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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for A Trick of Light.
Setting labels used: near future, futuristic world, digital world, cyberspace, virtual reality, social media age, online culture, Lake Erie, college / high school age world, alien-invasion reality
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A fired tech insider joins friends to expose data abuse and reboot the internet, risking unintended fallout.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · alternate reality · simulated current world · Silicon Valley · internet culture · social media world · tech industry · virtual world · online society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1194
A retired queer hacker returns to the net when an impostor steals her name and the law comes hunting.
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Setting labels: near future · United States · cyberspace · virtual reality · dystopia · digital frontier · online underworld · post-regulation internet · real world and net
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1265
In a near-future VR dystopia, two students/soldiers on separate missions uncover a conspiracy that could collapse both worlds.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · virtual reality · real world · cyberpunk city · academy setting · militarized society · corporate state · climate-ravaged world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1274
A near-future story collection imagines tech-saturated lives where virtual reality, AI, and climate collapse reshape family and identity.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · not-too-distant future · tech-saturated world · virtual reality world · post-apocalyptic world · post-collapse landscape · climate-ravaged world · ice age world · digital society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1366
In a vast virtual-reality network, scattered allies race to uncover its secrets, survive it, and stop its deadly design.
Why this is here
Setting labels: virtual reality world · near future · online world · parallel world · simulation worlds · real world · networked society · dystopian future · cyberspace · otherworldly landscapes
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1368
A near-future short story collection where technology, power, and survival collide in sharp, idea-driven sci-fi tales.
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Setting labels: near future · contemporary future · post-apocalyptic · cyberspace · internet culture · global catastrophe · war zone · siege · online game worlds · robotic future
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Distance: 0.1401
A desperate teen enters a VR game contest to save his mother, then discovers a hidden demon-summoning class.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · dystopian society · corporate dystopia · virtual reality · MMO game world · dungeon setting · online streaming culture · real world / virtual world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1405
A diver navigates a seductive virtual world and a dangerous rescue mission where freedom, identity, and reality blur.
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Setting labels: virtual reality · cyberspace · digital city · near future · 90s computing · internet culture · online game world · computer network society · dual reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1427
In a virtual dystopia, a teen risks everything to cross back into the real world and reunite with her family.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near-future · virtual world · real world · dystopian future · technology-dependent society · domestic surveillance culture
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1430
A teen gamer in a grim future races through a virtual reality treasure hunt built on 1980s pop culture clues.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 2044 · near future · dystopian future · virtual reality world · shared virtual environment · online game world · real world vs virtual world · post-collapse society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1432
A hacker and a politician race to stop an AI system that could put human life and freedom under total control.
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Setting labels: near future · post-cybercrash · internet collapse · digital society · AI-administered society · cybersecurity realm · virtual reality · augmented reality · futuristic dystopia
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1432
A hacker’s secret identity is exposed, forcing him into a dangerous hunt through a fantasy-coded virtual world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · computer network world · virtual reality world · cyberspace · alternate reality · connected society · government systems · global networks · medieval fantasy overlay · technology-mediated world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1448
