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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Fourth Consort.
Setting labels used: far future, spacefaring civilization, alien planet, medieval society, matriarchal society, underground cities, insectoid world, planetary first contact, interstellar setting
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A saboteur must stop a bizarre contract that could kill the last alien enabling instant travel—and most sentient life.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · interstellar civilization · multi-species society · spacefaring society · advanced technology · higher-dimensional beings · alien contact · planetary travel · instant travel
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0759
A 14-story McCaffrey sampler of psychics, dragons, and far-future worlds, mixing series origins with standalone tales.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · interstellar society · alien worlds · water world · spacefaring · futuristic society · planetary settings
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0884
An exiled heir returns to a politically fragile world where engineered languages become tools of power and rebellion.
Why this is here
Setting labels: planetary setting · alien societies · interstellar trade · far future · single-planet civilization · agrarian society · harsh outer planet · spacefaring world · cultural isolation
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0892
A paranoid Earth agent and a secretive alien strategist play a galaxy-spanning game of hidden motives and conspiracies.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · Known Space · interstellar civilization · human-alien contact · spacefaring society · galactic scale · pre-Ringworld
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0925
A genetically engineered starship pilot takes a strange job, then a murder forces his crew into a spacefaring mystery.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · interplanetary · spacefaring civilization · human empire · multiplanet society · aliens · colonized planets · virtual reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0928
A human anthropologist and an alien outcast form a bond while their peoples debate how to meet, study, and affect each other.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alien planet · future Earth · far future · pre-industrial society · nomadic society · matriarchal society · space mission · orbiting ship
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0939
A collection of robot fables turns fairy-tale forms into sci-fi satire about AI, power, and human nature.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · robot world · spacefaring civilization · multiple planets · science-fantasy world · medieval pastiche · cosmic setting · nonhuman society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0944
A bored master gamer from a post-scarcity utopia is blackmailed into competing in an empire where the game determines power.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · intergalactic · post-scarcity · utopian society · alien empire · spacefaring civilization · hierarchical society · high-tech world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0950
An antiquities dealer and his pilot chase the truth behind a vanished luxury starship and its sealed, decades-old secret.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · spacefaring civilization · interstellar travel · settled planets · spacecraft · future society · post-scarcity society · galactic civilization · future Earth
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0956
A poet-linguist deciphers an alien language in an interstellar war where words can reshape thought.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · interstellar setting · space war · multi-galaxy civilization · futuristic society · aliens · spacefaring civilization · high-tech future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0957
A charming thief-spy is sent undercover to stop an impossible interplanetary invasion, with his dangerous wife in tow.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · interstellar · galactic · alien worlds · militaristic planet · matriarchal planet · spacefaring civilization · space war · space empire · sci-fi universe
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0966
The last surviving human joins aliens who want to revive humanity while helping him search for the lost Earth.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · interstellar · multiple planets · abandoned worlds · human colony worlds · Earth search · galactic society · alien civilization
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0979
