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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015.
Setting labels used: contemporary anthology, American setting, speculative realities
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A themed short story collection where surreal premises probe love, identity, race, and what it means to be human.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary America · afterlife · heaven · speculative reality · near future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1530
A curated anthology of 20 diverse 2017 SFF stories, chosen to spotlight revolution, experimentation, and contemporary concerns.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary speculative fiction · wide-ranging worlds · alternate realities · historical fantasy
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1727
A time-reset science fiction premise becomes a metafictional, memoir-like farewell about free will, memory, and being human.
Why this is here
Setting labels: United States · New York City · 1990s · early 2000s · near future · contemporary realism · speculative reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1752
A reader-curated, career-spanning collection of Neil Gaiman short fiction, excerpts, and mythic retellings.
Why this is here
Setting labels: mythic reality · contemporary fantasy · modern retellings · English setting · American setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1939
An annual, guest-edited anthology of 20 science fiction and fantasy stories spotlighting varied voices and styles.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · far future · alternate present · alternate past · dystopian present · spacefaring settings · contemporary America · mythic fantasy settings
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1940
A delivery man debates an all-knowing old man about God, reality, free will, and probability in a mind-bending dialogue.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern day · indeterminate contemporary setting · interior conversation space · fictional reality · speculative cosmology
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1971
A dark short-story collection of uncanny premises, personal dreads, and sharp-voiced introspections about self, time, and regret.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary America · modern life · urban grit · alternate reality · space setting · alien world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1977
Two strangers receive a 24-hour death warning and use a friend-finding app to spend their final day together.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near-future · alternate world · New York · urban setting · speculative reality · technology-mediated
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2020
A Black designer and a protest artist clash over tech, memory, and anti-racist rebellion in a fragmented speculative future.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · contemporary future · diasporic Black futures · speculative reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2022
A married couple signs up for a minor luck god online, only to get swept into divine houseguests and godly chaos.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern America · suburban setting · urban fantasy world · gods among mortals · contemporary mythic world · alternate modern world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2038
A landmark SF anthology of original stories meant to push taboo boundaries and redefine what science fiction could do.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future worlds · alternate history · dystopian futures · near-future SF · spacefaring settings · parallel worlds · 1960s literary context
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2049
In an alternate America where calling someone stupid is illegal, one outspoken professor’s life and friendships unravel.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate America · near future · contemporary setting · small-town America · university setting · media world · home and family setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2063
