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These books are ranked using the premise labels extracted for The Man Who Fell to Earth.
Premise labels used: alien visitor, dying planet, rescue mission, human-alien encounter, first contact, mission failure, outsider perspective
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their premise embeddings are close.
A stranded human crew on a pitch-black moon must survive, and communicate, as an alien intelligence studies them back.
Why this is here
Premise labels: alien encounter · survival story · first contact · corporate exploitation · resource extraction · marooned crew · hostile moon · communication barrier · human-alien misunderstanding
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1201
Scientists studying an alien world crash onto its surface and must survive among two very different intelligent species.
Why this is here
Premise labels: first contact · stranded crew · survival · alien world · research mission · planetary observation · species contact · forced evacuation
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1288
A human colony mission to Trappist-1 stumbles into hostile alien contact, forcing a desperate return to Earth.
Why this is here
Premise labels: first contact · colony ship · alien planet · human colonization · survival · space mission · alien hostility · advanced aliens
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1308
A second mysterious alien ship enters the solar system, sending an expert crew into a tense mission of secrets, science, and drama.
Why this is here
Premise labels: alien spacecraft · second contact · scientific expedition · mystery ship · human-alien encounter · solar system crisis
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1372
A xenobiologist’s routine survey becomes a first-contact nightmare when an alien relic bonds to her and ignites galactic war.
Why this is here
Premise labels: first contact · alien relic · symbiosis · human survival · colonization mission · galactic war · save humanity · alien invasion · transformation
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1387
A starship investigates a missing sister ship on a barren planet and uncovers an alien mystery beyond human control.
Why this is here
Premise labels: first contact · rescue mission · missing expedition · alien mystery · unexplored planet · investigation
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1389
Ripley returns with colonial marines to investigate a lost colony on a monster-infested planet.
Why this is here
Premise labels: alien encounter · return mission · lost colony · marines · survival horror · containment failure · company interference · xenomorph threat · investigation mission
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1413
On a collapsing future Earth, a third mission to Eden may save humanity—or uncover a lethal secret.
Why this is here
Premise labels: dying Earth · habitable planet · third mission · first-contact mystery · humanity survival · alien conspiracy · mission sabotage · colonization attempt · race against collapse
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1430
A human scientist and an alien general are forced together when a damaged warship meets a remote mining station.
Why this is here
Premise labels: alien encounter · human-alien attraction · forced proximity · rescue romance · mating bond · space station lockdown · enemy species · abduction rescue · dangerous strangers · interspecies compatibility
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1454
A cloned Ripley wakes aboard a space station as a failed alien experiment turns into a deadly containment crisis.
Why this is here
Premise labels: clone survival · alien experiment · containment failure · space station siege · mercenary crew · human-alien encounter
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1466
A stranded six-person crew explores an alien planet whose baffling society and dead landscapes force a devastating first-contact reckoning.
Why this is here
Premise labels: first contact · crash landing · alien world · survival · communication barrier · exploration mission
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1490
A human interstellar crew finds alien ruins, gets stranded, and must survive a larger threat in deep space.
Why this is here
Premise labels: interstellar mission · alien ruins · survival · first contact · lost in space · return home · alien threat · space exploration
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1522
