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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Toward Eternity.
Setting labels used: near future, far future, distant future, global, South Africa, Antarctica, Korea, Portugal, interstellar, posthuman, dystopian future, speculative future
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
An illustrated future-history follows humanity across deep time, until alien meddling turns evolution into punishment.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · Mars · Earth · galactic scale · far future · deep time · posthuman world · interstellar civilization · speculative future · fictional reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0938
Seven Korean speculative stories explore space, aliens, and future tech through intimate questions of identity, grief, and connection.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · distant future · space station · other planets · Earth · utopian society · dystopian society · advanced technology · posthuman future · alternative future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0945
A jazz pianist and a pop star are swept into a queer mecha war when one giant robot decides humanity should be saved.
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Setting labels: far future · Earth · space colonies · Monaco · interstellar · apocalyptic · technological future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0949
A desperate would-be mother makes a dangerous genetic choice, then faces the fallout of a near-future bioethics crisis.
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Setting labels: near future · not-too-distant future · global · UK · medical future · dystopian future · scientific future · worldwide crisis
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0971
Four connected future-history novels follow Earth cities that become wandering space workers through the galaxy.
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Setting labels: future Earth · solar system · interstellar space · Jupiter · Cold War future · early 21st century (in-text) · millennial future · galactic civilization · distant future · post-Earth civilization
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0994
A future narrator recounts humanity’s rise, mutations, wars, and extinctions across billions of years.
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Setting labels: far future · near future · alternate future · Earth · Mars · Venus · Neptune · solar system · deep time · post-apocalyptic · interplanetary · world state · climate collapse · spacefaring civilization · future Earth
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1001
A varied collection of short speculative stories, from satirical thought experiments to dark, moving tales of power, language, and perspective.
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Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · alternate history · Antarctica · South Pole · urban · colonial setting · other planet · alien world · intellectual and academic settings · Orsinia · contemporary world · isolated world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1010
An annual best-of anthology of 20 speculative stories chosen by R.F. Kuang from the previous year's SF and fantasy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · future world · modern day · contemporary · suburban · apocalyptic · cyberpunk · interstellar · space travel · fantasy world
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Distance: 0.1020
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
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1049
In a crowded future, a suspicious heir crosses space to test a one-way colony’s promise of paradise.
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Setting labels: future Earth · overpopulated world · space colony · distant planet · interplanetary travel · alternate realities · paraworlds · dystopian future · postwar future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1055
Six linked futures trace how genetic engineering and body modification reshape humanity, morality, and identity.
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Setting labels: near future · distant future · alternate future · our world · futuristic Earth · global society · undersea setting · asteroid belt
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Distance: 0.1057
On a polluted Earth, a government investigator on a new colony uncovers a hidden alien truth tied to his missing wife.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · far future · dystopian future · Earth · off-world colony · terraforming · underground society · polluted Earth · exoplanet · space colony
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1064
