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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth.
Setting labels used: future Venus, future Mars, post-apocalyptic future, far future, alien worlds, colonized planets, desert planet, ocean planet, low-gravity world, shared fictional future
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A future narrator recounts humanity’s rise, mutations, wars, and extinctions across billions of years.
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Setting labels: far future · near future · alternate future · Earth · Mars · Venus · Neptune · solar system · deep time · post-apocalyptic · interplanetary · world state · climate collapse · spacefaring civilization · future Earth
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0880
A lyrical cycle of linked stories follows Earth’s attempts to settle Mars and the human flaws that follow.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Mars · Earth · future · near future · postwar future · colonized planet · fictional Mars · interplanetary setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0940
An illustrated future-history follows humanity across deep time, until alien meddling turns evolution into punishment.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · Mars · Earth · galactic scale · far future · deep time · posthuman world · interstellar civilization · speculative future · fictional reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0954
In a post-Earth system, two interwoven mysteries link a faith-based resurrection platform, crime, and a hidden structure.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · post-Earth · spacefaring society · terraformed worlds · desert planet · religious planet · mysterious unnamed planet · planetary system · dystopian future · interplanetary society · science fictional future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0966
A scholar, future machines, and far-future humans collide in a Mars-set Trojan War reenactment driven by gods.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · terraformed Mars · Jupiter moons · Earth future · solar system · dystopian future · post-apocalyptic Earth · alternate history · mythic future · spacefaring civilization
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Distance: 0.0999
A cheerful Mars weatherman with missing memories becomes the galaxy’s most wanted man after a deadly conspiracy resurfaces.
Why this is here
Setting labels: terraformed Mars · far future · solar system · post-apocalyptic Earth · colonized planets · futuristic society · dystopian future · spacefaring setting · neon cityscape
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1036
A landmark anthology of 26 pre-1965 science fiction classics selected by SFWA voters as the era’s best.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future worlds · Mars · space travel · post-nuclear future · distant future · alternate/imagined futures
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Distance: 0.1036
A 15-story speculative fiction collection mixing experimental, dark, provocative tales with apocalypse, satire, and shock.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · post-apocalyptic wasteland · desert · subterranean world · space · alternate universes · multiverse · science fictional future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1059
Philip K. Dick’s final collected stories volume gathers late-era SF tales of reality, faith, paranoia, and damaged futures.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · alternate reality · dystopian future · spacefaring setting · Earth colonies · Mars · off-world · fictional future
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Distance: 0.1073
A science-fiction story collection with authorial commentary, mixing twisty ideas, humor, and autobiographical notes.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future worlds · space travel · time travel · post-apocalyptic future · nuclear future · science fictional reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1081
Martian bioforms answer an Earth distress call and land in a shattered future where good intentions spark chaos.
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Setting labels: far future · post-collapse Earth · Mars colony · post-apocalyptic world · feudal enclaves · monastic stronghold · surviving tech · interplanetary setting · inherited Solar System · dystopian future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1098
An immortal astronaut in an android body must scout alien worlds to find humanity a new home before Earth is lost.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future Earth · interstellar space · alien worlds · distant planets · humanity in crisis · far-future · solar system · spacefaring future · alternate science-fiction reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1107
