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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Mountain in the Sea.
Setting labels used: near future, Earth, marine setting, archipelago, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, protected island, oceanic world, post-national future, corporate-controlled territory, underwater research
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A nameless freelance agent outside a total data system takes on three strange future cases involving sabotage, dolphins, and AI.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future Earth · near future · centralized surveillance society · data-driven society · oceanic settings · undersea stations · submarine habitats · space exploration · technological future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1571
A traumatized ex-astronaut starts over as an ocean warden in a future where whales are farmed to feed humanity.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near-future Earth · undersea world · ocean frontier · Australia · Great Barrier Reef · Mars · spacefaring future · world government
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1616
A young sea-monster trainer is captured by pirates and forced into a dangerous alliance — and romance — aboard their ship.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future Pacific · NeoPacific · floating cities · post-global-warming · ocean world · pirate ship · maritime setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1662
A near-future techno-thriller where a mind-network drug spreads worldwide, igniting war, control, and posthuman upheaval.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · global · United States · Washington DC · Thailand · Vietnam · Shanghai · Southeast Asia · cybernetic reality · posthuman future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1662
A science journalist covers a physics summit on an anarchist island as biotech unrest and a cosmic theory threaten reality itself.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · 2055 · virtual planet · artificial island · ocean settlement · Pacific island · high-tech future · bioengineered society · post-internet future · artificial reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1673
In a flooded near-future Earth, two sisters sail after their missing third sister and uncover a corporate secret.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · oceanic setting · coastal collapse · flooded world · post-climate-collapse · dying Earth · pirate-controlled waters · corporate-controlled world · unnamed locations · global famine aftermath
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1700
In a flooded future, a reckless young sailor flees danger with her teacher, chasing secrets, survival, and a slow-burn spark.
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Setting labels: future earth · post-pandemic · post-apocalyptic · flooded world · ocean setting · island setting · coastal cities · boat travel · nautical setting · isolated communities · waterworld · future tech · biotech · corporate world · black market · pirate haven · saline environment
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1736
Six linked futures trace how genetic engineering and body modification reshape humanity, morality, and identity.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · distant future · alternate future · our world · futuristic Earth · global society · undersea setting · asteroid belt
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1769
In a climate-shifted future, hidden aliens and human power brokers prepare Earth for first contact.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future Earth · climate-changed Earth · near future · global setting · interplanetary society · galactic civilization · VR-mediated society · oceans and deep sea
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1850
A gifted navigator is sent undercover into pirate waters, where survival, politics, and sapphic tension collide.
Why this is here
Setting labels: flooded earth · future earth · 26th century · post-climate-change · ocean world · submersibles · floating stations · archipelago society · pirate territory · underwater mines
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1867
A near-future AI-driven U.S.-China war ignites global conflict as cyber deception and military strategy collide.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Near future · China · United States · NATO · South America · Caribbean · Cuba · Global · Land, sea, air, cyber
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1877
In a flooded future, an ocean-born boy and a topside girl race to save an underwater settlement from outlaws and secrets.
Why this is here
Setting labels: underwater · post-apocalyptic future · future America · ocean frontier · subsea colony · ocean floor · crowded topside · overpopulated world · colonized ocean
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1878
