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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light.
Setting labels used: near future, distant future, space station, other planets, Earth, utopian society, dystopian society, advanced technology, posthuman future, alternative future
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
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: 0.0644
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: 0.0656
In a dying-future space society, two pilots seek a promised world and uncover a truth that could reshape it.
Why this is here
Setting labels: space station · space travel · future Earth · post-apocalyptic future · restricted world · dystopian future · futuristic society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0721
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: 0.0727
Three generations of one family navigate an accelerating posthuman future as AI, nanotech, and the Singularity reshape humanity.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · post-singularity · solar system · outer system · Saturn · Jupiter moon · Earth · virtual worlds · cyberspace · posthuman civilization · spacefaring future · ultra-capitalist future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0764
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
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Distance: 0.0782
An astronaut returns to an Earth transformed by time and a peace-driven social experiment, and struggles to belong.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Earth future · space travel · post-scarcity society · post-violence society · technological utopia · dystopian utopia · spacefaring civilization
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0805
Seventeen queer YA sci-fi stories imagine future worlds of love, struggle, survival, and identity across the galaxy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future · space · Mars · space station · planetary airport · dystopian future · cyberpunk world · alternate universe · time loop · post-apocalyptic
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0815
A grieving boy stows away with space pirates and races across a war-torn galaxy to find his kidnapped father.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · future Earth · space station · spaceship · intergalactic · galaxy · alien civilizations · spacefaring society · dystopian future · war-torn future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0826
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
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Distance: 0.0829
A MIT researcher accidentally builds a one-way time machine and keeps jumping deeper into the future.
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Setting labels: MIT · near future · distant future · far future · religious theocracy · utopian society · dystopian society · alternate future societies · science-fiction future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0847
A posthuman first-contact mission heads into the outer solar system to confront an alien intelligence—and rethink consciousness.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · solar system · outer solar system · spacecraft · virtual reality · posthuman future · dystopian future · interstellar space
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0855
