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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 “spacefaring 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 snarky AI and a human commander race to protect Earth while checking on stranded troops on an alien world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: spacefaring future · alien planet · Earth orbit · interstellar travel · military outpost · colony world · galactic civilization · space war
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1855
In the trilogy's finale, Captain Jackson Wolfe launches a desperate counteroffensive against an extinction-level alien threat.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 23rd century · human space · deep space · interstellar war · spacefleet setting · colonized planets · solar system scale · spacefaring future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1865
A human mind living in machine form races to meet the elusive Heechee as a greater alien threat emerges.
Why this is here
Setting labels: spacefaring future · interstellar civilization · black hole setting · colonized worlds · far future · humanity in space · alien technology
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1867
A rogue admiral pushes his fleet beyond human space to confront the alien power threatening humanity’s future.
Why this is here
Setting labels: spacefaring future · interstellar war · galactic scale · solar system · deep space · alien civilization · far future · human space · real astronomy · technological future · posthuman future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1880
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
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
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
