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Setting labels used: near future, dystopian America, networked society, surveillance state, alternate future, post-quake society, information age, computerized world
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A satirical dystopia follows a violent American revolution that splits society into separate nations by identity.
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Setting labels: near future · United States · alternate society · dystopian future · internet age
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Distance: 0.0603
In a near-future America, a reality show turns mass shootings into entertainment, and its producer learns fear has a price.
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Setting labels: near future · 2030 · United States · dystopian America · media-saturated society · surveillance society · technologically advanced future · declining America
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Distance: 0.0706
In a future where books are illegal and firemen burn them, one man begins to question everything he knows.
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Setting labels: dystopian future · surveillance state · post-war society · media-saturated society · urban domestic setting · technology-dominated future
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Distance: 0.0708
A cloned woman must hunt her original in four days while uncovering the truth behind a murder and her reality.
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Setting labels: near future · futuristic society · dystopian future · altered reality · virtual overlay · surveillance state · global government · high tech world · post-work society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0751
In a society ruled by instinct and the collective We, two teens uncover a hidden fracture in the system.
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Setting labels: dystopian society · near-future world · nostalgic 90s tech · bureaucratic state · hierarchical society · speculative reality
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Distance: 0.0841
A diverse anthology imagines near-future Americas shaped by resistance, oppression, and hard-won hope.
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Setting labels: near future · future United States · alternate America · climate-affected future · surveillance state · dystopian society · utopian elements · speculative reality
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Distance: 0.0855
In a virtual dystopia, a teen risks everything to cross back into the real world and reunite with her family.
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Setting labels: near-future · virtual world · real world · dystopian future · technology-dependent society · domestic surveillance culture
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Distance: 0.0874
In a paperless near-future Chicago, a grieving teen uncovers a hidden truth that could topple her government.
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Setting labels: near-future Chicago · paperless society · dystopian future · automated world · surveillance state · post-book society
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Distance: 0.0895
In a future where every word and gesture costs money, a fifteen-year-old’s silence sparks rebellion.
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Setting labels: futuristic America · dystopian future · highly monitored society · corporate control · legalistic state · advanced surveillance · 3D-printed city · near-future
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Distance: 0.0921
In a segregated near-future, a Black woman at a time-travel company uncovers a history-warping secret.
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Setting labels: near future · 2030 · alternate history · dystopian future · United States · segregated society · time travel present
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Distance: 0.0926
Teens race to expose a hidden plan and stop unwinding before a violent uprising and power grab consume the country.
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Setting labels: dystopian future · near future · United States · political dystopia · corporate-controlled society · post-crisis society · militarized state
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Distance: 0.0959
In a tightly controlled future, a teen girl’s perfect match is disrupted, pushing her toward forbidden feelings and doubt.
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Setting labels: dystopian future · futuristic society · high-tech control · sterile world · regulated everyday life · surveillance state
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0988
