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Setting labels used: Antarctica, Soviet-controlled station, 1980s, 1989, 2989, far future, spacefaring civilization, galaxy, Earth abandoned, dystopian future, alternate history, white supremacist society, fourth reich, interplanetary war
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A near-future alien invasion turns Earth into a global war zone, forcing humans and a deeply alien foe to misread each other.
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Setting labels: mid-1980s · near future · Cold War · Earth · United States · Soviet Union · space station · mothership · global setting
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Distance: 0.1714
A full-cast audio adaptation of William Gibson’s unproduced Alien III script, sending survivors into a new alien crisis in space.
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Setting labels: outer space · space station · cryosleep · post-Aliens · Cold War era future · 1980s future · interstellar military setting · corporate science station · territory controlled by rival government
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Distance: 0.1861
When a mysterious signal points to an alien craft near Jupiter, scientists and governments race toward first contact.
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Setting labels: 1980s · Cold War era · Solar System · Earth · Jupiter · space station · university observatory · USSR-USA tensions · near-future 1980s
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Distance: 0.1884
A landmark 1988 anthology framing early cyberpunk through 12 varied short stories and Bruce Sterling’s genre-defining intro.
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Setting labels: near future · 1980s future · dystopian urban future · post-apocalyptic world · space station · alternate timeline · corporate future · low-tech high-tech mix · Soviet future · gated zones · mid-20th-century futurism
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Distance: 0.1932
A tombstone carver becomes entangled in a nuclear apocalypse, then faces judgment from the unborn in Antarctica.
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Setting labels: Cold War · 1980s · post-apocalyptic · Antarctica · nuclear war · alternative reality · surreal future
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Distance: 0.2020
Enslaved humanity is forced into an alien war, and one soldier may be the spark that leads to freedom.
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Setting labels: occupied Earth · dystopian future · interstellar war · outer space · orbital warfare · post-apocalyptic Earth · alien-ruled society · space station
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Distance: 0.2043
Kirk studies a secret history of Earth as Gary Seven tracks the origins of Khan and a hidden genetic-engineering conspiracy.
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Setting labels: late 20th century · 1970s · 1980s · future framing sequence · Earth · outer space · Cold War era · New York · East Berlin · India
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Distance: 0.2083
An Antarctic SETI disaster launches a cross-time chase into Kant, AI, and the limits of human reality.
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Setting labels: Antarctic research station · 1980s · present day · past and future · United Kingdom · remote base · polar setting · historical settings · future civilization · science fictional reality
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Distance: 0.2092
A brief companion epilogue revisits a long-awaited reunion through Day’s memory-frayed, deeply emotional perspective.
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Setting labels: Antarctica · United States · Los Angeles · postwar world · near-future · dystopian future · series world
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Distance: 0.2097
A crash investigator and a future rescuer collide across time when a doomed flight and a paradox threaten history.
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Setting labels: 1980s · far future · dystopian future · post-nuclear future · polluted future · dying Earth · California · Washington DC · Oakland · aeronautics setting · future Earth
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Distance: 0.2132
In a ruined future Earth, a rebel girl and a body artist challenge a tyrant ruling a sexless space colony.
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Setting labels: near future · 2049 · post-apocalyptic Earth · space station · orbital habitat · radioactive wasteland · post-human future · space colony
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Distance: 0.2139
In 2141, Earth and Mars face linked crises as scientists probe a strange pathogen and Martian-born colonists edge toward revolt.
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Setting labels: 2141 · 22nd century · Earth · Mars · orbital station · near future · colonized Mars · two-planet world · dystopian future · post-pandemic world · post-crisis world · ecological collapse · alternate future · spacefaring civilization
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Distance: 0.2165
