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These books are ranked using the themes labels extracted for John Carter of Mars.
Themes labels used: rescue, war, conquest, colonial invasion, repetition, duty, loyalty, completionism, nostalgia, gender stereotypes, sexism, worldbuilding
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their themes embeddings are close.
Three Pern novels follow dragonriders battling a recurring alien threat while uncovering their world’s buried past.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · duty · revenge · memory · lost knowledge · colonial history · collective responsibility · gender roles · patriarchy · power · loyalty · perseverance · adversity · tradition · change
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1366
A Victorian expedition to Africa uncovers a lost civilization and its immortal queen, whose beauty hides danger and obsession.
Why this is here
Themes labels: imperialism · colonialism · race · gender · misogyny · power · beauty · desire · immortality · reincarnation · religion · faith · good and evil · civilization and savagery · isolation · revenge · obsession · womanhood · decadence · hope
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1430
A forgotten musketeer is thrust into a Martian invasion and must save Earth with sword, wit, and stubborn honor.
Why this is here
Themes labels: honor · bravery · nostalgia · isolation · purpose · relevance · heroism · humanity · alienation · melancholy · absurdity · war allegory · colonialism · resource scarcity · tradition vs modernity
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1436
Sixteen modern authors revisit the lost pulp-era Venus: a swamped, stormy world of adventure, mystery, and danger.
Why this is here
Themes labels: colonization · exploitation · race · slavery · freedom · imperialism · gender roles · class conflict · scientific hubris · nostalgia · exploration · identity · memory · grief · education · environmental adaptation · human impact · culture clash
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1442
A lone dhampir vampire hunter takes a paid job in a ruined future where vampires rule and humans survive in fear.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · oppression · class hierarchy · post-war ruin · existentialism · grounded optimism · sexism · gender roles · humanity · monstrosity · identity · duty · violence · rescue fantasy
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1443
A hidden heiress and her dragon-rider allies race to save a forgotten colony world from a returning sky-borne menace.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · revenge · duty · leadership · tradition · memory and forgetting · gender roles · consent · power · colonial decline · belonging · duty to community · knowledge recovery · civilizational fragility
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1457
A young noblewoman and dragon riders face a planetary threat as hidden bonds, lore, and time travel reshape Pern.
Why this is here
Themes labels: coming of age · leadership · duty · tradition · memory · survival · colonial legacy · gender roles · power imbalance · feminism · world preservation · responsibility
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1496
A displaced destroyer crew faces widening fronts, rising technology, and a new enemy in an alternate-world war.
Why this is here
Themes labels: war escalation · freedom · power · survival · technological change · cultural collision · good vs evil · colonial expansion · prejudice · adaptation · leadership · sacrifice · gender oppression · religious corruption
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1504
An orphaned teen trains as an imperial mecha pilot, only to uncover buried truths that pit loyalty against her past.
Why this is here
Themes labels: colonialism · resistance · conformity · loyalty · identity · power · empire · propaganda · culture loss · belonging · moral conflict · survival · war · faith · individuality
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1509
A memory-implant gone wrong sends a man racing to Mars, where he uncovers a buried identity and alien secrets.
Why this is here
Themes labels: memory · identity · reality ambiguity · dreams · truth · control · corporate greed · colonial exploitation · freedom · survival · terraforming · technology ethics · gender politics · sexism · social commentary
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1513
A Visigoth warrior is abducted by aliens, bonds with sacred armor, and returns to a changed Earth.
Why this is here
Themes labels: freedom · colonization · loss · revenge · survival · honor · identity · adaptation · displacement · time dislocation · cultural clash · fate · worthy power · war and conquest
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1517
A modern woman falls through a bloodstone into 1600s Virginia, where survival and forbidden love collide.
Why this is here
Themes labels: cultural clash · survival · identity · belonging · duty versus desire · free will · gender roles · colonial conflict · trust · historical change · knowledge of the past · race and prejudice · adaptation · home
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1535
