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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Her Smoke Rose Up Forever.
Setting labels used: spacefaring future, far future, alien worlds, Earth future, colonized worlds, post-apocalyptic world, alternate reality, near-future media world, cold universe, technological society
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A time-end messenger draws scattered survivors into a fight over whether to reopen, destroy, or preserve the Way.
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Setting labels: spacefaring future · alternate Earth · parallel worlds · post-apocalyptic Earth · asteroid habitat · artificial universe · far future · end of time · nuclear aftermath · orbiting habitats · simulated environments · ancient-history derivative world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0846
A 14-story McCaffrey sampler of psychics, dragons, and far-future worlds, mixing series origins with standalone tales.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · interstellar society · alien worlds · water world · spacefaring · futuristic society · planetary settings
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0870
An Indigenous queer anthology of nine speculative stories imagining post-apocalyptic futures shaped by love, land, and survival.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic · dystopian · utopian · near-future · future worlds · spacefaring · virtual reality · alternative reality · Earth-bound · off-world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0870
A future investigator hunts her missing clone-sister and uncovers a buried first-contact secret among the stars.
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Setting labels: far future · colonized worlds · interstellar society · spacefaring civilization · terraforming · colony planet · human expansion · stagnant future · distant future · off-world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0881
An immortal astronaut in an android body must scout alien worlds to find humanity a new home before Earth is lost.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future Earth · interstellar space · alien worlds · distant planets · humanity in crisis · far-future · solar system · spacefaring future · alternate science-fiction reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0896
A compact collection of experimental SF stories probing AI, uploads, simulation, and technological dread.
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Setting labels: near future · far future · digital future · spacefaring future · alternate reality · simulated worlds · outer space · interdimensional space · corporate tech world · online culture · AI-mediated setting · posthuman setting · planetary exploration
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0903
A landmark SF story collection of alien contact, time shifts, and sharp social satire from James Tiptree Jr.
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Setting labels: far future · space stations · deep space · post-apocalyptic worlds · alien worlds · Earth (distanced/othered) · raceworld · spacefaring civilization
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0920
A dolphin-crewed starship shelters on an ocean world while alien fleets hunt a discovery that could reshape galactic power.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · water world · spacefaring civilization · galactic empire · alien civilization · ocean planet · post-human future · interstellar society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0938
A young mathematician-pilot joins a far-future quest to unlock a cosmic mystery tied to immortality and human destiny.
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Setting labels: far future · galaxy-spanning · ice world · frozen city · spacefaring civilization · primitive society · hunter-gatherer culture · posthuman future · civilized worlds · alien planets
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Distance: 0.0944
A bored master gamer from a post-scarcity utopia is blackmailed into competing in an empire where the game determines power.
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Setting labels: far future · intergalactic · post-scarcity · utopian society · alien empire · spacefaring civilization · hierarchical society · high-tech world
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Distance: 0.0956
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: 0.0960
Early Philip K. Dick stories of warped reality, war, precognition, and mind-bending ideas in a classic SF collection.
Why this is here
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
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0970
