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These books are ranked using the premise + setting labels extracted for Doctor Who: The Dalek Generation. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.

Premise labels used: Dalek deception, benevolent tyrants, false utopia, orphaned children, truth vs propaganda, investigative quest, legal conflict, hidden threat

Setting labels used: space opera, galactic travel, multiple planets, sunlit worlds, dystopian society, courtroom setting, future setting, fictional universe

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Cover of Descender: Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1 by Jeff Lemire

Descender: Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1

Jeff Lemire · 2017 · Descender

An outlawed childlike robot awakens into a shattered galaxy and becomes the target of hunters, armies, and secrets.

Why this is here

Premise labels: outlawed androids · robot persecution · AI rights · post-catastrophe survival · bounty hunters · lost family · search for answers · intergalactic conflict · human-machine conflict · central mystery

Setting labels: space opera · intergalactic setting · distant future · colonized planets · mining colony · trans-galactic federation · fictional universe · civilization after catastrophe

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1767

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Cover of Descender, Vol. 1: Tin Stars by Jeff Lemire

Descender, Vol. 1: Tin Stars

Jeff Lemire · 2015 · Descender

A childlike robot wakes in a galaxy that outlawed androids and becomes the target of factions seeking his secrets.

Why this is here

Premise labels: robot outlawing · robot survival · child robot · galactic mystery · bounty hunted · robot-hunt · AI conflict · human machine conflict · missing family · cataclysm aftermath

Setting labels: distant future · galaxy · space opera setting · multiple planets · mining colony · moon colony · galactic council · post-catastrophe universe · interplanetary civilization · futuristic world

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1769

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Cover of Defy the Worlds by Claudia Gray

Defy the Worlds

Claudia Gray · 2018 · Constellation

Separated by war and a plague, a soldier and a mech race across worlds to save a planet and each other.

Why this is here

Premise labels: interplanetary conflict · plague outbreak · rescue mission · captor pursuit · forced reunion · forbidden romance · humanity debate · mech identity

Setting labels: space opera · interplanetary · galactic · multiple worlds · Genesis · Earth · spaceship setting · planetary conflict · futuristic · distant planets

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1796

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Cover of Born of Ice by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Born of Ice

Sherrilyn Kenyon · 2009 · The League: Nemesis Rising

A renegade doctor and a coerced undercover engineer fall into dangerous attraction while fighting a corrupt interstellar regime.

Why this is here

Premise labels: forbidden attraction · spy infiltration · forced betrayal · family hostage · renegade hero · runner ship · space smuggling · corrupt government · assassin politics · survival mission

Setting labels: space opera · intergalactic empire · spaceship setting · future setting · dystopian rule · alien universe · series universe

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1861

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Cover of Kestrel by Adrienne Lothy

Kestrel

Adrienne Lothy · 2024 · Starhawk

A retired, disabled bounty hunter hunts a galaxy-famous assassin and uncovers corruption, secrets, and unexpected love.

Why this is here

Premise labels: bounty hunter · assassin target · cat and mouse · corrupt system · forced alliance · forbidden attraction · intergalactic conspiracy · moral grayness

Setting labels: space opera · intergalactic · multiple worlds · alien species · deep space · galactic politics · futuristic society

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1876

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Cover of The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You! by Harry Harrison

The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You!

Harry Harrison · 1988 · Stainless Steel Rat

A witty interstellar thief must rescue his family and stop a ridiculous alien invasion from wiping out humanity.

Why this is here

Premise labels: alien invasion · master thief · family rescue · save the universe · undercover infiltration · disguise mission · tax evasion conflict · bureaucratic conflict

Setting labels: interstellar · future society · galactic civilization · alien stronghold · cold planet · bureaucratic institutions · time travel setting · parallel universe

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1881

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Cover of Luna de Plutón by Dross

Luna de Plutón

Dross · 2015 · Luna de Plutón

A young ogre on a secret mission in a far-future space empire gets pulled into a galactic conflict after a lethal misunderstanding.

Why this is here

Premise labels: space quest · secret mission · galactic war · forbidden alliance · wrongly accused · political conflict · enemy factions · epic journey

Setting labels: outer space · Pluto · galactic universe · solar system · futuristic setting · alien civilizations · park setting · far-future setting

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1888

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Cover of The First Sister by Linden A. Lewis

The First Sister

Linden A. Lewis · 2020 · The First Sister Trilogy

A voiceless priestess and a disgraced soldier get pulled into opposing sides of a solar-system war, with love and betrayal at stake.

Why this is here

Premise labels: oppressed priestess · spy mission · forbidden love · war loyalties · traitor hunt · body autonomy · queer rebellion · interstellar conflict

Setting labels: space opera · far future · solar system · interplanetary war · Earth and Mars · Mercury and Venus · asteroid belt · colonized planets · military ship · theocratic society · technocratic society · dystopian future · sci-fi future

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1922

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Cover of Defy the Stars by Claudia Gray

Defy the Stars

Claudia Gray · 2017 · Constellation

A teen soldier and an evolved robot are forced into an interstellar mission that could end a war and change both of them.

Why this is here

Premise labels: enemy allies · interstellar war · robot sentience · suicide mission · journey across galaxy · identity crisis · humanity question · unlikely partnership

Setting labels: space opera · interstellar travel · multiple planets · colonized planets · distant future · planetary war · derelict spaceship · wormhole gates · post-Earth civilization · far future

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1933

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Cover of Susix by Amelia Rademaker

Susix

Amelia Rademaker · 2022 · Susix Trilogy

A human abducted by aliens is mistaken for a pet and drawn into a slow-burn space mission with a snake-like crew.

Why this is here

Premise labels: alien abduction · human as pet · mistaken identity · language barrier · first contact · space mission · artifact quest · survival · misunderstanding · polycule

Setting labels: space · spaceship · alien planet · intergalactic · other planets · fictional alien society · space opera reality

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1961

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Cover of Thronebreakers by Rebecca Coffindaffer

Thronebreakers

Rebecca Coffindaffer · 2021 · Crownchasers

A grieving spacefaring rebel must rally allies across a galactic empire to avenge a friend and topple a tyrant.

Why this is here

Premise labels: succession race · throne contest · revenge quest · political overthrow · power struggle · galactic journey · imperial challenge · allies and foes

Setting labels: space opera · galactic empire · 1,001 planets · multiple worlds · intergalactic · futuristic · spaceships · space battles · future politics · colonial empire · science fiction reality

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1968

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Cover of The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted by Harry Harrison

The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted

Harry Harrison · 1987 · Stainless Steel Rat

A rogue thief gets drafted into a militarized war machine and must outwit an invasion to survive and strike back.

Why this is here

Premise labels: revenge quest · forced enlistment · military infiltration · planetary invasion · pacifist society · criminal protagonist · undercover hero · anti-military satire

Setting labels: space opera · interplanetary · military base · prison · invasion planet · utopian society · far future

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1975

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