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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for A Hole in the Sky.
Setting labels used: generation ship, arkship habitat, farming villages, low-tech society, space colonization, interstellar voyage, closed ecosystem, post-mutiny society, future space setting, isolated shipboard community
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A tribal hunter on a vast starship sets out to uncover what his world really is, and what lies beyond it.
Why this is here
Setting labels: generation ship · closed environment · overgrown corridors · shipboard jungle · tribal future · spacefaring future · interstellar voyage · cramped quarters · nomadic communities · primitive society · artificial world · spaceborne habitat
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0910
On a failing generation ship, a sheriff’s search for his missing wife uncovers a deadly secret behind sealed hatches.
Why this is here
Setting labels: generation ship · interstellar space · post-apocalyptic future · sealed habitat · shipboard city · confined setting · dying infrastructure · closed system · dystopian shipboard society · Earth (backstory) · spaceborne colony
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0995
A girl on a generation ship faces a deadly survival trial that tests not just her body, but her values and society.
Why this is here
Setting labels: generation ship · asteroid ship · colony worlds · post-apocalyptic future · post-Earth future · spacefaring society · low-tech colonies · hostile planet · closed society · far future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1080
A generation ship nearing its destination faces revolt, political intrigue, and a dangerous alien mystery on arrival.
Why this is here
Setting labels: generation ship · colony ship · deep space · alien planet · future society · closed environment · spaceship society · multigenerational voyage · shipboard community · arrival colony · near-future space travel · habitable planet
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1094
After humanity is exiled to ark ships, a scout pilot races to stop a deadly alien force from destroying the fleet.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · spacefaring future · fleet of arks · generation ships · interstellar travel · alien encounter · post-Earth humanity · planetary expedition · continuance society · closed ship societies
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1118
A down-on-his-luck private eye on a generation ship investigates a suspicious death and stumbles into a larger secret.
Why this is here
Setting labels: generation ship · space habitat · interstellar voyage · closed society · retrofuture · far future · contained setting · urban spaceship · corrupt society · colonization mission
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1123
A shipbound engineer wakes from cryostasis to find a ruined colony ark, rival visions for humanity, and a fate-shaping choice.
Why this is here
Setting labels: generation ship · colony ark · deep space · distant future · exoplanet mission · terraforming setting · posthuman future · space colony · closed ship setting · colonial future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1172
A lone monitor aboard a generation ship nears the end of his service and must choose between duty, sleep, and freedom.
Why this is here
Setting labels: interstellar ark · generation ship · deep space · colony ship · space habitat · hibernation chambers · post-Earth future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1180
A generation ship nears Tau Ceti, but a new world and the ship itself force humans and AI to rethink their mission.
Why this is here
Setting labels: generation ship · interstellar space · Tau Ceti · closed system · biome habitats · space colony · Earth analog world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1181
A cryosleeping teen wakes early on a secretive generation ship and races to survive a murder plot and uncover its lies.
Why this is here
Setting labels: generation ship · outer space · future colony mission · closed society · interstellar voyage · futuristic · dystopian setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1218
A teen engineer on a failing generation ship sees an impossible girl in space and uncovers buried fleet secrets.
Why this is here
Setting labels: generation ship · interstellar voyage · closed system · space habitat · future space society · Tau Ceti · Earth-departure future · AI-dominated Earth · multi-ship fleet · no FTL
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1247
Two teens become cyborg soldiers on a starship fleet and must survive training, secrets, and a brewing rebellion.
Why this is here
Setting labels: generation ship · fleet of starships · far future · post-Earth · spacefaring society · caste system · militarized society · dystopian future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1274
