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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for An Evil Guest.
Setting labels used: near future, future America, interplanetary setting, alien planet, South Pacific, theater world, retro-future, noir pastiche, alternate future, space travel, human colony, cosmic horror setting
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A bioengineered courier crosses a fractured near-future world while confronting prejudice, desire, and her own identity.
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Setting labels: near-future Earth · balkanized North America · corporate rule · rival city-states · space colonies · interplanetary setting · chaotic future · dystopian future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1268
Philip K. Dick’s final collected stories volume gathers late-era SF tales of reality, faith, paranoia, and damaged futures.
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Setting labels: near future · alternate reality · dystopian future · spacefaring setting · Earth colonies · Mars · off-world · fictional future
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Distance: 0.1272
A chronological anthology of classic sci-fi stories by women, tracing the genre from pulp-era invention to New Wave experimentation.
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Setting labels: near future · far future · space · alien worlds · post-apocalyptic · atomic age · pulp era · mid-20th century · interplanetary · Earth
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Distance: 0.1306
A varied collection of short speculative stories, from satirical thought experiments to dark, moving tales of power, language, and perspective.
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Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · alternate history · Antarctica · South Pole · urban · colonial setting · other planet · alien world · intellectual and academic settings · Orsinia · contemporary world · isolated world
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Distance: 0.1367
A cat-loving space trader inherits a godlike seedship and uses it to solve—or worsen—problems on distant worlds.
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Setting labels: far future · interstellar · multiple planets · space travel · space opera setting · colonized worlds · ecological crisis · hostile alien life · old empire · space station
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Distance: 0.1374
An annual best-of anthology of 20 speculative stories chosen by R.F. Kuang from the previous year's SF and fantasy.
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Setting labels: near future · future world · modern day · contemporary · suburban · apocalyptic · cyberpunk · interstellar · space travel · fantasy world
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Distance: 0.1378
A short sci-fi romance about two teens whose love is tested by interstellar distance, war, and time delay.
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Setting labels: future setting · space travel · interplanetary setting · deep space · Earth · Mars · Jupiter · solar system · alien contact · war with aliens · fictional near future
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Distance: 0.1379
An immortal pilot from a brutal star society becomes central to a galaxy-wide response to an impending supernova.
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Setting labels: far future · interstellar · multiple planets · galaxy-spanning · spacefaring civilization · arcspace · alternate dimension · dystopian society · multi-planet polity · cosmic horror
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Distance: 0.1390
Early Philip K. Dick stories of warped reality, war, precognition, and mind-bending ideas in a classic SF collection.
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Setting labels: future Earth · post-apocalyptic Earth · spacefaring future · near future · dystopian future · alternate reality · interplanetary setting · Cold War era future · America · technological society · classic SF future
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Distance: 0.1396
A wide-ranging collection of speculative short stories centered on Black futures, social justice, and inventive worlds.
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Setting labels: contemporary world · alternate universe · near future · far future · post-apocalyptic · utopian society · New York City · New Orleans · Jim Crow South · space colony · alien planet · historical setting
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Distance: 0.1429
On a polluted Earth, a government investigator on a new colony uncovers a hidden alien truth tied to his missing wife.
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Setting labels: near future · far future · dystopian future · Earth · off-world colony · terraforming · underground society · polluted Earth · exoplanet · space colony
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Distance: 0.1436
Seven bleak, prescient sci-fi stories trace alienation, gender, and numbness in futures that feel eerily present.
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Setting labels: near future · post-apocalyptic · dystopian · Tokyo · space colonization · interplanetary · alien worlds · matriarchal society · future Earth · cybernetic future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1439
