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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Weight of Memories.
Setting labels used: near future, laboratory setting, medical setting, womb, China, scientific speculative world
Focused on “urban setting” where exact label matches exist.
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A near-future biotech experiment creates a sapient rat whose escape triggers a violent reckoning for humans.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · laboratory setting · urban setting · New York City · biotech startup · dystopian future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1565
A biotech thriller weaving together genetic experiments, patent fights, and transgenic animals in a near-present world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · near future · present-day science · biotech industry · laboratory setting · legal setting · corporate setting · urban setting · global · sci-fi realism
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1624
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An escaped mutant with split identities is taken in by strangers while the government hunts her down.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Japanese setting · government laboratory · secret facility · urban setting · contemporary setting · science fiction reality · speculative biology
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1780
A disgraced physicist is thrust into a bizarre multiverse quest after an inheritance unlocks reality-bending secrets.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary setting · multiverse · parallel realities · urban setting · scientific setting · hotel setting · alternate worlds · near-future science
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1867
A newly awakened AI questions identity, gender, and belonging while trying to live among humans in a near future.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · future society · laboratory setting · research center · human world · socially integrated technology
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1573
A grieving scientist tests a limited time-travel device that only observes her past, until reality begins to shift.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · laboratory setting · corporate research setting · tech company setting · time travel lab · domestic setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1574
A scientist races to stop a deadly virus by mutating it into compassion—until kindness becomes its own danger.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · alternate reality · global setting · China · United Kingdom · research laboratory · political sphere
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1578
A hard-SF short story collection where each tale stress-tests identity, ethics, and consciousness through speculative science.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · futuristic · parallel worlds · multiverse · posthuman future · Earthbound settings · scientific future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1599
A memory-wiped super soldier wakes in a lab and must decide whether his doctor is his guide, lover, or jailer.
Why this is here
Setting labels: laboratory · dystopian future · post-apocalyptic Earth · corporate-controlled world · war-torn future · science experiment setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1635
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: 0.1938
A cloning scientist finds her husband has replaced her with a better, obedient copy—then the dead body forces both wives to cooperate.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · not-too-distant future · future earth · cloning lab · domestic spaces · male-dominated field · scientific workplace
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1662
A career-spanning mix of Liu Cixin’s short fiction, essays, and interviews on science fiction, science, and the future.
Why this is here
Setting labels: China · Chinese science fiction scene · global science fiction · future speculation · cosmic scale · scientific futures · historical pieces
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1680
