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Setting labels used: dystopian future, near future, Mars, part-terraformed Mars, advanced technology, riot-plagued society, scientific future, speculative future
Focused on “wasteland” where exact label matches exist.
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A Mars-born orphan uncovers a secret dragon and is pulled into a desperate mission to save a dying planet.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Mars · solar system · future · spacefaring society · colonized Mars · restricted zone · military base · bunker · wasteland · dystopian future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1140
A cheerful Mars weatherman with missing memories becomes the galaxy’s most wanted man after a deadly conspiracy resurfaces.
Why this is here
Setting labels: terraformed Mars · far future · solar system · post-apocalyptic Earth · colonized planets · futuristic society · dystopian future · spacefaring setting · neon cityscape
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0861
On a polluted Earth, a government investigator on a new colony uncovers a hidden alien truth tied to his missing wife.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · far future · dystopian future · Earth · off-world colony · terraforming · underground society · polluted Earth · exoplanet · space colony
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0882
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An oppressed miner on Mars infiltrates an elite caste and academy to dismantle the society that enslaved his people.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Mars · future society · mining society · terraformed planet · color-coded hierarchy · dystopian world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0939
A scholar, future machines, and far-future humans collide in a Mars-set Trojan War reenactment driven by gods.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · terraformed Mars · Jupiter moons · Earth future · solar system · dystopian future · post-apocalyptic Earth · alternate history · mythic future · spacefaring civilization
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0965
Philip K. Dick’s final collected stories volume gathers late-era SF tales of reality, faith, paranoia, and damaged futures.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · alternate reality · dystopian future · spacefaring setting · Earth colonies · Mars · off-world · fictional future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0965
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: 0.0966
Seventeen queer YA sci-fi stories imagine future worlds of love, struggle, survival, and identity across the galaxy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future · space · Mars · space station · planetary airport · dystopian future · cyberpunk world · alternate universe · time loop · post-apocalyptic
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0966
A cut-up sci-fi satire where a police agent battles a language-virus conspiracy and systems of control.
Why this is here
Setting labels: dystopian future · science fictional world · earth · outer space · interstellar · media-saturated world · cityscape · paranoid reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0969
A short-story anthology returns to the Scythedom across its past, present, and future, revealing backstories and new angles.
Why this is here
Setting labels: dystopian future · post-death society · immortal society · Scythedom · Mars · space settlement · multiple continents · multiple regions · future timeline · world-building
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0970
A corporate soldier’s revenge mission unravels into a mind-bending, nonlinear war over truth, power, and identity.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near-future Earth · Mars war · corporate dystopia · interplanetary conflict · post-climate-change future · ruined Earth
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0976
A low-caste miner on Mars is remade into the enemy and sent to infiltrate an elite academy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Mars · future society · solar system · underground mines · academy setting · dystopian future · color-coded caste system · terraforming · colonial society · space setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0980
