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These books are ranked using the tone labels extracted for Space Trilogy: Out of the Silent Planet / Perelandra / That Hideous Strength.
Tone labels used: imaginative, philosophical, theological, serious, wonder-filled, dreamlike, dark, creepy, elegiac, satirical, intense, rollicking, preachy (mixed), prophetic, beautiful
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their tone embeddings are close.
An immortal crow tells a human his long, strange story across ages, worlds, and the many meanings of death.
Why this is here
Tone labels: beautiful · lyrical · elegiac · melancholic · haunting · dreamlike · mythic · wonder-filled · philosophical · contemplative · funny at times · tragic · reflective
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.1107
A boy lifted from a mining ship’s underclass and a professor from within the system uncover the chains binding them both.
Why this is here
Tone labels: lyrical · dreamlike · mystical · dark · hopeful · didactic · elegiac · intense · transcendent · tragic
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.1116
A shipbound engineer wakes from cryostasis to find a ruined colony ark, rival visions for humanity, and a fate-shaping choice.
Why this is here
Tone labels: mythic · lyrical · elegiac · awe-struck · dreamlike · philosophical · meditative · hopeful · ominous · horror-tinged · serious · contemplative · strange · lush
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.1155
A 1970s short-fiction collection of eerie, layered tales where reality, memory, and storybooks keep slipping apart.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dreamlike · elegiac · cold · disturbing · chilling · mysterious · haunting · surreal · enigmatic · melancholy · dark · witty · playful · humorous · bleak · magisterial
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.1313
Elric and Moonglum journey through a parallel world to uncover the origins of Elric’s people and their dragons.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · brooding · elegiac · psychedelic · dreamlike · mythic · ornate · dense · pessimistic · surreal · horror-tinged · nostalgic
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.1335
In a biotech future London, an immune young woman’s life is transformed by art, love, and a society that edits people by virus.
Why this is here
Tone labels: lyrical · dreamlike · surreal · strange · intense · melancholy · elegiac · heartbreaking · poetic · whimsical · messy · philosophical · sad · beautiful
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.1339
Sunny and her friends must cross magical worlds to repay an ancient debt and retrieve a stolen object before disaster strikes.
Why this is here
Tone labels: imaginative · wonder-filled · dangerous · mysterious · light · uncanny · vivid · fun · surreal · beautiful
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.1355
A colonized alien world and a godlike sentient ship force humans and clones to confront worship, survival, and identity.
Why this is here
Tone labels: ambitious · philosophical · unsettling · bizarre · edgy · serious · mysterious · dense · dreamlike · grotesque · cerebral · odd
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.1369
A genre-bending story collection traces Central American lives across past, present, and future through migration, memory, and uncanny change.
Why this is here
Tone labels: elegiac · unsettling · dreamlike · haunting · heartfelt · humorous · playful · menacing · surreal · tender · hopeful · heartbreaking · uncanny · dark · satirical
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.1375
A teen runaway’s strange gift draws her into a hidden war that echoes across decades, lives, and futures.
Why this is here
Tone labels: playful · elegiac · dark · surreal · mysterious · cynical · witty · moving · gripping · intense · ambitious · philosophical · gloriously bizarre · melancholic
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.1382
A silent wanderer and his ally push deeper into an AI-run megastructure while body, time, and loyalties unravel.
Why this is here
Tone labels: grim · dark · weird · elegiac · ominous · atmospheric · nihilistic · mysterious · brutal · dreamlike · cryptic
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.1383