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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Skinner.
Setting labels used: ocean planet, water world, off-world frontier, far future, interstellar civilization, planetary border zone, biologically hostile ecosystem
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
An ocean moon’s all-female pacifist society faces invasion, forcing a clash between ecological harmony and violent empire.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · ocean world · moon world · water planet · landless world · interstellar empire · militarized civilization · utopian society · ecological world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0959
A dolphin-crewed starship shelters on an ocean world while alien fleets hunt a discovery that could reshape galactic power.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · water world · spacefaring civilization · galactic empire · alien civilization · ocean planet · post-human future · interstellar society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0989
A future agent and a resurrected killing machine collide amid AI intrigue, alien tech, and a dragon hunt.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · interstellar · spacefaring civilization · planetary frontier · desert planet · backwater world · non-Polity world · alien ecology · colonized world · generation ship
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1090
A snarky contractor finds a fortune on a mining world, then must prove the planet’s cute aliens are people.
Why this is here
Setting labels: planetary colony · far future · space colony · Earth-like planet · corporate planet · off-world frontier · alien world · mining world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1131
A reformed space captain, a stowaway war drone, and a mutated Prador are dragged into a border-zone war with ancient consequences.
Why this is here
Setting labels: deep space · border zone · no-man's-land · interstellar war · far future · spacefaring civilization · alien ecosystem · off-planet
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1137
A nameless bureaucrat races to recover forbidden technology on a flood-threatened world where magic and science blur.
Why this is here
Setting labels: distant planet · colonized world · flooded world · cyclical catastrophe · far future · off-world society · planetary colony · transitional liminal setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1156
A Terran exploration crew lands on Astra and collides with hidden colonies, telepathic allies, and a deadly returning power.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alien planet · extrasolar planet · space colony · post-apocalyptic Earth · future history · frontier world · ruined civilization · undersea culture · telepathic society · three-species world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1164
A colonized alien world and a godlike sentient ship force humans and clones to confront worship, survival, and identity.
Why this is here
Setting labels: distant future · space colony · generation ship · alien planet · ocean world · hostile ecosystem · closed society · stasis · cloned community
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1172
On a seasonally divided planet, a young woman must confront an immortal ruler, a hidden empire, and a fate tied to cloning.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · distant planet · interstellar empire · ocean world · black hole gateway · two-sun world · seasonal planet · low-tech society · galactic politics
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1189
An amnesiac man reconstructs his past through a diary as a brother-driven mission pulls him into a strange future mystery.
Why this is here
Setting labels: distant future · space colony · alien planet · interplanetary voyage · dystopian future · hypertechnological society · megalopolis · desert planet · alien landscape · off-world colony
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1193
A young heir dodges assassins and follows a prophecy to find a vanished race on a strange far-future tour of space.
Why this is here
Setting labels: interplanetary · far future · spacefaring civilization · multiple planets · alien cultures · sentient planet · sentient ocean · advanced technology · many-worlds universe
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1194
An amnesiac warrior is sent again and again into a dying world-ship war where survival means monstrous choices.
Why this is here
Setting labels: deep space · outer rim · world-ships · living world · organic ecosystem · decaying civilization · interior layers · biological habitat · flesh-built environment · far-future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1197
