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Setting labels used: near future, post-dystopian, 2040, London, New York City, near-future America, cyberpunk aesthetic, corporate-controlled society, technologically advanced world
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A hitman is forced to target a rising cyborg religion in a grim near-future city ruled by a brutal police state.
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Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · cyberpunk future · unified world · ruined city · New York · crapsack world · post-collapse society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0868
A mercenary, a hacker, and an art dealer are drawn into a corporate-cybernetic conspiracy in the Sprawl.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · cyberpunk future · dystopian future · corporate-controlled world · urban megacity · cyberspace · virtual reality · global economy · Sprawl
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0887
An exiled gonzo journalist keeps fighting a corrupt president while uncovering the city’s darkest social truths.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near-future · cyberpunk city · dystopian city · urban decay · media-saturated future · political future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0925
A data courier with a brain implant must outrun criminals and recover stolen secrets before the information destroys him.
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Setting labels: near future · future Japan · Beijing · United States · cyberpunk future · dystopian future · high-tech wasteland · urban future · twenty-first century · globalized future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1004
In a near-future New York, three interwoven love stories unfold amid sex work, art, and everyday struggle.
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Setting labels: future New York · Manhattan · 2038 · near future · urban dystopia · recognizable city · cyberpunk city · grimy future · commercialized intimacy
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1017
In a near-future VR dystopia, two students/soldiers on separate missions uncover a conspiracy that could collapse both worlds.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · virtual reality · real world · cyberpunk city · academy setting · militarized society · corporate state · climate-ravaged world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1018
In 2075 New York, a Filipino American corporate hacker is sent to probe a billionaire’s secrets and falls into doomed desire.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · 2075 · near future · cyberpunk future · dystopian future · capitalist society · late-stage capitalism · fractured nation · post-war society · technological future · corporate city · futuristic Americas
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1027
A hardboiled detective probes the murder of a gigantic elite Titan in a near-future society built on life-extending biotech.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · fictional city · urban noir · corporate dystopia · rich enclave · class-stratified society · posthuman society · cyberpunk-like setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1029
Two strangers receive a 24-hour death warning and use a friend-finding app to spend their final day together.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near-future · alternate world · New York · urban setting · speculative reality · technology-mediated
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1031
A genetically enhanced assassin gets an unexpected protection job in a brutal cyberpunk future full of secrets and danger.
Why this is here
Setting labels: cyberpunk world · dystopian future · near-future · megacity · immortal society · corporate-controlled world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1039
A cyborg special agent hunts cybercriminals in a near-future Japan where minds, bodies, and identity are under siege.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · 21st century · mid-21st century · futuristic Japan · dystopian future · cyberpunk world · networked society · technologically advanced world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1058
A sprawling cyberpunk ensemble in near-future Los Angeles, where brain-linked media tech and corporate greed push reality to the brink.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · future Los Angeles · corporate dystopia · networked society · virtual world · media-saturated world · urban future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1070
