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Setting labels used: contemporary world, near future, global setting, United States, United Kingdom, Nigeria, religious institution, matriarchy, dystopian world, post-cataclysm future, alternate history
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In a near-future America, one woman fights to protect her daughter after women are restricted to 100 words a day.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · United States · America · domestic dystopia · theocratic regime · patriarchal state · restricted society
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Distance: 0.1385
An illustrated anthology of 34 stories about a machine that tells people how they’ll die, and how that knowledge reshapes life.
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Setting labels: near future · alternate reality · dystopian society · contemporary setting · shared world · speculative world · institutional setting · high school setting · medical setting · wartime setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1412
In a near-future antibiotic crisis, a nurse’s search for her birth mother unearths family secrets and deadly truths.
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Setting labels: near future · dystopian Britain · United Kingdom · London · South Africa · pre-crisis South Africa · post-crisis world · global crisis
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Distance: 0.1438
A disabled cyborg woman flees into the Nigerian desert and joins another fugitive, exposing a corporate-dominated future.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near-future Nigeria · Northern Nigeria · desert setting · market setting · dystopian future · Africanfuturist future · social-media-saturated world
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Distance: 0.1441
An anthology of original speculative stories by writers of color, spanning sci-fi, fantasy, horror, satire, and myth.
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Setting labels: near future · far future · alternate history · secondary world · post-apocalyptic · dystopian · alien world · urban future · Caribbean setting · African setting · mythic setting
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Distance: 0.1455
In a collapsing near-future America, a flashback-addicted ex-cop is hired to reopen a long-unsolved murder.
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Setting labels: near future · future United States · dystopian future · post-apocalyptic future · collapsed America · Denver · Los Angeles · Japanese-dominated world order · global caliphate · alternative future
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Distance: 0.1463
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: 0.1474
A wounded family enforcer recovers as clan war erupts, secrets surface, and loyalties fracture in a ruthless future.
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Setting labels: near future · post-apocalyptic · dystopian future · war-torn world · feudal future · corporate fiefdoms · global conflict · European theater · family-controlled territories · alternate future
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Distance: 0.1492
In a future where children license parenthood, a young inspector’s latest case exposes cracks in the system and his own past.
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Setting labels: future world · near future · dystopian future · utopian veneer · state-controlled society · reproductive regime
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Distance: 0.1493
Nine idea-driven SF stories probe time, memory, AI, faith, and free will through inventive speculative scenarios.
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Setting labels: near future · historical past · alternate reality · medieval Islamic world · ancient Baghdad · robot society · colonial-era Africa · alternate Earth · speculative worlds
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Distance: 0.1495
A woman trapped in a theocratic future U.S. recounts life as forced reproductive property under a brutal regime.
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Setting labels: near future · former United States · Republic of Gilead · theocratic state · totalitarian regime · post-coup society · dystopian future · alternate history
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Distance: 0.1509
In near-future Britain, a women-run curfew system for men is challenged by a murder that shouldn’t be possible.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near-future Britain · near-future UK · alternate reality · dystopian society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1527
