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Books like Asimov's Complete Stories: 9 series to read next

Asimov's Complete Stories is science fiction, set in far future and space. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Asimov's Complete Stories is 9 books, 1954–2024.

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Known Space
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame
Ender's Game
Heechee
A Meeting with Medusa
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
Uplift
CoDominium
Thistledown

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Science fiction, about aliens, set in far future and 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

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The Science Fiction Hall of FameSeries

seriesBen Bova, Algis Budrys, Arthur C. Clarke, Geo. W. Proctor, H. G. Wells, Robert Silverberg, Terry Carr & Theodore R. Cogswell11 books1895

Science fiction.

“The greatest science fiction stories of all time chosen by the members of the Science Fiction Writers of America.”
from the catalogue description of The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One

Start with The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One →

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.

“The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Gateway →

A Meeting with MedusaSeries

seriesAlastair Reynolds, Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter2 books1971

Challenging in tone, about immortality, set in outer planets & moons.

“Arthur C. Clarke's A Meeting with Medusa follows an astronaut, badly injured in an earlier disaster, on a solo balloon expedition into Jupiter's atmosphere, where he encounters vast floating lifeforms unlike anything previously catalogued.”
from the catalogue description

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The Collected Stories of Arthur C. ClarkeSeries

seriesArthur C. Clarke10 books2000

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

“Furthermore, many of the stories have a short introduction about their publication history or literary nature.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke →

UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

Space opera, about uplift.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
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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ThistledownSeries

seriesGreg Bear5 books1978

Science fiction and hard science fiction, about space exploration, set in far future and space.

Start with The Wind from a Burning Woman →

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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 Asimov's Complete Stories?: Known Space — the closest match to Asimov's Complete Stories on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Asimov's Complete Stories?: Asimov's Complete Stories is 9 books, 1954–2024.
Is Asimov's Complete Stories finished?: Yes — 9 books, 1954–2024.

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