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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Gun, With Occasional Music.
Setting labels used: near-future Oakland, future California, dystopian future, urban noir, socially controlled society, state surveillance, alternate future, postmodern future
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A multi-author anthology of visionary speculative stories linking social justice movements to imagined futures of liberation.
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Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · utopian future · alternate history · present day · other worlds · Detroit · Oakland · urban settings
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Distance: 0.0779
When a decision-making AI goes offline and secrets flood the world by mail, its creator must stop the collapse before it’s too late.
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Setting labels: near future · speculative future · worldwide · global · United States · California · analog world · AI-controlled society · dystopian future
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Distance: 0.0965
In a surveillance-heavy alternate California, a truth-detecting investigator probes a suspicious death—and the system he serves.
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Setting labels: near-future · alternate California · Los Angeles · dystopian society · post-apocalyptic America · surveillance state · closed society · walled state · underground archives · unknown outside world
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Distance: 0.0981
A hardboiled detective probes the murder of a gigantic elite Titan in a near-future society built on life-extending biotech.
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Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · fictional city · urban noir · corporate dystopia · rich enclave · class-stratified society · posthuman society · cyberpunk-like setting
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Distance: 0.1005
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: 0.1009
In a paperless near-future Chicago, a grieving teen uncovers a hidden truth that could topple her government.
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Setting labels: near-future Chicago · paperless society · dystopian future · automated world · surveillance state · post-book society
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Distance: 0.1033
A gifted fugitive uses identity hacks to evade a surveillance state built on data, control, and accelerating change.
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Setting labels: near future · dystopian America · networked society · surveillance state · alternate future · post-quake society · information age · computerized world
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Distance: 0.1035
An exiled gonzo journalist keeps fighting a corrupt president while uncovering the city’s darkest social truths.
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Setting labels: near-future · cyberpunk city · dystopian city · urban decay · media-saturated future · political future
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Distance: 0.1048
A bike messenger and a fired security man are drawn into a near-future California chase over high-tech glasses.
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Setting labels: near future · California · San Francisco Bay Area · Los Angeles · Bay Bridge community · post-earthquake · dystopian future · post-apocalyptic · alternate future
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Distance: 0.1050
In a climate-ravaged future California, a spiritual community must defend its free society against a brutal authoritarian south.
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Setting labels: near future · mid-21st century · post-apocalyptic · California · San Francisco Bay Area · ecological collapse · fascist theocracy · alternative future · resource-scarce world
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Distance: 0.1057
A bot dentist in a broken near-future discovers feelings and races to prove bots can be human too.
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Setting labels: near future · 2053 · 2054 · Michigan · Ypsilanti · Los Angeles · Hollywood · dystopian future · post-crash world · driverless transport · automated society · bot-run labor · alternate future
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Distance: 0.1057
A diverse anthology imagines near-future Americas shaped by resistance, oppression, and hard-won hope.
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Setting labels: near future · future United States · alternate America · climate-affected future · surveillance state · dystopian society · utopian elements · speculative reality
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Distance: 0.1060
