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Similar in premise + setting

These books are ranked using the premise + setting labels extracted for Decorum. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.

Premise labels used: assassin, courier, AI threat, galactic conflict, worldbuilding-heavy sci-fi, cosmic egg, female assassins, recruitment, unwilling apprentice, humanity vs machine

Setting labels used: future, space, intergalactic, known universe, multiple factions, cosmic reality, futuristic city, desert island

This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their premise + setting embeddings are close.

Cover of Payback Is A Bitch by Michael Anderle

Payback Is A Bitch

Michael Anderle · 2018 · The Kurtherian Endgame

A pregnant vampire heroine and her allies face alien threats while building a new future in space.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1686

Cover of Columbus Day by Craig Alanson

Columbus Day

Craig Alanson · 2017 · Expeditionary Force

A human soldier is swept into an alien war and discovers the conflict is far murkier than anyone told him.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1710

Cover of Infinity Engine by Neal Asher

Infinity Engine

Neal Asher · 2017 · Transformation

A rogue AI’s long game draws humans, aliens, and war machines toward a final showdown near a black hole.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1735

Cover of The Butlerian Jihad by Brian Herbert

The Butlerian Jihad

Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson · 2018 · Legends of Dune

A far-future prequel traces humanity’s revolt against thinking machines and the origins of key Dune institutions.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1740

Cover of Lords of Uncreation by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Lords of Uncreation

Adrian Tchaikovsky · 2023 · The Final Architecture

The final Final Architecture novel brings humanity’s war with the Architects to a universe-scale reckoning.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1787

Cover of Descender, Vol. 5: Rise of the Robots by Jeff Lemire

Descender, Vol. 5: Rise of the Robots

Jeff Lemire · 2018 · Descender

As robots rise across the galaxy, Tim-21 and scattered allies are drawn into an interstellar war with buried origins.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1794

Cover of Prador Moon by Neal Asher

Prador Moon

Neal Asher · 2006 · Polity Universe (chronological)

Humanity’s AI-run interstellar civilization faces a brutal first-contact war with ravenous crab-like aliens.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1801

Cover of Taming Chaos by Anna Carven

Taming Chaos

Anna Carven · 2018 · Darkstar Mercenaries

A lethal alien warrior and a human analyst are thrown together on a lawless space station, where rescue turns to mating.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1807

Cover of The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge

The Snow Queen

Joan D. Vinge · 1980 · The Snow Queen Cycle

On a seasonally divided planet, a young woman must confront an immortal ruler, a hidden empire, and a fate tied to cloning.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1808

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Fear the Future

Stephen Moss · 2014 · The Fear Saga

As an alien armada closes in, Earth races to survive a brutal, politically fraught war for humanity’s future.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1816

Cover of Not Till We Are Lost by Dennis E. Taylor

Not Till We Are Lost

Dennis E. Taylor · 2024 · Bobiverse

The Bobs face anti-Bob backlash, rogue AI, and a galaxy-spanning mystery as separate missions push toward a new threat.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1816

Cover of Phoenix by S.F. Said

Phoenix

S.F. Said · 2013

A boy who wakes with strange powers must flee across a war-torn galaxy to uncover his identity and save everything.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1824