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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Chasing the Shadows.
Setting labels used: year 2522, far future, planetary base, space station, planet Yulin, interstellar setting, galaxy-spanning, extraterrestrial colony, spacefaring world, time dilation
Focused on “distant future” 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 space-station janitor who hides a secret life gets pulled into murder, intrigue, and a slow-burn romance.
Why this is here
Setting labels: space station · distant future · far future · orbital city · space colony · alien planets · interstellar · future society · station maintenance
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1664
A secretive xeno-archaeologist and an exiled captain cross paths in border space as alien mysteries and war fallout collide.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · border space · interstellar empire · space station · battlecruiser · colony ships · habitable planets · distant future · postwar setting · alien ruins
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1764
A hidden human teen on an alien space station is thrust into a galaxy-spanning chase that tests intelligence, freedom, and identity.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · galaxy-spanning · space station · space station colony · alien society · Network-controlled society · Dyson spheres · interstellar travel · FTL travel · space opera universe · distant future · hive mind setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1864
Twelve linked stories track humanity's galactic rise and decline as a new science of consciousness reshapes reality.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · galactic scale · interstellar civilization · post-imperial decline · spacefaring society · time span of millennia · distant future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1868
Split across eras and convoys, a far-future fleet races to unravel an alien megastructure before the mystery turns dangerous.
Why this is here
Setting labels: deep space · far future · interstellar travel · spaceships · space stations · alien megastructure · colonized fleet · solar system · 22nd century · distant future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1887
A retiring environmental officer is sent on a secret mission to a contested alien world where ecology, politics, and survival collide.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · late 23rd century · distant planet · interstellar space · alien system · human colony · ecological world · scientific expedition
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1628
A ragtag starship crew races to harvest a rare energy source from a nova, while myth, rivalry, and obsession collide.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · 31st century · 32nd century · interstellar civilization · colonized galaxy · spacefaring society · future society · closed shipboard setting · outer space
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1632
Far in the future, humans, Predators, and Xenomorphs collide as a widening war exposes a deadlier hidden enemy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · human space · space stations · colonized galaxy · interstellar frontier · corporate future · militarized future · shared universe · 27th century
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1689
A refugee teen and a UN agent race to uncover who destroyed a world before a retaliatory fleet wipes out another.
Why this is here
Setting labels: space stations · interstellar · far future · post-singularity · colony worlds · terraformed worlds · planetary system · spacefaring civilization
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1691
A widow, a space crew, and a posthuman investigator are drawn through overlapping times toward a mysterious cosmic anomaly.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near-future Earth · far future · space colonies · interstellar space · alien megastructure · cosmic frontier
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1707
Scientists studying an alien world crash onto its surface and must survive among two very different intelligent species.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · distant planet · Earth-like planet · alien world · space station · orbital station · one-way mission · two sentient species · scientific outpost
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1724
Breq must protect Athoek Station as civil war, alien visitors, and her old enemy converge on a fragile peace.
Why this is here
Setting labels: space station · interstellar empire · far future · colonial empire · military setting · space habitat · alien contact
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1742
