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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Forward: Stories of Tomorrow.
Setting labels used: near future, future Earth, post-apocalyptic Earth, space evacuation, virtual world, casino setting, isolated room
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
An Indigenous queer anthology of nine speculative stories imagining post-apocalyptic futures shaped by love, land, and survival.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic · dystopian · utopian · near-future · future worlds · spacefaring · virtual reality · alternative reality · Earth-bound · off-world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1067
A fugitive with one life left races through a far-future Earth to uncover a killer and stop an approaching planetary doom.
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Setting labels: far future · Earth · post-apocalyptic · megastucture · castle-like fastness · virtual world · cyberspace · cryptosphere · post-singularity · dying earth
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1184
Bobby travels to a virtual-reality territory where dream lives lure everyone away from reality, and the stakes finally turn against him.
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Setting labels: futuristic setting · alternate world · virtual reality world · digital world · space and time travel · otherworldly territory
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1192
A short-story collection led by a brutal AI nightmare, where dark futures, surreal horrors, and harsh human flaws collide.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic · underground confinement · future Earth · interstellar travel · alien planet · dystopian future · world of machines · surreal/psychological space
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1204
In a future of timed lives and shared bodies, a commune must solve a murder that may be inside them.
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Setting labels: near-future Earth · dystopian future · overpopulated world · resource-scarce society · death park · virtual reality games · shared-body commune
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1209
An illustrated anthology of new sci-fi and fantasy voices, pairing contest-winning stories with bonus art, essays, and tips.
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Setting labels: space · distant future · new planet · virtual world · bayou · nursing home · assisted living · historical past · alternate history · fantasy realm · dystopian future · post-apocalyptic world · Earth and offworld
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1213
A lone survivor rewinds to an earlier point in the tower apocalypse and races to power up before humanity is wiped out.
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Setting labels: Earth · near future · post-apocalyptic · tower world · real-world-plus-system · dystopian future · fantasy dungeon · game-like reality
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Distance: 0.1224
In a plague-ravaged future behind a wall, a boy hunts for his missing twin through a deadly game and buried secrets.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future London · dystopian future · post-apocalyptic Earth · behind the wall · enclosed city · Northern Hemisphere · tiered city · space station · virtual reality game world · contained society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1228
A burned-out hacker gets one last dangerous chance to enter cyberspace and pull off a high-stakes AI-linked job.
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Setting labels: near-future · dystopian future · cyberspace · virtual reality · megacity · space habitat · corporate world · criminal underworld · Japanese setting · orbit
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1239
A themed short-story collection of AI, alien, fantasy, and Silo-related tales, each paired with author notes.
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Setting labels: near future · dystopian futures · alien worlds · Earth · virtual worlds · simulation worlds · Silo universe
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1240
In a dying-future space society, two pilots seek a promised world and uncover a truth that could reshape it.
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Setting labels: space station · space travel · future Earth · post-apocalyptic future · restricted world · dystopian future · futuristic society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1250
A hard-SF short story collection where each tale stress-tests identity, ethics, and consciousness through speculative science.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · futuristic · parallel worlds · multiverse · posthuman future · Earthbound settings · scientific future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1252
