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Books like Amorphs Universe: 9 series to read next

Amorphs Universe is science fiction, set in other star systems and far future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Amorphs Universe is 6 books, 1972–1976.

“The planet itself seemed not so pretty... the first impression of the indentured worker-colonists was that it was dull.”
from the catalogue description of Mirror Image

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Hainish
Ender's Game
Heechee
Known Space
Kefahuchi Tract Trilogy
Dune
Forerunner
Patternist
Riverworld

HainishSeries

seriesUrsula K. Le Guin33 books1964

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

“The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Rocannon's World →

Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

Science fiction, set in far future.

“To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”
from the catalogue description

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HeecheeSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl19 books1972

Space opera, about space exploration, set in space.

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

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Set in space.

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

Reading order →

Kefahuchi Tract TrilogySeries

seriesM. John Harrison3 books2002

Space opera, challenging in tone, set in space.

“M. John Harrison's Kefahuchi Tract trilogy circles a strange, physics-breaking anomaly in deep space that draws scientists, smugglers, and drifters into its pull across different eras.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Light →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, about political intrigue.

“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 →

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 →

PatternistSeries

seriesOctavia E. Butler6 books1976

About genetic engineering.

“The Patternist series is a group of science fiction novels by Octavia E. Butler that detail a secret history continuing from the Ancient Egyptian period to the far future that involves telepathic mind control and an extraterrestrial plague.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Wild Seed →

RiverworldSeries

seriesPhilip José Farmer, John Gregory Betancourt, Robert Weinberg, Allen Steele, Barry N. Malzberg, Brad Strickland, David Bischoff, Dean Wesley Smith, Ed Gorman, Esther M. Friesner, Harry Turtledove, Jerry Oltion, Jody Lynn Nye, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Mike Resnick, Owl Goingback, Phillip C. Jennings, Rick Wilber, Robert Sampson & Robert Sheckley37 books1965

About faith and religion.

“The Riverworld is an artificial, or heavily terraformed, planet where all humans who ever lived throughout history have been resurrected.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with River of Eternity →

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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Amorphs Universe?: Hainish — the closest match to Amorphs Universe on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Amorphs Universe?: Mirror Image. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Amorphs Universe.
How big is Amorphs Universe?: Amorphs Universe is 6 books, 1972–1976.
Is Amorphs Universe finished?: Yes — 6 books, 1972–1976.

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