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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Tender Is the Flesh.
Setting labels used: near future, alternate reality, dystopian society, meat plant, processing plant
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
In a dystopian future where teens are harvested for parts, survivors face new threats and a manufactured boy questions who he is.
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Setting labels: futuristic society · dystopian near-future · biotechnological reality · institutional control · black market economy
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1027
An insider's, spoiler-heavy guide to the Uglies universe with history, slang, science, maps, and author notes.
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Setting labels: future society · near-future · post-scarcity dystopia · United States (former) · Japan (minor) · alternate future history · fictional universe
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1096
In a mutated near-future world, a submissive anomaly is collared for protection by his boss and pursued by another dominant.
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Setting labels: near future · alternate universe · dystopian future · post-apocalyptic · corporate workplace · global corporation · food supply crisis · legal repression
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Distance: 0.1112
An isolated married couple’s quiet routine is shattered when a stranger arrives with a strange government offer and a hidden replacement plan.
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Setting labels: near future · isolated farm · rural isolation · farmland · space station · post-climate change · dystopian future
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Distance: 0.1128
An ex-cop junkie in a vertical cyberpunk city rescues human clones and is dragged back into his own buried past.
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Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · cyberpunk future · city-sized mall · vertical city · cloning farm · corporate state · alternate dimension · surreal otherworld
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1158
A stranger is lured into an exclusive dining club where human flesh is the latest luxury in a world of scarcity.
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Setting labels: dystopian future · food scarcity · meat scarcity · exclusive club setting · elite social world
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Distance: 0.1168
Seven Korean speculative stories explore space, aliens, and future tech through intimate questions of identity, grief, and connection.
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Setting labels: near future · distant future · space station · other planets · Earth · utopian society · dystopian society · advanced technology · posthuman future · alternative future
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Distance: 0.1211
A satirical dystopia follows a violent American revolution that splits society into separate nations by identity.
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Setting labels: near future · United States · alternate society · dystopian future · internet age
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Distance: 0.1236
A themed best-of anthology of Harlan Ellison’s short fiction, mixing iconic SF, horror, and surreal, unsettling tales.
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Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · alternative reality · mythic space · afterlife · city life · time-bending
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Distance: 0.1243
Two separated twins collide in a future where infertile adults pay teens to have babies—and belief systems clash.
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Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · post-virus society · highly controlled society · religious enclave · consumerist society · school setting
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Distance: 0.1250
In a far-future world of brain jars, chips, and class control, linked stories probe power, love, and what remains human.
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Setting labels: far future · Earth · post-carbon world · virtual reality · banked-brain society · dystopian future · posthuman world
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Distance: 0.1252
An outlaw journalist races to expose a corrupt president in a profane, darkly funny near-future political satire.
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Setting labels: Near future · Dystopian future · Hyper-urban city · Decaying metropolis · Political future · Technological future
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Distance: 0.1253
