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Setting labels used: Cayman Islands, Caribbean medical compound, present day, near future, scientific research setting, hospital setting, brain research lab, multiverse
Focused on “academic setting” where exact label matches exist.
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A doctor traces a strange blue-urine case to a secret resort and a corporation using drugs to bend reality.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Caribbean island · secret island · hospital · 1970s · contemporary-to-publication setting · corporate research setting · vacation resort · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2053
A grieving couple turns to designer-baby science to avoid another genetic tragedy, only to face terrifying consequences.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · offshore clinic · international waters · secret facility · island hideout · medical research setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2208
An amnesiac teen survivor of a plane crash must uncover her identity while a strange boy claims he knows her from before.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Pacific Ocean · hospital · foster home · laboratory · corporate compound · present day · future · past · time travel · contemporary world · scientific future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2431
A terminally ill editor chooses cryogenic suspension, then wakes into a bleak future where survival has a dangerous price.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · hospital setting · medical facility · scientific facility · dystopian future · 1970s future · 1990s future · 2020s future · alternative future · surveillance society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2566
A genetic code, a hidden project, and a global conspiracy collide as old secrets threaten humanity’s future.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · contemporary · global · international · post-pandemic world · Arctic · Australia · United States · Berlin · virtual world · alternate reality · human genome
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2593
A marine biologist joins a corporate team to study intelligent octopuses, while AI and hackers reshape a near-future world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · Earth · marine setting · archipelago · Vietnam · Southeast Asia · protected island · oceanic world · post-national future · corporate-controlled territory · underwater research
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2641
A brain-damaged man receives experimental treatment that makes him exponentially smarter—and increasingly unlike human.
Why this is here
Setting labels: experimental medicine · medical research · government surveillance · brain damage recovery · speculative reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2665
In a near-future world cured by implanted tapeworms, an amnesiac woman uncovers a frightening medical conspiracy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · 2027 · laboratory setting · hospital setting · corporate setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2672
A 28-story collection of eerie, high-concept weird fiction where ordinary worlds are warped by impossible intrusions.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary reality · near-future · alternate reality · urban setting · London · Europe · England · coastal setting · island setting · isolated enclave · medical setting · academic setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2978
Claire Redfield is trapped on a bioweapon-infested island, racing to survive, escape, and find her missing brother.
Why this is here
Setting labels: remote island · research facility · artic/antarctic facility · corporate laboratory · biohazard outbreak · fictional near-future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2692
A pregnant woman and a scientist confront the consequences of giving an unborn child access to inherited memories.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · laboratory setting · medical setting · womb · China · scientific speculative world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2707
A woman with recurring dreams of a husband she’s never met finds him in real life—just as reality starts to unravel.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary setting · hospital setting · medical setting · parallel universe · time travel · multiple timelines
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2742
