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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.

Cover of Perilous Waif by E. William Brown

Perilous Waif

E. William Brown · 2017 · Alice Long

An unusually gifted orphan flees a controlled upbringing and finds herself pulled into a dangerous far-future crew.

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Distance: 0.0558

Cover of Salvation by Peter F. Hamilton

Salvation

Peter F. Hamilton · 2018 · Salvation Sequence

A corporate-led investigation of a crashed alien ship opens into a sprawling mystery across present, past, and far-future timelines.

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Distance: 0.0589

Cover of Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Shards of Earth

Adrian Tchaikovsky · 2021 · The Final Architecture

A salvage crew is drawn into a far-future chase when a relic suggests the planet-destroying Architects may be returning.

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Distance: 0.0597

Cover of Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks

Use of Weapons

Iain M. Banks · 1992 · Culture

A Culture agent is sent on a mission, while a reversed past slowly reveals the trauma and identity behind him.

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Distance: 0.0683

Cover of The Rediscovery of Man by Cordwainer Smith

The Rediscovery of Man

Cordwainer Smith · 1999 · Instrumentality of Mankind

A far-future story collection traces humanity’s strange evolution through mythic tales of power, animals, space travel, and personhood.

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Distance: 0.0691

Cover of It Ain't Over... by Robert M. Kerns

It Ain't Over...

Robert M. Kerns · 2019 · Cole & Srexx

A hidden exile’s plan to vanish collapses when a rescue pull him into a crew, an ancient ship, and galactic trouble.

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Distance: 0.0721