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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Cat Pictures Please and Other Stories.
Setting labels used: near future, contemporary Earth, alternate present, historical fantasy, World War II era, Holocaust-era Prague, pandemic setting, war zone, colonial North America, outer space immigrants
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A troubled waitress in a near-future city of bombs and activism is pulled toward choices between escape, resistance, and collapse.
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Setting labels: near future · alternate present · alternate reality · post-industrial city · urban decay · war-torn America · apocalyptic atmosphere
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1380
An annual, guest-edited anthology of 20 science fiction and fantasy stories spotlighting varied voices and styles.
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Setting labels: near future · far future · alternate present · alternate past · dystopian present · spacefaring settings · contemporary America · mythic fantasy settings
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1393
A linked speculative-fiction collection on memory, identity, technology, and family, spanning history, futures, and the Singularity.
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Setting labels: near future · far future · post-singularity · post-apocalyptic · alternate future · historical fiction · World War II · alien planet · virtual world · digital world · contemporary internet
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1405
When Earth fractures after an alien war, kidnapped child strategists and a hidden power broker race for global control.
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Setting labels: Earth · near future · postwar · global politics · military world · fictionalized future history
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Distance: 0.1427
In a corporate-dominated future, a Jewish free town trains a cyborg protector while an old golem story echoes their fate.
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Setting labels: near future · mid-21st century · post-apocalyptic · dystopian future · corporate enclaves · free town · Jewish community · cyberspace · virtual reality · alternate Prague · historic Prague · ecological collapse · climate-damaged world · domed habitat · radiation-scarred Earth
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Distance: 0.1441
In a solar-system war against adapting aliens, rival human powers must unite before the next assault arrives.
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Setting labels: outer space · solar system · future Earth · interplanetary conflict · wartime setting · militarized future · fictional future reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1478
Seventeen Latinx YA stories span space, magic, and myth, blending queer love, folklore, and speculative worlds.
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Setting labels: space · future · present day · contemporary setting · post-apocalyptic · urban fantasy · alternate reality
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Distance: 0.1494
A trans woman’s personal vendetta collides with a hormone-crisis future where gender becomes a choice, a weapon, and a reckoning.
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Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · post-apocalyptic world · pandemic setting · US setting · civil conflict · trans community
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Distance: 0.1500
A mixed-genre anthology of 16 new speculative stories, each aimed at delivering hope, twists, and standout series tie-ins.
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Setting labels: future setting · historical setting · post-World War II setting · military setting · urban setting · space setting · paranormal world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1517
A wide-ranging collection of speculative short stories centered on Black futures, social justice, and inventive worlds.
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Setting labels: contemporary world · alternate universe · near future · far future · post-apocalyptic · utopian society · New York City · New Orleans · Jim Crow South · space colony · alien planet · historical setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1522
A varied collection of short speculative stories, from satirical thought experiments to dark, moving tales of power, language, and perspective.
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Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · alternate history · Antarctica · South Pole · urban · colonial setting · other planet · alien world · intellectual and academic settings · Orsinia · contemporary world · isolated world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1527
An annual best-of anthology of 20 speculative stories chosen by R.F. Kuang from the previous year's SF and fantasy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · future world · modern day · contemporary · suburban · apocalyptic · cyberpunk · interstellar · space travel · fantasy world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1538
