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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Eversion.
Setting labels used: 19th century, early 20th century, far future, Norway coast, Antarctica, outer space, shipboard, nautical setting, steampunk setting, alternate reality
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A young pilot joins a perilous first voyage into space, where rivalries, romance, and sabotage threaten survival.
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Setting labels: alternate history · early 20th century · steampunk world · Earth-to-space voyage · Paris · Canada · outer space · airship era · Edwardian feel
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Distance: 0.1773
A rogue Special Corps agent races through time to stop history erasure and rescue his wife before reality collapses.
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Setting labels: Earth · 1970s · 1975 · 19th century · Napoleonic era · far future · distant future · historical past · alternate history · time travel setting · spacefaring future
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Distance: 0.1805
A women-made special issue of Lightspeed combines original SF, reprints, flash, essays, and interviews into one giant response.
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Setting labels: near future · far future · underwater · deep sea · space travel · space opera · post-apocalyptic · dystopian · alternate history · steampunk · Regency-inspired · urban future · submarine setting · colonized future · off-world
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Distance: 0.1837
Two Ministry agents are sent to America to investigate vanished ships, only to uncover a wider inventor conspiracy.
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Setting labels: America · England · North Carolina · Outer Banks · Detroit · Flagstaff · San Francisco · early 20th century · turn of the century · alternate Victorian period · steampunk world · airship travel
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Distance: 0.1943
A doctor and his driver battle a blizzard, a plague, and bizarre reality itself to reach a remote village in time.
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Setting labels: 19th century Russia · near-future Russia · post-apocalyptic world · snowbound countryside · rural village · frozen landscape · imperial Russia atmosphere · anachronistic setting · alternating past and future
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Distance: 0.1950
Seven adopted superpowered siblings reunite after years apart when their father's death and an apocalypse threat collide.
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Setting labels: alternate reality · pseudo-Victorian · steampunk · urban fantasy · retro-futurist · worldwide setting · global scale · world-ending crisis · time travel
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Distance: 0.1990
A graphic retelling of Frankenstein follows a scientist, his creation, and the tragic fallout of bringing life to the dead.
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Setting labels: North Pole · frozen sea · Europe · Geneva · university setting · scientific setting · Gothic setting · 19th century · historical setting · fictional reality
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Distance: 0.1993
A hard-SF short story collection where alien POVs, AI, faith, and bleak futures probe what makes us human.
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Setting labels: outer space · Antarctica · deep sea · undersea habitat · near future · dystopian future · alternate reality · religious future · spacefaring civilization · Dyson sphere · post-human future
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Distance: 0.2001
A pirate trainee must face rogue sea monsters, shifting loyalties, and a fraught romance in the NeoPacific.
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Setting labels: NeoPacific · ocean setting · pirate society · semi-post-apocalyptic world · dystopian future · shipboard setting
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Distance: 0.2012
A 2022 year’s-best SFF anthology of 20 short stories showcasing diverse, boundary-crossing speculative fiction.
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Setting labels: near future · far future · outer space · alternate history · Mars · Caribbean · viking setting · flooded world · art world · video game arcade · magical world
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Distance: 0.2013
A salvage crewman is murdered, re-bodies, and uncovers a conspiracy tied to immortal body-swapping and AI.
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Setting labels: far future · solar system · space habitats · derelict ships · space opera setting · cyberpunk space · transhuman future
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Distance: 0.2016
A French scientist is pulled into a global underwater voyage aboard a mysterious submarine with a secretive captain.
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Setting labels: underwater · world oceans · marine environment · 19th century · historical setting · submarine interior · polar ice · open sea
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Distance: 0.2024
