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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Departure.
Setting labels used: future Earth, Mars, Earth orbit, space station, dystopian future, 22nd century, solar system, oppressive technocratic state
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A cyborg-led space station clash and Earth power grab collide as rival survivors fight for Mars, control, and survival.
Why this is here
Setting labels: solar system · Earth · Mars · space station · orbital setting · near future · dystopian future · interplanetary
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0868
In a future where teleportation is routine, a father tells his children how the invention works, and why it must never be done awake.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 24th century · future Earth · Mars travel · solar system · dystopian future · alternate history · spacefaring society · environmental decline
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0898
A down-and-out actor is hired to impersonate a kidnapped politician, and his cover-up soon becomes a solar-system crisis.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future solar system · Mars · Earth · interplanetary empire · interplanetary government · political future · alternate future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0952
A healer on a ravaged future Earth hunts for her vanished spouse across the colonized solar system.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · 22nd century · solar system · Mars · Earth · Moon · Jupiter moons · colonized space · dystopian Earth · environmentally devastated world · floating cities · cylinder cities · space colonies · off-world settlement
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0953
A mutant orphan races to survive in a future society that hunts his kind while uncovering the truth of the Slans.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future Earth · dystopian future · authoritarian regime · post-war future · interplanetary setting · Mars · Moon · underground cities · space travel · pulp future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0990
In a red-tinted dystopian future, three strangers consider a risky body transplant that could change who they are.
Why this is here
Setting labels: dystopian future · near future · Mars · part-terraformed Mars · advanced technology · riot-plagued society · scientific future · speculative future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1005
A Latina marine’s hidden past and her twins’ diverging futures collide with corporate schemes and xenomorphs.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · 22nd century · Earth · space colony · unnamed planet · dystopian future · corporate future · militarized future · science fiction universe · future Earth
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1057
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: 0.1065
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: 0.1066
In a dying-future space society, two pilots seek a promised world and uncover a truth that could reshape it.
Why this is here
Setting labels: space station · space travel · future Earth · post-apocalyptic future · restricted world · dystopian future · futuristic society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1077
A future-leaning family mystery sends two siblings chasing a dead matriarch’s secrets across the solar system.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · 22nd century · solar system · Earth · Moon · Mars · Africa · space colonies · undersea civilization · post-climate-change world · utopian future · surveilled society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1083
A rising zero-gravity fighter chases championship glory while fame, romance, and a dangerous secret threaten everything.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future Earth · Mars colonies · Moon colonies · space stations · zero gravity arena · interplanetary society · dystopian future · terrestrial society · scientific future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1089
