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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Starman Jones.
Setting labels used: future Earth, Ozarks, spaceport, starship, interstellar travel, space guild society, hereditary guilds, future frontier, alien planet, off-world colony, military-like shipboard order, pre-computer future
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A post-war cargo-ship crew is pulled into a rescue mission when two traumatized former lovers reunite after years apart.
Why this is here
Setting labels: space · far future · post-war · spaceships · space stations · military future · interstellar · alien civilizations · cargo ship · galactic society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1408
A brilliant, drug-fueled space engineer is dragged back into a violent past and a dangerous crew in deep space.
Why this is here
Setting labels: space · future · frontier space · outer fringe · spaceships · alternate universe · dystopian future · pirate milieu · cargo routes · shipping lanes
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1419
A grieving boy stows away with space pirates and races across a war-torn galaxy to find his kidnapped father.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · future Earth · space station · spaceship · intergalactic · galaxy · alien civilizations · spacefaring society · dystopian future · war-torn future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1423
A disabled girl becomes the mind of a starship and navigates missions, love, grief, and the ethics of her existence.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future society · interstellar travel · spacefaring civilization · central authority · human colony worlds · space shipboard · science fictional future · alien worlds · routine space travel
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1429
A teenage slave escapes on a sentient starship and races through a brutal galaxy to survive, rebel, and free others.
Why this is here
Setting labels: spacefaring future · interstellar empire · space stations · planets · ships · pirate space · slave economy · brutal universe · alien ship · futuristic society · interstellar travel
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1460
A hidden exile’s plan to vanish collapses when a rescue pull him into a crew, an ancient ship, and galactic trouble.
Why this is here
Setting labels: spacefaring future · interstellar society · asteroid mining · freighters · alien civilization · ancient technology · far future · known galaxy · space stations · starships · galactic politics · space society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1475
After humanity is exiled to ark ships, a scout pilot races to stop a deadly alien force from destroying the fleet.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · spacefaring future · fleet of arks · generation ships · interstellar travel · alien encounter · post-Earth humanity · planetary expedition · continuance society · closed ship societies
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1486
On a yearlong voyage to Atlantis, Gwen must navigate training, politics, and a dangerous love triangle to survive.
Why this is here
Setting labels: space voyage · spaceship · future Earth · alien planet · post-apocalyptic · interstellar travel · arc ship society · Atlantis
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1490
A scavenger and a sentient pirate ship enter a marriage of convenience to solve a murder, and fall for each other.
Why this is here
Setting labels: space · interstellar · far future · pirate society · pirate fleet · factional empire · alternate future · futuristic society · virtual/physical overlap
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1516
A sequel-length space opera follows accused fugitives, rival spies, and allies racing to stop an alien armada.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future space · interstellar · war-torn future · colonized space · Earth · frontier colonies · dimensional portal · alternate realm · mystical realm · distant future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1518
An antiquities dealer and his pilot chase the truth behind a vanished luxury starship and its sealed, decades-old secret.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · spacefaring civilization · interstellar travel · settled planets · spacecraft · future society · post-scarcity society · galactic civilization · future Earth
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1530
A frontier patrol ship is thrust into a two-front interstellar crisis, forcing two rival captains into a deadly duel.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · interstellar · space frontier · border worlds · planetary colony · mining colony · militarized society · post-collapse civilization · space navy · ground combat
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1535
