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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Forward the Foundation.
Setting labels used: Trantor, Galactic Empire, future history, interstellar civilization, declining empire, university setting, political capital, space future, single-planet focus
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A young mathematician's theory draws imperial attention and forces him into a dangerous search for the future's shape.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Trantor · Galactic Empire · imperial capital · planet-wide city · decaying empire · far future · interstellar civilization · multi-sector world · academic world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0703
A galactic empire’s decline collides with a predictive social plan—and an unforeseen mutant who can upend it.
Why this is here
Setting labels: galactic empire · far future · space civilization · decaying empire · multiple planets · interplanetary politics · fading imperial center
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0913
A far-future trial and robot power struggle fill in hidden gaps behind the Foundation’s rise.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Trantor · galactic empire · imperial court · future history · pre-Foundation era · far-future science fiction
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0971
An empress and former gunrunner must mediate an alien war or watch her fragile peace and humanity collapse.
Why this is here
Setting labels: space · interstellar · galactic empire · alien civilizations · postwar reconstruction · futuristic empire · human space
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1265
Centuries after an empire’s fall, rival powers and a worm-riding girl reshape a fragile future in the Dune universe.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · desert planet · space empire · post-imperial collapse · imaginary place · galactic civilization · political fragmentation
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1265
A far-future story collection traces humanity’s strange evolution through mythic tales of power, animals, space travel, and personhood.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · galactic empire · interstellar society · multiple planets · space travel · spacefaring civilization · utopian dystopia · mythic future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1327
The Guardians are scattered across the galaxy, forcing the team to survive separately while new allies and enemies emerge.
Why this is here
Setting labels: outer space · galactic empire · multiple alien factions · interplanetary politics · cosmic universe · future setting · spacefaring civilization
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1331
Hari Seldon’s final journey pulls him into a web of robot factions, secret plans, and the future of humanity.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future galaxy · interstellar empire · human colony worlds · Trantor · robot society · far-future future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1339
An ancient empire’s final days unfold through testimony as war, memory, and sacrifice converge on a galaxy-ending choice.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · ancient past · galactic scale · space civilization · collapsed empire · alien megastructure · alternate-history feel · interstellar war · space opera setting · Milky Way
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1363
A ship AI reduced to one body pursues vengeance across a vast empire shaped by conquest, language, and identity.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · space empire · icy planet · galactic empire · interstellar civilization · colonized worlds · space stations
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1374
An ambassador from a small station enters an imperial court to solve a predecessor’s death and protect her home.
Why this is here
Setting labels: space empire · imperial capital · space station · interstellar · multi-system · planetary metropolis · court setting · colonial frontier · fictional future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1389
The Bene Gesserit fight for survival as a brutal new enemy closes in and they reshape Chapterhouse into a new desert world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · interstellar empire · desert world · terraformed world · ecological change · post-imperial · spacefaring civilization
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1390
