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Alternate Anthologies is science fiction and alternate history, set in our world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Alternate Anthologies is 9 books, 1992–1997.

“The remaining stories by various authors present scenarios where members of the Kennedy family had lives that were different from real life.”
from the catalogue description of Alternate Kennedys

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Worldwar Universe
Dune
H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
Maurai
The Culture
Foundation
Paratime Police
Childe Cycle

Worldwar UniverseSeries

seriesHarry Turtledove8 books1994

Alien invasion, about aliens.

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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, set in far future and other star systems.

“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dune →

H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

Alien invasion.

“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The War of the Worlds →

Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

seriesPhilip K. Dick9 books1962

Science fiction, set in near future.

“Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”
from the catalogue description of The Man in the High Castle

Start with The Man in the High Castle →

MauraiSeries

seriesPoul Anderson6 books1959

Post-apocalyptic, about ecological collapse, set in far future.

“The Maurai dominate the Pacific and Indian Oceans.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Sky People →

The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

Space opera, about artificial intelligence, set in far future and galactic scale.

“No money, no laws, no hunger, no death you didn't choose; a galaxy-spanning anarchy of humans and drones administered, gently and with enormous irony, by superintelligent Minds who name their warships things like *Frank Exchange Of Views*.”
from the catalogue description

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FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots, set in far future.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Foundation →

Paratime PoliceSeries

seriesJohn F. Carr, H. Beam Piper, Roland J. Green, Eric Fisher & Wolfgang Diehr33 books1948

Science fiction and alternate history, adventurous in tone.

“The protagonists of the stories are the Paratime Police, the organization that protects the secret of paratime travel.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with He Walked Around the Horses →

Childe CycleSeries

seriesGordon R. Dickson & David W. Wixon19 books1957

Military science fiction, set in far future and other star systems.

“The related short stories and novellas all center on the Dorsai, primarily members of the Graeme and Morgan families.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Act of Creation →

Why these

No sales rank, no star ratings, no readers also bought.

Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

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What should I read after Alternate Anthologies?: Worldwar Universe — the closest match to Alternate Anthologies on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Alternate Anthologies?: Alternate Kennedys. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Alternate Anthologies.
How big is Alternate Anthologies?: Alternate Anthologies is 9 books, 1992–1997.

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