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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Mal Goes to War.
Setting labels used: near future, United States, war-torn landscape, digital space, infospace, cybernetic future, civil war setting, battlefield
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A coerced teen coder unleashes a virus that evolves into an AI civilization, collapsing the world’s systems.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · United States · digital infrastructure · networked society · computer-dependent world · post-collapse · military context · online systems · physical and virtual worlds
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Distance: 0.1602
A gifted ex-agent races to stop civil war and a deadly power play in a near-future America on the brink.
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Setting labels: near future · alternate America · United States · Wyoming · Washington, D.C. · civil war setting · dystopian future · tech-driven world · internment camp · stronghold
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Distance: 0.1623
A cyber-enhanced infantry commander in a near-future war begins hearing warnings that may be God, AI, or something worse.
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Setting labels: near future · Earth · Sahel · Sub-Saharan Africa · North Africa · United States · remote outpost · border forts · dystopian future · information age · high-tech battlefield
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Distance: 0.1669
In a water-starved future, Canadian civilians become resistance fighters when the United States invades their homeland.
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Setting labels: near future · 22nd century · North America · Canada · United States · wartime occupation · dystopian future · post-climate-crisis · resource-scarce future · battlefield
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Distance: 0.1718
A near-future short story collection where technology, power, and survival collide in sharp, idea-driven sci-fi tales.
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Setting labels: near future · contemporary future · post-apocalyptic · cyberspace · internet culture · global catastrophe · war zone · siege · online game worlds · robotic future
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Distance: 0.1757
A satirical dystopia follows a violent American revolution that splits society into separate nations by identity.
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Setting labels: near future · United States · alternate society · dystopian future · internet age
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Distance: 0.1815
A black-ops Halo team races to stop a grieving father’s deadly quest for truth, while postwar secrets unravel around them.
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Setting labels: postwar future · space warfare · military sci-fi · colonies · Earth · alien civil war · insurrection era · distant future
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Distance: 0.1819
A linked speculative-fiction collection on memory, identity, technology, and family, spanning history, futures, and the Singularity.
Why this is here
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: 0.1823
A retired queer hacker returns to the net when an impostor steals her name and the law comes hunting.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · United States · cyberspace · virtual reality · dystopia · digital frontier · online underworld · post-regulation internet · real world and net
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Distance: 0.1849
In a fractured future America, the missing Horseman Death goes rogue in a violent, prophecy-driven apocalypse tale.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate United States · dystopian future · post-Civil War alternate history · American West · post-apocalyptic · futuristic America · factional nations · North America · high-tech frontier
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Distance: 0.1864
Three teens face a law that lets parents and the state dismantle unwanted children for body parts.
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Setting labels: near future · United States · post-civil war · dystopian society · futuristic America · harvest camp · state institution
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Distance: 0.1868
A special-ops team uses secret future-jumping tech to stop attacks before they happen, but each mission lasts only four minutes.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · near-future · United States · military setting · intelligence setting · classified program · battlefield operations · futuristic technology
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1876
