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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World.
Setting labels used: Earth, 1970s, 1975, 19th century, Napoleonic era, far future, distant future, historical past, alternate history, time travel setting, spacefaring future
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
The Third Doctor and UNIT confront a sea-borne alien invasion while the Master starts vanishing from memory and time.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1970s Earth · North Sea · oil rig · UNIT era · far future · end of time · space travel · Earthbound science fiction · classic series setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1235
Immortal humans drift through 2,000 years of history, then face a future of utopia, space travel, and alien contact.
Why this is here
Setting labels: ancient history · modern era · far future · global settings · historical eras · human history · space travel · interstellar
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1472
A decadent immortal man at the end of time pursues a Victorian time traveler in a comic, satirical romance.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future Earth · end of the universe · Victorian England · prehistory · late 19th century · posthuman society · dying earth · time-slip world · pseudo-historical recreation
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1506
Reunited in a prehistoric age, four paper girls must survive strange dangers while chasing the secret of time travel.
Why this is here
Setting labels: prehistory · prehistoric age · BCE · time travel · multiple timelines · 1980s · future · science fictional world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1559
A Mars colony sends teams through time to learn why Earth’s people vanished—and whether humanity can survive a return.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future Mars colony · Earth history · near future · far future · time travel · space travel · multiple time periods · post-apocalyptic Earth
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1569
A far-future time agent and his partner race across eras and alien worlds to stop threats to history.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Far future · 28th century · Medieval Europe · Post-apocalyptic Earth · Flooded New York · Distant planet · Galactic empire · Space and time · Alternate future · Earth history · Science fantasy
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1636
A Neanderthal stranded in modern London leads the Doctor, Rose, and Jack into a time-travel mystery at humanity’s dawn.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern-day Earth · London · Bromley · prehistoric Earth · Stone Age · distant future · future colony · time travel setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1648
A thief-turned-agent races through three fast, funny space adventures, chasing crimes, coups, and time trouble.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · interstellar civilization · peaceful galaxy · feudal worlds · Earth past · Napoleonic France · spacefaring society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1663
When benevolent aliens impose peace on Earth, humanity gains utopia—at a mysterious cost to its future.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Earth · mid-20th century future · global scale · spacefaring era · postwar context · futuristic Earth
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1697
Three Star Trek eras collide as Kirk, Picard, and Zefram Cochrane face linked crises that could reshape the Federation.
Why this is here
Setting labels: multiple time periods · Earth history · 21st century · 23rd century · 24th century · spacefaring future · Starfleet setting · Federation era · black hole setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1710
Four early Heinlein stories explore superhuman potential, psychic powers, time travel, and the question of what makes someone human.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future Earth · near future · 1940s pulp era · space travel · moon setting · alternate timelines · parallel worlds · laboratory setting · courtroom setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1712
A lunar-orbit astronaut is pulled into a millennia-old mutiny when a sentient moonship recruits him to save Earth.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Earth · Moon · lunar orbit · prehistoric Earth · spacefaring future · high tech low tech · secret civilization · ancient empire · far future past · humanity on Earth · interstellar setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1727
