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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Quarantine.
Setting labels used: near future, solar system quarantine, future Australia, Perth, New Hong Kong, late 21st century, post-apocalyptic atmosphere, sealed-off Earth, cyberpunk future
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Seven bleak, prescient sci-fi stories trace alienation, gender, and numbness in futures that feel eerily present.
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Setting labels: near future · post-apocalyptic · dystopian · Tokyo · space colonization · interplanetary · alien worlds · matriarchal society · future Earth · cybernetic future
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Distance: 0.1203
In a virus-ravaged near future, one woman’s quarantined family life changes when she spots someone who seems immune.
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Setting labels: near future · post-apocalyptic world · England · domestic confinement · quarantined home · city streets · online society · virtual life
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Distance: 0.1228
In a climate-damaged near-future Australia, a woman must choose between a virtual future and the physical ties that anchor her.
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Setting labels: near-future Australia · late 21st century · Melbourne · Malaysia · virtual reality · post-climate-collapse world · meatspace
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Distance: 0.1233
A rule-bound robot discovers a living human girl and must choose between protocol and helping her survive.
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Setting labels: future Earth · post-apocalyptic · robot society · solar power · ruined world · underground bunkers · environmental recovery · totalitarian society · near-future
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Distance: 0.1235
An annual best-of anthology of 20 speculative stories chosen by R.F. Kuang from the previous year's SF and fantasy.
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Setting labels: near future · future world · modern day · contemporary · suburban · apocalyptic · cyberpunk · interstellar · space travel · fantasy world
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Distance: 0.1248
A data courier with a brain implant must outrun criminals and recover stolen secrets before the information destroys him.
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Setting labels: near future · future Japan · Beijing · United States · cyberpunk future · dystopian future · high-tech wasteland · urban future · twenty-first century · globalized future
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Distance: 0.1261
A hitman is forced to target a rising cyborg religion in a grim near-future city ruled by a brutal police state.
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Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · cyberpunk future · unified world · ruined city · New York · crapsack world · post-collapse society
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Distance: 0.1269
A corporate bounty hunter and an augmented new partner investigate a bombing that uncovers a deeper revolt on Titan.
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Setting labels: solar system · Earth · Titan · Mars · Luna · space colonies · asteroid mining · future Earth · post-apocalyptic future · corporate rule · near-future far-future · sterile environment · quarantine zones · distant future
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Distance: 0.1285
In a futuristic, disaster-scarred world, a young woman seeks to erase painful memories tied to love and loss.
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Setting labels: near future · 2040s · 2050 · dystopian future · post-apocalyptic · unnamed locations · tropical region · scientific future · disaster aftermath
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Distance: 0.1297
A cyborg mechanic in futuristic New Beijing is pulled into plague politics, royal intrigue, and a Cinderella-like fate.
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Setting labels: futuristic world · post-apocalyptic future · New Beijing · Eastern Commonwealth · Earth · Moon · space politics · alternate future China · post-world war · cyberpunk
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Distance: 0.1298
Seventeen queer YA sci-fi stories imagine future worlds of love, struggle, survival, and identity across the galaxy.
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Setting labels: future · space · Mars · space station · planetary airport · dystopian future · cyberpunk world · alternate universe · time loop · post-apocalyptic
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Distance: 0.1306
In a near-future pandemic-stricken London, a mother must protect her son after his recovery brings back something unseen and dangerous.
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Setting labels: near future · future London · dystopian society · apocalyptic world · post-pandemic · global pandemic · collapsed Earth · spacefaring future · underground facility · communal living
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Distance: 0.1310
