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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Orville: Sympathy for the Devil.
Setting labels used: early 20th century, World War I era, World War II era, Nazi Germany, historical simulation, spacefaring future, virtual reality, alternate reality
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A WWII B-17 crew is swept into a ruined future world, where survival, duty, and fate collide.
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Setting labels: World War II Europe · Germany · England · post-apocalyptic future · alternate reality · dystopian future · war-torn world · air war · European theater
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1496
In an alternate 1942, a programmer inside Nazi surveillance state starts to doubt the system she helps run.
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Setting labels: Weimar · 1942 · Nazi Germany · Third Reich · alternate reality · historical-futuristic world · interwar-to-war era
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1515
An alien mother-daughter line secretly steers the space race, while a ruthless enemy hunts them across history.
Why this is here
Setting labels: World War II · postwar Europe · Cold War · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · Germany · Russia · United States · space race · ancient history · ancient times · alternate history · speculative reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1580
A teen combat trainee battles corporate tyranny, brain-control schemes, and impossible loyalties in a final showdown.
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Setting labels: Earth during WWIII · space warfare · futuristic dystopia · military academy · training compound · corporate-run world · virtual reality simulations · near-future technology
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1623
A short prequel reveals the strange, secret history behind the zombie virus and the family ties behind it.
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Setting labels: early 1900s · turn of the 20th century · pre-apocalypse · post-World War I era · between world wars · scientific laboratory · university setting · military setting · historical fantasy reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1640
A Jewish shapeshifter in an alternate 1950s Third Reich races to finish a resistance mission after a failed assassination.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate WWII · 1950s Germany · Third Reich · war-torn Europe · enemy territory · postwar world · dystopian future · alternate history world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1713
Four Philip K. Dick novels explore alternate histories, psychic futures, androids, and collapsing reality.
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Setting labels: 1960s future vision · alternate World War II outcome · occupied America · postwar America · Mars colonies · space travel · postapocalyptic society · illusory half-life · parallel worlds · virtual reality
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Distance: 0.1740
An immortal man recounts his centuries-spanning life while his captors try to keep him alive long enough to finish.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · multiple worlds · interstellar · spacefaring society · future Earth · time travel · rejuvenation clinic · colony world · early 20th century · World War I · future history
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1769
A linked speculative-fiction collection on memory, identity, technology, and family, spanning history, futures, and the Singularity.
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Setting labels: near future · far future · post-singularity · post-apocalyptic · alternate future · historical fiction · World War II · alien planet · virtual world · digital world · contemporary internet
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Distance: 0.1769
Janni Nemo leads a perilous rescue mission into an alternate 1941 Berlin built from fascist nightmare and film references.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1941 · Berlin · alternate history · World War II · fascist dystopia · retro-futurist city · Metropolis-inspired world · fictional reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1778
In a peace-obsessed dystopia, a gifted pilot uncovers a corrupt system of fate, control, and betrayal.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate history · future dystopia · post-apocalyptic · 1940s America · 1940s-inspired · war aftermath · air combat world · totalitarian state
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1815
A fugitive prince and a disguised airman cross paths in an alternate World War I where machines battle engineered beasts.
Why this is here
Setting labels: World War I era · 1914 · alternate Europe · Austro-Hungarian Empire · Britain · global journey · airships · battlefields · fictionalized history
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1825
