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Similar in premise + setting

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

Premise labels used: afterlife exploration, death investigation, near-death experience, scientific experiment, postmortem journey, continent of the dead

Setting labels used: near future, France, afterlife, heaven, earth-based future, scientific institution

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

Cover of Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman

Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives

David Eagleman · 2008

Forty brief afterlife vignettes turn death into a set of witty, unsettling thought experiments about life and self.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2005

Cover of Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore

Reincarnation Blues

Michael Poore · 2017

A man racing toward oblivion must use his final reincarnations to reach perfection and stay with Death, his true love.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2017

Cover of Los cuerpos del verano by Martín Felipe Castagnet

Los cuerpos del verano

Martín Felipe Castagnet · 2012

In a near-future Argentina, the dead can return in purchased bodies, but revenge and identity complicate survival.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2153

Cover of The Chain of Chance by Stanisław Lem

The Chain of Chance

Stanisław Lem · 1998

An ex-astronaut investigates a string of mysterious deaths, uncovering a puzzle of chance, causality, and probability.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2166

Cover of The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier

The Brief History of the Dead

Kevin Brockmeier · 2007

A dying world and a memory-bound afterlife collide as one woman’s struggle in Antarctica reshapes the fate of the dead.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2215

Cover of What Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson

What Dreams May Come

Richard Matheson · 2004

A grieving husband journeys through the afterlife to find his wife and challenge the boundaries of death, love, and faith.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2217

Cover of Glacial Period by Nicolas de Crécy

Glacial Period

Nicolas de Crécy · 2006

In a future ice age, explorers uncover the buried Louvre and struggle to interpret humanity through its artworks.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2269

Cover of A.D.: After Death by Scott Snyder

A.D.: After Death

Scott Snyder · 2017 · A.D. After Death

In a post-death future, a man’s search for truth forces him to question immortality, memory, and identity.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2269

Cover of The Last Answer by Isaac Asimov

The Last Answer

Isaac Asimov · 1980

A dying atheist scientist awakens in an afterlife and debates a god-like Voice over eternity, purpose, and knowledge.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2270

Cover of To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer

To Your Scattered Bodies Go

Philip José Farmer · 1973 · Riverworld

A resurrected explorer must navigate an endless alien river where all humanity has returned to uncover who made it and why.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2279

Cover of Empty Space: A Haunting by M. John Harrison

Empty Space: A Haunting

M. John Harrison · 2012 · Kefahuchi Tract

A widow, a space crew, and a posthuman investigator are drawn through overlapping times toward a mysterious cosmic anomaly.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2279