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Books like Anthropological Service: 9 series to read next

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

Anthropological Service is 7 books, 1970–2021.

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Ender's Game
Cytoverse
Old Man's War
Known Space
Hainish
CoDominium
Lunar Chronicles
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought
Forever War

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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CytoverseUniverse

universe10 books2008

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

“Detritus is a dead world buried under the wreckage of a hundred fallen starships, and the humans caverned beneath it live by one hard truth: to survive, you climb into a cockpit and you fight.”
from the catalogue description

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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Military science fiction, about war.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Old Man's War →

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

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

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

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HainishSeries

seriesUrsula K. Le Guin33 books1964

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

“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 →

CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
from the catalogue description

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Lunar ChroniclesSeries

seriesMarissa Meyer15 books2011

Fairy tale retelling.

“Set in a futuristic world inhabited by various species and creatures, tensions are rising between Earth and its former colony Luna, while both attempt to manage an ongoing pandemic.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Fairest: Levana's Story →

Heaven Chronicles / Zones of ThoughtSeries

seriesJoan D. Vinge & Vernor Vinge8 books1976

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and space.

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Forever WarSeries

seriesJoe Haldeman10 books1972

Military science fiction.

Start with The Forever War →

Why these

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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 Anthropological Service?: Ender's Game — the closest match to Anthropological Service on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Anthropological Service?: Anthropological Service is 7 books, 1970–2021.

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