar-system threat, while asteroid miners may be humanity’s last hope.
Why this is here
Setting labels: solar system · near future · asteroid belt · Earth · space mining · observatory · spacefaring future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1445
