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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Return From the Stars.
Setting labels used: Earth future, space travel, post-scarcity society, post-violence society, technological utopia, dystopian utopia, spacefaring civilization
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A human raised by posthuman parents tests whether her species can live on a new world—while falling for her pilot.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · Earth · spacefaring civilization · habitable exoplanet · post-dystopian future · post-capitalist society · constructed democracy · solar system · planetary colony politics
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0700
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: 0.0730
A time-displaced Thomas More is sent to rescue a failing far-future utopia that may be broken by its own perfection.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · distant planet · utopian society · slums · space travel · time travel · alternate future · technological society · post-scarcity society · dystopian underclass · colonized planet
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0739
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: 0.0747
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: 0.0805
Stranded in space with 90 minutes of air left, two lovers relive a forbidden relationship in a tightly controlled future.
Why this is here
Setting labels: outer space · future Earth · utopia · dystopian society · post-war world · space survival · future Europe · asteroid field · spacecraft · post-apocalyptic future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0832
A framed UN officer flees to a libertarian colony, where culture shock gives way to military training and war.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future Earth · planetary colony · interplanetary society · high-gravity world · spacefaring future · dystopian Earth · utopian colony · war-torn future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0861
A refugee chef and a tech prodigy collide on a future planet, turning a cooking show into a fight over food, power, and identity.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · spacefaring civilization · interplanetary society · post-Earth humanity · colonized planets · planetary capital · utopian surface · socially stratified society · queernormative world · science fiction future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0869
A scavenger finds a sentient animal mask, and the two are pulled into a revenge-fueled, queer sci-fi chase.
Why this is here
Setting labels: space · far future · dystopian future · corporate society · capitalist dystopia · interstellar setting · tech-saturated world · repressive society · space scavenger culture
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0878
A prequel graphic novel tracing the origins of a rebel leader, a forbidden love, and the seeds of revolution.
Why this is here
Setting labels: outer space · future society · planetary colonies · interplanetary world · distant planets · dystopian future · futuristic society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0917
An Indigenous queer anthology of nine speculative stories imagining post-apocalyptic futures shaped by love, land, and survival.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic · dystopian · utopian · near-future · future worlds · spacefaring · virtual reality · alternative reality · Earth-bound · off-world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0934
In a deathless future run by AI, two teens are trained to choose who dies and must decide what justice means.
Why this is here
Setting labels: futuristic world · post-mortal era · near future · dystopian future · utopian veneer · global society · planetary scale
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0939
