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These books are ranked using the premise + setting labels extracted for Planet of the Apes. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.

Premise labels used: role reversal, human-animal inversion, alien planet, space expedition, civilized apes, captivity, scientific experiment, message in a bottle

Setting labels used: outer space, distant planet, alien world, future, scientific society, simian civilization, earth-like planet, zoo/lab setting

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They're Made Out of Meat

Terry Bisson · 1991

Two aliens debate a shocking discovery about Earth: the intelligent species there is made entirely of meat.

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Premise labels: first contact · alien perspective · sentient life · humanity as meat · intelligent life · Fermi paradox · misunderstood species · cosmic discovery

Setting labels: outer space · the universe · Earth · far-future implied · alien civilization · first-contact setting · cosmic scale

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1622

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The Cage

Megan Shepherd · 2015 · The Cage

A teen wakes in an alien-built human zoo with other captives, where escape, trust, and attraction collide.

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Premise labels: human zoo · alien captivity · teens in captivity · alien experiment · survival game · forced reproduction · escape attempt · otherworldly prison · selected test subjects

Setting labels: alien world · artificial environment · controlled habitat · space-based setting · mixed biomes · simulated Earth · captivity setting · dystopian enclosure

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Distance: 0.1623

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Relic

Alan Dean Foster · 2018

The last surviving human joins aliens who want to revive humanity while helping him search for the lost Earth.

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Premise labels: last human · alien rescue · species survival · human extinction · search for Earth · alien study · cloning humanity · interstellar quest

Setting labels: far future · interstellar · multiple planets · abandoned worlds · human colony worlds · Earth search · galactic society · alien civilization

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Distance: 0.1717

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The Star Diaries

Stanisław Lem · 1978 · Ijon Tichy

A galactic diarist bumbles through bizarre voyages that turn space adventure into satire, philosophy, and time-loop chaos.

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Premise labels: space voyages · time travel · robot world · interstellar travel · bureaucratic absurdity · social satire · philosophical speculation · undercover investigation

Setting labels: outer space · interplanetary · 23rd century · future Earth · aliens · robots · time travel · cosmic

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Distance: 0.1796

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The Pet Project

Amanda Milo · 2019 · The Pet Project

An alien scientist studies captive humans as pets while trying to manage a breeding program and understand them.

Why this is here

Premise labels: alien captivity · human pets · breeding program · first contact captivity · species domestication · laboratory breeding · observer narrator · nonhuman perspective

Setting labels: future setting · alien laboratory · breeding facility · captivity setting · spacefaring civilization · Earth humans · galactic setting · futuristic lab

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Distance: 0.1817

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Star Splitter

Matthew J. Kirby · 2023

A teen arrives on a ruined alien world and must survive a crash, a duplicate self, and a mystery gone wrong.

Why this is here

Premise labels: teleportation · body transfer · body printing · duplicate self · planetary expedition · crash survival · space mystery · post-extinction world · family reunion

Setting labels: deep space · space station · spaceship · alien planet · desolate planet · post-extinction world · lightyears from Earth · future Earth · planetary research mission · off-world colony

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Distance: 0.1818

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Rama II

Arthur C. Clarke, Gentry Lee · 2012 · Rama

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

Setting labels: solar system · future Earth · outer space · alien spacecraft · interplanetary setting

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Distance: 0.1837

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Emergency Skin

N.K. Jemisin · 2019

A mission to a supposedly ruined Earth exposes a future society’s lies, prejudice, and unexpected possibility.

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Premise labels: climate collapse · return mission · resource retrieval · post-apocalyptic Earth · AI companion · social inversion

Setting labels: distant future · Earth · off-world colony · post-climate catastrophe · near-future science fiction · interplanetary

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Distance: 0.1861

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Beyond

Maureen A. Miller · 2012 · Beyond

A recent graduate is abducted by humanoid aliens and must choose between returning home or staying with the warrior she loves.

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Premise labels: alien abduction · mistaken identity · plague cure · stranded traveler · forced relocation · home or love · fish out of water · space voyage

Setting labels: outer space · spaceship · alien civilization · Earth · forest · high school graduation · distant planets · future tech · futuristic setting · interstellar travel

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Distance: 0.1863

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Ral's Woman

Laurann Dohner · 2009 · Zorn Warriors

An Earth woman is handed to a captive alien warrior as a prize, and their survival sparks a fierce, instant bond.

Why this is here

Premise labels: alien abduction · captor prize · forced mating · slave rescue · captive romance · Mars Needs Women

Setting labels: outer space · alien planet · asteroid mine · slave colony · distant planets · fictional alien society

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Distance: 0.1866

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Our Pet

S.M. Matthews · 2019 · Ours

A woman abducted and sold as a pet must adapt to life with three alien brothers who slowly realize she’s no animal.

Why this is here

Premise labels: alien abduction · mistaken identity · human as pet · inter-species romance · multiple love interests · language barrier · forced proximity

Setting labels: outer space · spaceship · alien society · first contact · futuristic setting · nonhuman reality

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Distance: 0.1870

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How It Unfolds

James S.A. Corey · 2023 · The Far Reaches

A cloned astronaut on an interstellar colonization mission faces repeated second chances—and one unresolved past.

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Premise labels: interstellar colonization · duplicate selves · second chances · rebuilding relationships · human civilization restart · Earthlike planets · far-future exploration · slow-light transmission

Setting labels: interstellar space · far future · Earthlike planets · space colony · terraforming context · human space expansion · new worlds · cosmic scale

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Distance: 0.1874

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