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Books like Antigravel: 9 series to read next

Antigravel is science fiction and space opera, set in space. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Antigravel is 20 books, 2015–2020.

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Known Space
CoDominium
Uplift
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Heechee
Humanx Commonwealth
Gaean
The Crimson Deathbringer
Cities in Flight

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Science fiction, about aliens, set in space and far future.

“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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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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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
from the catalogue description

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyUniverse

universe18 books1979

Humor.

“The Earth is scheduled for demolition to make way for a hyperspace bypass, and honestly, nobody filed the paperwork properly.”
from the catalogue description

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HeecheeSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl19 books1972

Science fiction and space opera, about space exploration and aliens, set in space and far future.

“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 →

Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

Science fiction, adventurous in tone, about aliens, set in far future and space.

“Two species that ought, by every buried instinct, to recoil from one another instead clasp hand to truhand and build a galaxy together.”
from the catalogue description

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GaeanSeries

seriesJohn Varley3 books1979

Set in outer planets & moons.

“The Gaea Trilogy consists of three science fiction novels by John Varley.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Titan →

The Crimson DeathbringerSeries

seriesSean Robins1 book2019

Military science fiction, about war.

“Soon after, their lives are set on a crash course with a galactic war that threatens the very existence of the human race.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Crimson Deathbringer →

Cities in FlightSeries

seriesJames Blish10 books1950

About space colonization.

“The stories cover roughly two thousand years, from the very near future to the end of the universe.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with They Shall Have Stars →

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 Antigravel?: Known Space — the closest match to Antigravel on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Antigravel?: A Thousand Eves. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Antigravel.
How big is Antigravel?: Antigravel is 20 books, 2015–2020.

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