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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Vaster Than Empires and More Slow.
Setting labels used: space voyage, distant planet, forest planet, planetary ecosystem, interstellar future, colonial frontier, shared consciousness, single-biome world, sci-fi universe
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A new generation on an alien colony pushes beyond safety, uncovering deadlier ecology and human conflict on the mainland.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alien planet · colonial outpost · mainland expedition · island colony · space colony · distant planet · future · ecological frontier
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1056
A retired soldier turned colonial ombudsman is pulled into leading a new settlement whose hidden purpose sparks galactic intrigue.
Why this is here
Setting labels: distant planet · human colony · space colonies · interstellar setting · galactic civilization · colonial frontier · new world · spacefaring future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1088
A human colonist returns to an alien city where language is reality, and a new ambassador sparks catastrophe.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · distant planet · colonized world · remote outpost · space frontier · alien city · shared settlement · interstellar empire · subspace travel · biotech world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1093
A first human colony on an alien world faces a cunning predator, and survival depends on decoding the planet’s ecology.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alien planet · distant future · interstellar colony · island colony · Tau Ceti · preindustrial ecology · terraformed none · one-way voyage · frontier settlement
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1120
A cat-loving space trader inherits a godlike seedship and uses it to solve—or worsen—problems on distant worlds.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · interstellar · multiple planets · space travel · space opera setting · colonized worlds · ecological crisis · hostile alien life · old empire · space station
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1150
A teen aspiring scientist on a stranded alien colony uncovers buried truths about her world, her family, and peace on Faloiv.
Why this is here
Setting labels: distant planet · alien planet · colonial settlement · science compound · jungle ecosystem · post-crash colony · shared planet
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1161
A runaway space princess teams with a notorious outlaw to escape capture, politics, and an unwanted marriage.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · deep space · space stations · multiple planets · interstellar travel · futuristic universe · feudal space empire · distant future Earth · spaceships · colonized galaxy
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1197
A family on a frontier exoplanet and their past selves on Earth race across time to uncover the truth and survive.
Why this is here
Setting labels: exoplanet · frontier planet · space colony · Earth · far future · far past · galaxy-spanning · alien planet · desolate world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1209
A child refugee on an old spaceship journals the first fragile years of life on a newly found planet.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future Earth · interstellar voyage · alien planet · new colony · spacecraft · far future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1211
On a lethal ocean world, an undead pursuer and other travelers collide amid an immortality virus, aliens, and escalating revenge.
Why this is here
Setting labels: ocean planet · water world · off-world frontier · far future · interstellar civilization · planetary border zone · biologically hostile ecosystem
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1216
A human-spider expedition meets utterly alien intelligence in a tense, multi-timeline sci-fi sequel of contact and crisis.
Why this is here
Setting labels: deep space · terraformed planet · ocean world · spacefaring future · far future · multiple planets · alien system · post-collapse Earth · interstellar voyage
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1238
A future agent and a resurrected killing machine collide amid AI intrigue, alien tech, and a dragon hunt.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · interstellar · spacefaring civilization · planetary frontier · desert planet · backwater world · non-Polity world · alien ecology · colonized world · generation ship
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1257
