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Anne McCaffrey

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Premise labels used: gifted child, psychic powers, coming of age, alien contact, family saga, romance in space, talented elite, lonely prodigy, planetary travel, generation conflict

Setting labels used: future space society, planetary colonies, moon base, domed habitat, off-world training, interplanetary civilization, spacefaring future, telepathic society

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The Rowan

Anne McCaffrey · 1992 · The Tower and the Hive

An orphaned telepath rises to become a vital interstellar Prime, then an urgent contact across the stars changes her life.

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Premise labels: telepathic powers · psychic talent · orphaned protagonist · lonely gifted woman · interstellar rescue · mind-to-mind connection · space travel by psychics · alien invasion

Setting labels: distant future · interstellar society · colonized planets · mining colony · space stations · planetary towers · solar system · remote world · spacefaring civilization

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1583

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Damia's Children

Anne McCaffrey · 1994 · The Tower and the Hive

A telepathic family’s gifted children grow into an alliance-wide fight against a returning alien threat.

Why this is here

Premise labels: psychic powers · alien alliance · interstellar war · next generation · family saga · telepathic family · first contact · alien threat · defend worlds

Setting labels: spacefaring · interstellar · future · alien worlds · human-alien contact · military space · moon base · homeworld mission · colonized planets

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1687

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Sunward

William Alexander · 2025

A space courier who fosters teen AI bots is forced into a solar-system chase when one charge is endangered.

Why this is here

Premise labels: found family · AI coming-of-age · courier mission · protective parent · fugitive chase · robot mentorship · interplanetary intrigue

Setting labels: far future · solar system · interplanetary society · Moon · Luna · space stations · spaceship setting · post-Earth future

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Distance: 0.1773

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Songmaster

Orson Scott Card · 2002

A gifted orphan singer is trained to sway emotions, then sent to an emperor where music, love, and power collide.

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Premise labels: gifted child · music power · emotional influence · court service · imperial summons · orphan training · art as power · controlled prodigy

Setting labels: far future · galactic empire · future Earth · colonized worlds · isolated retreat · imperial court · mystical retreat · spacefaring society

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1827

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Children of the Fleet

Orson Scott Card · 2017 · Fleet School

A gifted boy enters a retooled Battle School and gets pulled into secrets, sabotage, and leadership trials in space.

Why this is here

Premise labels: gifted child · space school · colony training · post-war future · genius protagonist · coming of age · leader training · mystery parentage · kidnapping · school conspiracy · space exploration

Setting labels: space station · Battle School · Fleet School · post-Formic war · terraformed worlds · International Fleet · colonization era · Earth · outer space · fictional future

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Distance: 0.1848

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Variable Star

Robert A. Heinlein, Spider Robinson · 2006

A broke would-be composer boards a relativistic colony ship after a love-and-family betrayal, only to face cosmic disaster.

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Premise labels: interstellar travel · colonial ship · coming of age · broken romance · wealth inequality · family power · survival crisis · humanity survival

Setting labels: solar system · space colony · colony ship · relativistic travel · future history · offshoot timeline · post-1950s future

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Distance: 0.1894

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The Kinsmen Universe

Ilona Andrews · 2018 · Kinsmen

Three linked Kinsmen stories follow lethal women, secret talents, and romance amid future dynastic power struggles.

Why this is here

Premise labels: genetically enhanced families · talent-based empires · rival power families · assassin revenge · psychic refugee · arranged marriage · intergalactic diplomacy · secret powers · workplace romance · forced proximity

Setting labels: distant future · spacefaring society · colonized planets · planetary factions · intergalactic summit · war-torn planet · refugee relocation · shared universe · bio-network · datanet

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Distance: 0.1902

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Jack the Bodiless

Julian May · 1992 · Galactic Milieu Trilogy

A psychic family races to protect a doomed child while a hidden killer stalks them in Earth’s future integration into alien space.

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Premise labels: psychic powers · family dynasty · alien oversight · murder mystery · political intrigue · reproductive restriction · illegal pregnancy · metapsychic child · first contact aftermath · future history

Setting labels: future Earth · galactic civilization · interstellar confederation · post-contact society · spacefaring future

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Distance: 0.1919

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The Vanished Birds

Simon Jimenez · 2020

A lonely space captain, a mute boy, and a visionary scientist become entangled in a far-future struggle over time, family, and power.

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Premise labels: mysterious child · found family · spacefaring trader · time dilation · corporate domination · interstellar transport · mute child · special power · dying Earth · colonized worlds

Setting labels: far future · post-Earth · space stations · interstellar travel · colonized worlds · agricultural planet · resource world · corporate space empire · multiple planets · spacefaring civilization · space colony · dying Earth · high-tech future · intergalactic

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Distance: 0.1933

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The Rolling Stones

Robert A. Heinlein · 2005

A wisecracking Moon family buys a spaceship and roams the Solar System, mixing science, schemes, and family chaos.

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Premise labels: family adventure · space travel · solar system journey · interplanetary trading · resourceful twins · family business · road trip in space · young entrepreneurs · family expedition

Setting labels: Luna colony · Moon colony · Mars · asteroid belt · Solar System · near-future SF · 1950s future · space colonies

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Distance: 0.1985

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Moss'd in Space

Rebecca Thorne · 2026 · Moss'd in Space

A scrappy spacer buys a moss-covered starship and discovers its sentient computer has as much baggage as she does.

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Premise labels: sentient ship · sentient plant · abandoned starship · found family · space travel · home search · sister rescue · second chance romance · new beginnings

Setting labels: space station colony · far future · deep space · terraformed planet · alien starship · queernormative world · human-dominant spacefaring society · resource-scarce setting · interstellar travel

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Distance: 0.2006

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In the Ocean of Night

Gregory Benford · 2004 · Galactic Center

An astronaut’s asteroid mission uncovers an alien derelict and pulls him into a slow-burn first-contact mystery.

Why this is here

Premise labels: first contact · alien artifact · derelict spaceship · interstellar signal · rogue asteroid · machine intelligence · human-alien conflict · extinction threat · astronaut protagonist · space mission

Setting labels: near future · solar system · space missions · NASA setting · moon base · interplanetary travel · Earth under ecological strain · galactic-scale reality

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Distance: 0.2028

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