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These books are ranked using the premise + setting labels extracted for To Marry Medusa. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.
Premise labels used: alien invasion, hive mind, collective consciousness, mind transfer, human assimilation, individuality vs collectivity, misfit protagonist, unwitting host, Earth under threat, forced unity, gestalt consciousness
Setting labels used: Earth, urban setting, planetary scale, intergalactic, multi-galaxy, mid-20th century, 1950s, science fictional reality
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their premise + setting embeddings are close.
Facing a 400-year alien invasion, humanity hides its plans in human minds alone and bets civilization on secret strategists.
Why this is here
Premise labels: alien invasion · human survival · secret strategy · hidden thoughts · cosmic threat · first-contact fallout
Setting labels: Earth · deep space · future Earth · far future · crisis era · cosmic scale · global setting
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1653
A long-lived vampire-like man is exposed under alien rule and pulled into a slow-burning fight for identity and freedom.
Why this is here
Premise labels: alien occupation · hive mind · vampire protagonist · hidden identity · self-discovery · resistance movement · offworld captivity · shape-shifter protagonist · human survival · genetic control
Setting labels: occupied Earth · interstellar setting · distant future · spacefaring civilization · alien homeworld · multiple planets · apocalyptic future · gas giant · offworld colonies
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1747
Two gigantic extraterrestrial travelers visit Earth and use the encounter to satirize human pride, knowledge, and belief.
Why this is here
Premise labels: cosmic scale · alien visitors · outsider perspective · human insignificance · anthropocentrism · philosophical satire · travel narrative · interplanetary encounter
Setting labels: outer space · Earth · Sirius · Saturn · solar system · 18th century · cosmic reality
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1793
A weary waitress meets a seductive alien whose quiet invasion may be a trap, a cure, or both.
Why this is here
Premise labels: alien invasion · first contact · mate claim · forced assimilation · mind control · seduction · human women · dying men · post-invasion society
Setting labels: Earth · post-invasion Earth · dystopian future · congested city · restaurant setting · working-class environment · human-alien coexistence
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1803
A cut-up sci-fi assault on control systems, where language, media, and bodies become weapons in a planetary struggle.
Why this is here
Premise labels: alien control · language as virus · mind control · social control · media manipulation · counter-control · intergalactic war · battle for the planet · parasitic messages
Setting labels: science fiction setting · outer space · post-apocalyptic setting · parallel universe · dystopian future · planetary scale · urban setting · film-like reality · media-saturated reality
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1804
A Chinese hard-SF trilogy where first contact becomes a vast, philosophical struggle over humanity’s survival.
Why this is here
Premise labels: first contact · alien invasion · existential threat · humanity vs aliens · civilizational survival · cosmic threat · contact with superior beings · hidden strategy · dark forest · future history
Setting labels: China · Cultural Revolution · Earth · Solar System · deep space · interstellar · far future · future history · cosmic scale · hard SF universe · non-Western setting
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1819
A young soldier on occupied Earth faces alien withdrawal, invading rivals, and impossible loyalty choices in a high-stakes sequel.
Why this is here
Premise labels: alien occupation · colonized Earth · human resistance · evacuation · planetary invasion · loyalty conflict · survival stakes · moral dilemma
Setting labels: future Earth · alien colony · interstellar politics · colonized society · post-apocalyptic Earth · galactic conflict · military sci-fi
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1820
A teen secretly linked to a parasite is pulled into escalating danger as other parasites infiltrate society and politics.
Why this is here
Premise labels: alien invasion · body sharing · secret identity · parasitic takeover · humanity vs inhumanity · social infiltration · psychic sensitivity
Setting labels: high school · contemporary Earth · urban society · human society · political sphere · school setting · social infiltration setting · scientific/observational reality
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1852
When benevolent aliens impose peace on Earth, humanity gains utopia—at a mysterious cost to its future.
Why this is here
Premise labels: first contact · benevolent invasion · alien guardians · humanity at a crossroads · post-scarcity society · hidden alien agenda
Setting labels: Earth · mid-20th century future · global scale · spacefaring era · postwar context · futuristic Earth
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1861
A human doctor and an alien warrior collide during Earth’s invasion, igniting a fated-mates bond amid war.
Why this is here
Premise labels: alien invasion · human survival · warrior rescue · fated mates · forced breeding · post-apocalyptic survival · breeding threat · war against aliens · protect the humans · soulmate bond
Setting labels: Earth · post-apocalyptic Earth · small town · hospital · clinic · galaxy-wide war · intergalactic setting · alien invasion · future Earth · space opera
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1885
Two aliens debate a shocking discovery about Earth: the intelligent species there is made entirely of meat.
Why this is here
Premise labels: first contact · alien perspective · sentient life · humanity as meat · intelligent life · Fermi paradox · misunderstood species · cosmic discovery
Setting labels: outer space · the universe · Earth · far-future implied · alien civilization · first-contact setting · cosmic scale
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1891
Twelve chronologically arranged Lem stories probe alien contact, AI, and human limits with irony, dread, and invention.
Why this is here
Premise labels: first contact · alien intelligence · artificial intelligence · sentient machines · scientific speculation · uncanny encounter · human otherness
Setting labels: space · alien worlds · Earth · mid-century future · Cold War-era context · labyrinthine spaces · astronautic / spacecraft settings
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1900
