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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Last and First Men.
Setting labels used: far future, near future, alternate future, Earth, Mars, Venus, Neptune, solar system, deep time, post-apocalyptic, interplanetary, world state, climate collapse, spacefaring civilization, future Earth
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A scholar, future machines, and far-future humans collide in a Mars-set Trojan War reenactment driven by gods.
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Setting labels: far future · terraformed Mars · Jupiter moons · Earth future · solar system · dystopian future · post-apocalyptic Earth · alternate history · mythic future · spacefaring civilization
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Distance: 0.0620
A varied mid-century SF collection of ten idea-driven stories exploring time, Mars, identity, robots, and human nature.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Mars · Earth · future Earth · future Mars · spacecraft · parallel universe · time travel · post-apocalyptic · interplanetary · mid-century future
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Distance: 0.0784
A chronological omnibus of Arthur C. Clarke’s short fiction, spanning early pulp pieces to late career SF and humor.
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Setting labels: near future · far future · space age · solar system · Earth · Moon · Mars · Venus · undersea · underworld
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Distance: 0.0797
An illustrated future-history follows humanity across deep time, until alien meddling turns evolution into punishment.
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Setting labels: near future · Mars · Earth · galactic scale · far future · deep time · posthuman world · interstellar civilization · speculative future · fictional reality
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Distance: 0.0828
Three linked future tales trace a Pluto mystery back through Mars revolution, memory loss, and centuries of revised history.
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Setting labels: Mars · Pluto · asteroid belt · solar system future · far-future · colonized Mars · terraforming · spacefaring civilization · alternate future
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Distance: 0.0852
A classic short-fiction collection of poetic SF tales spanning alien oceans, terraformers, sentient cars, and doomed romance.
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Setting labels: future Venus · future Mars · post-apocalyptic future · far future · alien worlds · colonized planets · desert planet · ocean planet · low-gravity world · shared fictional future
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Distance: 0.0880
A down-and-out actor is hired to impersonate a kidnapped politician, and his cover-up soon becomes a solar-system crisis.
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Setting labels: future solar system · Mars · Earth · interplanetary empire · interplanetary government · political future · alternate future
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Distance: 0.0893
In the far future, an antiquities dealer pursues lost Apollo-era artifacts while racing to help rescue a vanished starship.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · Earth · solar system · interstellar space · spacefaring civilization · post-collapse future · climate-altered Earth
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Distance: 0.0894
A curious young man in Earth’s last city uncovers buried truths that could shatter a stagnant immortal civilization.
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Setting labels: far future · deep time · Earth future · desert Earth · last city · distant Earth · post-cataclysmic world · utopian city · rural paradise · underground transit · fading civilization · planetary isolation · automated city · spacefaring past
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Distance: 0.0906
Seven Korean speculative stories explore space, aliens, and future tech through intimate questions of identity, grief, and connection.
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Setting labels: near future · distant future · space station · other planets · Earth · utopian society · dystopian society · advanced technology · posthuman future · alternative future
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Distance: 0.0906
Four connected future-history novels follow Earth cities that become wandering space workers through the galaxy.
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Setting labels: future Earth · solar system · interstellar space · Jupiter · Cold War future · early 21st century (in-text) · millennial future · galactic civilization · distant future · post-Earth civilization
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Distance: 0.0930
A Christian missionary to an alien colony fights to keep his marriage alive as Earth and Oasis drift toward crisis.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · outer space · distant planet · alien world · Earth collapse · interstellar colony · corporate base · apocalyptic Earth · climate collapse · civilizational breakdown
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0938
