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Books like Alien Chronicles: 9 series to read next

Alien Chronicles is 3 books, 1997–1999.

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Known Space
Alex Benedict
Cavor
Quadrail
Foundation
Heechee
Time Traders
Academy / Priscilla (Hutch) Hutchins
Forerunner

universe142 books1964

Science fiction, about aliens, set in other star systems and far future.

“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
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Alex BenedictSeries

seriesJack McDevitt13 books1987

Mystery & detective.

“Alex Benedict is an antiques dealer and part-time interstellar investigator, generations removed from Earth's first starfaring age, who keeps stumbling into forgotten history through the objects and ruins he trades in.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Talent for War →

CavorSeries

seriesH. G. Wells & Stephen Baxter2 books1901

About space exploration, set in the moon and underground & caves.

“H. G. Wells's 1901 novel The First Men in the Moon is narrated by the businessman Bedford, who joins the reclusive scientist Cavor after Cavor invents cavorite, a gravity-blocking substance that carries the two men to the Moon.”
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Start with The First Men in the Moon →

QuadrailSeries

seriesTimothy Zahn5 books2005

About political intrigue.

“Paired with the telepathically gifted Bayta, Compton investigates and fights the Modhri, a parasitic group-mind quietly seizing control of galactic leaders from within.”
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Start with Night Train to Rigel →

FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
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Start with Foundation →

HeecheeSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl19 books1972

About space exploration.

“The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”
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Start with Gateway →

Time TradersSeries

seriesAndre Norton, Sherwood Smith & P. M. Griffin7 books1958

Time travel.

“Norton, later joined by collaborators Sherwood Smith and P. M. Griffin, expanded the sequence to seven novels published between 1958 and 2002, and revised the opening book herself in 2000.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Time Traders →

Academy / Priscilla (Hutch) HutchinsSeries

seriesJack McDevitt16 books1983

About space exploration.

“Beginning with The Engines of God, the series treats deep time and the near-total absence of intelligent alien life as its central mystery, favoring slow-burn discovery over action.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Engines of God →

ForerunnerSeries

seriesAndre Norton5 books1960

Science fiction, set in other star systems and far future.

“Under desperate circumstances, a beautiful young woman must team up with a star traveler in order to find the key to the start of civilization so that the future might be saved.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Forerunner →

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What should I read after Alien Chronicles?: Known Space — the closest match to Alien Chronicles on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Alien Chronicles?: The Golden One. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Alien Chronicles.
How big is Alien Chronicles?: Alien Chronicles is 3 books, 1997–1999.

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