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These books are ranked using the premise labels extracted for To Hold Up the Sky.
Premise labels used: big idea sci-fi, humanity vs cosmos, future shock, science and art
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A vintage Clarke collection of 11 idea-driven SF stories about space, alien contact, survival, and humanity's future.
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Premise labels: science fiction ideas · space exploration · alien encounter · moral dilemma · technological advancement · post-apocalyptic aftermath · future history
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Distance: 0.1617
A hard-SF collection of ten concept-heavy stories exploring consciousness, genetics, mathematics, and the ethics of future technology.
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Premise labels: high-concept science fiction · idea-driven fiction · scientific speculation · near-future extrapolation · philosophical SF · hard SF premises
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1695
A mid-1950s PKD story collection of paranoia, mutations, robots, and reality-bending ideas in compact form.
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Premise labels: idea-driven SF · dystopian futures · post-apocalyptic survival · human vs nonhuman · identity confusion · alien intrusion · robot uprising · mutation
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Distance: 0.1778
A super-science device opens the universe’s knowledge to Earth—until a hidden threat makes understanding it perilous.
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Premise labels: big idea · alien signal · dangerous knowledge · super-science device · information overload · human evolution · techno-thriller · interstellar quest
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Distance: 0.1778
Nine near-future stories explore AI, prediction, math, work, and humanity’s changing place in a technological future.
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Premise labels: near future · future scenarios · speculative ideas · technological change · humanity and technology
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Distance: 0.1809
A Polity agent tracks alien nanotech, rogue AIs, and shifting loyalties as a future civilization nears crisis.
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Premise labels: alien technology · AI politics · space war · transhuman future · runcible time travel · technological contagion · civilization threat
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Distance: 0.1835
A near-future scientific accident and a worsening planet force rival factions to race to save Earth.
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Premise labels: artificial black hole · planetary disaster · race against time · ecological collapse · scientific crisis
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Distance: 0.1898
A massive Isaac Asimov story collection of idea-driven, twisty science fiction exploring future tech, time, robots, and humanity.
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Premise labels: short story collection · future technology · humanity and machines · idea-driven fiction · speculative scenarios · multi-story anthology
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1907
A mosaic of far-future stories traces humanity’s survival, transformation, and conflict across cosmic time.
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Premise labels: future history · humanity across time · far-future civilization · cosmic scale · first contact · alien occupation · end of universe
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Distance: 0.1912
A giant-robot trilogy finale follows survivors split between Earth and an alien world as humanity spirals into fear and war.
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Premise labels: giant robot · alien origin · planetary return · world crisis · human conflict
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Distance: 0.1949
A hard-SF short story collection where alien POVs, AI, faith, and bleak futures probe what makes us human.
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Premise labels: first contact · alien perspective · artificial intelligence · near future · dystopian futures · human-machine boundary · religion and technology · deep sea · space travel · biological enhancement · reality manipulation · moral judgment
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Distance: 0.1955
A chronological omnibus of Arthur C. Clarke’s short fiction, spanning early pulp pieces to late career SF and humor.
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Premise labels: complete short fiction · career-spanning collection · science-and-future speculation · idea-driven stories · humanity and spacefaring
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Distance: 0.1956
