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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Polaris.
Setting labels used: far future, spacefaring civilization, interstellar travel, settled planets, spacecraft, future society, post-scarcity society, galactic civilization, future Earth
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
An unusually gifted orphan flees a controlled upbringing and finds herself pulled into a dangerous far-future crew.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · spacefaring civilization · interstellar travel · orphanage · spaceships · space stations · colonized galaxy · post-Earth future · artificial intelligence society · cybernetic future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0558
A corporate-led investigation of a crashed alien ship opens into a sprawling mystery across present, past, and far-future timelines.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future Earth · interstellar human civilization · spacefaring future · exoplanet · remote star system · far future · solar system · post-scarcity society · terraforming · galactic expansion
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0589
A salvage crew is drawn into a far-future chase when a relic suggests the planet-destroying Architects may be returning.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · post-Earth · spacefaring civilization · colonized planets · interstellar travel · unspace · FTL travel · galactic politics · human diaspora · alien civilizations
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0597
A Culture agent is sent on a mission, while a reversed past slowly reveals the trauma and identity behind him.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · interstellar civilization · spacefaring society · multiple planets · space habitats · orbital habitats · general systems vehicle · galactic cluster · war zones · utopian society · post-scarcity · primitive worlds
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0683
A far-future story collection traces humanity’s strange evolution through mythic tales of power, animals, space travel, and personhood.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · galactic empire · interstellar society · multiple planets · space travel · spacefaring civilization · utopian dystopia · mythic future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0691
An ultra-wealthy immortal worldbuilder is drawn into a far-future revenge mystery tied to alien gods and his past.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · spacefaring civilization · interstellar travel · alien worlds · created world · private planet · galactic civilization
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0692
An antiquities dealer and his pilot-assistant chase a mysterious tablet that may prove alien life—and someone will kill to bury it.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · interstellar civilization · colonized galaxy · lost colonies · spacefaring society · uncharted star system · archaeological future · planetary exploration · space travel
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0714
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: 0.0717
A hidden exile’s plan to vanish collapses when a rescue pull him into a crew, an ancient ship, and galactic trouble.
Why this is here
Setting labels: spacefaring future · interstellar society · asteroid mining · freighters · alien civilization · ancient technology · far future · known galaxy · space stations · starships · galactic politics · space society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0721
In the far future, an antiquities dealer pursues lost Apollo-era artifacts while racing to help rescue a vanished starship.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · Earth · solar system · interstellar space · spacefaring civilization · post-collapse future · climate-altered Earth
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0726
A starship pilot and a covert operative uncover a galaxy-spanning conspiracy and must join forces to stop war and invasion.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future spacefaring civilization · interstellar colonization · galactic politics · nebula · multiple planets · milky way · far future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0728
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: 0.0747
