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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Accidental Time Machine.
Setting labels used: MIT, near future, distant future, far future, religious theocracy, utopian society, dystopian society, alternate future societies, science-fiction future
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This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A prequel graphic novel tracing the origins of a rebel leader, a forbidden love, and the seeds of revolution.
Why this is here
Setting labels: outer space · future society · planetary colonies · interplanetary world · distant planets · dystopian future · futuristic society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1028
Seven Korean speculative stories explore space, aliens, and future tech through intimate questions of identity, grief, and connection.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · distant future · space station · other planets · Earth · utopian society · dystopian society · advanced technology · posthuman future · alternative future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0847
A time-displaced Thomas More is sent to rescue a failing far-future utopia that may be broken by its own perfection.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · distant planet · utopian society · slums · space travel · time travel · alternate future · technological society · post-scarcity society · dystopian underclass · colonized planet
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0929
In a future where children license parenthood, a young inspector’s latest case exposes cracks in the system and his own past.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future world · near future · dystopian future · utopian veneer · state-controlled society · reproductive regime
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0983
In a computer-run future of drugged conformity, one uneasy man begins to question a perfect world built to erase freedom.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future Earth · global society · totalitarian future · computer-controlled society · high-tech dystopia · utopian facade · closed society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1001
In a future ruled by punctuality, a rebellious trickster wages comic sabotage against a system that punishes lateness.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future society · dystopian future · clockwork society · regulated society · bureaucratic state · mechanized world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1018
A far-future prince from a self-denying culture discovers a mind-sharing drug that could upend his world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · colonized planet · interplanetary humanity · distant planet · feudal society · theocracy · repressive culture · human colony
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1112
In a tightly controlled future, one woman confronts a system that decides who may bear children—and who may only borrow them.
Why this is here
Setting labels: dystopian future · alternate future · not-so-distant future · bureaucratic society · government-regulated society · library setting · patriarchal society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1128
Two separated twins collide in a future where infertile adults pay teens to have babies—and belief systems clash.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · post-virus society · highly controlled society · religious enclave · consumerist society · school setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1134
A boy chosen to receive hidden memories discovers the cost of his community’s perfect, controlled sameness.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future society · utopian facade · dystopian society · controlled community · sameness · colorless world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1141
In a tightly controlled future city, a streetwise fixer uncovers the truth behind an apparently fair social order.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future society · urban complex · closed city · alternate reality · controlled future · technological society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1149
Teens race to expose a hidden plan and stop unwinding before a violent uprising and power grab consume the country.
Why this is here
Setting labels: dystopian future · near future · United States · political dystopia · corporate-controlled society · post-crisis society · militarized state
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1153
