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These books are ranked using the premise labels extracted for First Encounter.
Premise labels used: first contact, colony ship, alien planet, human colonization, survival, space mission, alien hostility, advanced aliens
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their premise embeddings are close.
A xenobiologist’s routine survey becomes a first-contact nightmare when an alien relic bonds to her and ignites galactic war.
Why this is here
Premise labels: first contact · alien relic · symbiosis · human survival · colonization mission · galactic war · save humanity · alien invasion · transformation
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.0873
Humanity’s first deep-space contact turns a promising colonization push into a fight for survival and interstellar power.
Why this is here
Premise labels: first contact · interstellar expansion · colonization mission · existential threat · alien civilization · humanity versus aliens · mystery of life origins
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1000
A human starship on a colonizing mission encounters a colossal artificial bowl-world and becomes split between escape and exploration.
Why this is here
Premise labels: first contact · megaconstruct · artificial world · colony ship · interstellar expedition · supply shortage · survival · alien encounter
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1037
Human colonists on an alien world confront sentient plants, survival pressures, and shifting generations.
Why this is here
Premise labels: first contact · generation ship · planetary settlement · sentient plants · human colony · alien ecology · mutualism · utopian colony · communication barrier · survival on alien world
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1135
A stranded human crew on a pitch-black moon must survive, and communicate, as an alien intelligence studies them back.
Why this is here
Premise labels: alien encounter · survival story · first contact · corporate exploitation · resource extraction · marooned crew · hostile moon · communication barrier · human-alien misunderstanding
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1145
A rebellious teen joins an early Mars colony, where a risky solo outing leads to first contact and a larger mystery.
Why this is here
Premise labels: Mars colony · first contact · space colonization · teen protagonist · family relocation · alien discovery · human alien contact · authoritarian colony
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1171
Scientists studying an alien world crash onto its surface and must survive among two very different intelligent species.
Why this is here
Premise labels: first contact · stranded crew · survival · alien world · research mission · planetary observation · species contact · forced evacuation
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1182
A near-future alien invasion turns Earth into a global war zone, forcing humans and a deeply alien foe to misread each other.
Why this is here
Premise labels: alien invasion · first contact · Earth under siege · humanity vs aliens · spaceborne threat · global catastrophe · planetary invasion · survival struggle · cultural misunderstanding · forced surrender
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1239
A human survey crew makes first contact with a formidable alien warrior culture—and triggers a war for survival.
Why this is here
Premise labels: first contact · alien invasion · survival struggle · humanity vs aliens · military response
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1241
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
Premise labels: first contact · alien politics · interstellar expedition · lost colony · ecological balance · colonial conflict · human aliens · planetary stewardship
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1243
A dying-Earth starship stops at a peaceful ocean colony, forcing two branches of humanity to confront each other.
Why this is here
Premise labels: dying Earth · space colonization · seed ships · colony encounter · first contact · refugees · utopia · colonial contact · last survivors
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1264
An alien advance team arrives years early to quietly neutralize Earth’s defenses before a full-scale invasion.
Why this is here
Premise labels: alien invasion · advance team · planet takeover · nuclear threat · first contact · covert defense · humanity survival · infiltration
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1268
