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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Wild Seed.
Setting labels used: West Africa, Africa to the New World, colonial America, colonial New York, New York, New Orleans, 17th century, 18th century, 19th century, historical fantasy, far past
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A colonial-era expedition, rival forces, and strange figures orbit a sentient forest that bends memory, time, and identity.
Why this is here
Setting labels: colonial Africa · European colonial town · late 19th century · early 20th century · Victorian atmosphere · alternate history · mythic reality · forest setting · frontier colony · historical fantasy world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1726
A Zimbabwe-centered short story collection where Black women, folklore, and speculative forms confront power, memory, and survival.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Zimbabwe · southern Africa · African diaspora · United States · imagined state · modern era · historical era · mythic world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1816
A time-traveling trio must stop a power-hungry enemy from rewriting the American Revolution and unraveling reality.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 19th century New York · 18th century London · 1770s America · American Revolution · post-WWII psychiatric hospital · rural New York · historical fantasy world · alternate history
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1948
Two interwoven 17th-century adventures span courts, oceans, science, and money as lovers, rogues, and thinkers race through upheaval.
Why this is here
Setting labels: late 17th century · early 18th century · Baroque era · European courts · global trade routes · Mediterranean · North Africa · India · East Asia · New World · colonial world · transatlantic world
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Distance: 0.1974
Four linked Butler novels trace telepathy, mutation, and power struggles across centuries in a bleak, visionary saga.
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Setting labels: ancient Africa · colonial America · modern-day Los Angeles · near future · distant future · postapocalyptic · dystopian future · alternate history · speculative future · cosmic invasion
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1982
An alternate-history frontier tale where a gifted boy enters Native-led संघर्ष to stop war, empire, and land destruction.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate United States · early 19th century · frontier America · colonial America (alternate) · North America · Old Northwest · French North America · Indigenous homeland · magical world
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Distance: 0.2004
Future historians try to alter Columbus’s voyage to avert catastrophe and reshape humanity’s history.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · 15th century · post-apocalyptic future · historical Europe · Caribbean · Americas · Africa · colonial era
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2011
A down-on-his-luck private eye in French-occupied West Africa is pulled into a dangerous mystery that unsettles his world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: postcolonial West Africa · French colonial rule · occupied city · alternate history · fantasy world · dusty season · wartime aftermath · election season
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2057
A virus-ridden, time-slipping Burroughs novel entwines pirate utopia and a hardboiled missing-person case.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 18th century · 20th century · global setting · Central America · Panama · South America · Old West · dystopian future · alternate reality · fictional cities · colonial era
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Distance: 0.2102
A violin prodigy is pulled into a time-travel quest across centuries, hunted for a hidden object and a way home.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern New York · 18th century · 1776 · 1910 Bhutan · 1940 London · historical Paris · historical Damascus · Angkor Wat · Atlantic Ocean · shipboard · global travel · cross-century setting · historical world
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Distance: 0.2114
A mercenary hunter with a supernatural nose joins a dangerous search for a missing child across a mythic Africa.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Africa · ancient Africa · precolonial Africa · mythic Africa · fantasy world · oral-tradition world · warring kingdoms · forests · jungles · swamps · rivers · lakes · mountains · cities · darklands · otherworldly
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2125
A nonlinear cowboy sci-fi odyssey follows a gay gunslinger outlaw through violence, rebellion, and cosmic escape routes.
Why this is here
Setting labels: American West · frontier days · late 19th century · Colorado · New York · London · Venus · outer space · interplanetary · historical fantasy
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2125
