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Setting labels used: near-future USA, alternate reality, dystopian future, legal system, death row, courtroom world, contemporary America, speculative fiction
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In a dystopian media state, a freed teen must save her boyfriend from a public-voted death row before the system buries the truth.
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Setting labels: dystopian future · TV-show courtroom · death row · surveillance state · near-future society · media-saturated society · urban political system
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Distance: 0.1228
In a health-obsessed near future, a woman faces trial and turns against the system after her brother’s death.
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Setting labels: near future · mid-21st century · dystopian society · controlled state · courtroom · limited settings · sterile environment
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Distance: 0.1266
A diverse anthology imagines near-future Americas shaped by resistance, oppression, and hard-won hope.
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Setting labels: near future · future United States · alternate America · climate-affected future · surveillance state · dystopian society · utopian elements · speculative reality
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Distance: 0.1288
In a mutated near-future world, a submissive anomaly is collared for protection by his boss and pursued by another dominant.
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Setting labels: near future · alternate universe · dystopian future · post-apocalyptic · corporate workplace · global corporation · food supply crisis · legal repression
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Distance: 0.1342
Women deemed “noncompliant” are exiled to a prison planet, where inmates resist an oppressive patriarchy.
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Setting labels: Near-future · Off-world prison · Patriarchal dystopia · Earth · Penal colony · Future society · Alternate reality
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Distance: 0.1349
In a near-future America, imprisoned people fight televised death matches for a shot at freedom.
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Setting labels: near-future America · dystopian future · alternate reality · prison system · private prisons · packed arenas · live television · reality TV · corporate media · televised sports
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Distance: 0.1367
In a near-future justice system, a psychiatrist uncovers a flaw in a rehabilitation program that may let murderers slip through.
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Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · future London · carceral society · private contractor state · speculative future · law enforcement system
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Distance: 0.1390
A hardboiled private eye navigates a drugged, karma-policed future where evolved animals and a murder case collide.
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Setting labels: near-future Oakland · future California · dystopian future · urban noir · socially controlled society · state surveillance · alternate future · postmodern future
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Distance: 0.1409
In a near-future gated community, a married couple’s monthly prison exchange is disrupted by a forbidden note and obsession.
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Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · alternate future · gated community · prison town · surveilled community · closed society · post-collapse society · American setting
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Distance: 0.1429
In a reversed-time dystopia, a resurrection business races rival powers to control a returning prophet.
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Setting labels: near future · future America · dystopian future · divided United States · graveyards · libraries · cemeteries · private businesses · authoritarian information control · reverse-chronology reality
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Distance: 0.1431
In a dystopian off-world prison, noncompliant women uncover the system behind their captivity and spark rebellion.
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Setting labels: near future · off-world prison · penal colony · dystopian future · patriarchal society · Earth · space colony · separate trans facility · alternate reality · fascist future
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Distance: 0.1431
A themed best-of anthology of Harlan Ellison’s short fiction, mixing iconic SF, horror, and surreal, unsettling tales.
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Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · alternative reality · mythic space · afterlife · city life · time-bending
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Distance: 0.1439
