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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Electric Church.
Setting labels used: near future, dystopian future, cyberpunk future, unified world, ruined city, New York, crapsack world, post-collapse society
Focused on “near future” where exact label matches exist.
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A mercenary, a hacker, and an art dealer are drawn into a corporate-cybernetic conspiracy in the Sprawl.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · cyberpunk future · dystopian future · corporate-controlled world · urban megacity · cyberspace · virtual reality · global economy · Sprawl
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0738
A hyper-detailed dystopian sci-fi comic where a suburban man, a killer tax collector, and a robot may be one being.
Why this is here
Setting labels: dystopian future · near future · future Los Angeles · urban wasteland · crowded metropolis · suburban home · corporate city · smog-choked city · cyberpunk reality · mechanized society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0795
A grim hitman with a code hunts a runaway girl in bombed-out future New York split between streets and virtual escape.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · future New York · post-apocalyptic city · dirty bomb aftermath · localized apocalypse · urban ruin · virtual reality world · cyberspace · limnosphere
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0801
In a near-future VR dystopia, two students/soldiers on separate missions uncover a conspiracy that could collapse both worlds.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · virtual reality · real world · cyberpunk city · academy setting · militarized society · corporate state · climate-ravaged world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0829
In a near-future crime underworld, a weary anti-hero chases a dangerous, addictive substance and a missing artist.
Why this is here
Setting labels: late 21st century · near future · future New York City · Paris · dystopian city · crumbling cities · urban underworld · retrofuture · cyberpunk future · alternate future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0840
An ex-cop junkie in a vertical cyberpunk city rescues human clones and is dragged back into his own buried past.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · cyberpunk future · city-sized mall · vertical city · cloning farm · corporate state · alternate dimension · surreal otherworld
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0852
A data courier with a brain implant must outrun criminals and recover stolen secrets before the information destroys him.
Why this is here
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: 0.0857
A poisoned spy infiltrates a powerful enhanced super-soldier’s circle and falls for the one man she can’t kill.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · post-dystopian · 2040 · London · New York City · near-future America · cyberpunk aesthetic · corporate-controlled society · technologically advanced world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0868
An annual best-of anthology of 20 speculative stories chosen by R.F. Kuang from the previous year's SF and fantasy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · future world · modern day · contemporary · suburban · apocalyptic · cyberpunk · interstellar · space travel · fantasy world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0902
A cyborg special agent hunts cybercriminals in a near-future Japan where minds, bodies, and identity are under siege.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · 21st century · mid-21st century · futuristic Japan · dystopian future · cyberpunk world · networked society · technologically advanced world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0927
An outlaw journalist races to expose a corrupt president in a profane, darkly funny near-future political satire.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Near future · Dystopian future · Hyper-urban city · Decaying metropolis · Political future · Technological future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0927
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: 0.0643
