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Books like Azlaroc: 9 series to read next

Azlaroc 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.

Azlaroc is 3 books, 1976–1978.

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Dune
Known Space
Hainish
CoDominium
Heechee
Cities in Flight
Against the Fall of Night
Uplift
Ender's Game

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 →

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

About aliens, 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

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HainishSeries

seriesUrsula K. Le Guin33 books1964

Reflective in tone.

“The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

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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HeecheeSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl19 books1972

Space opera, about aliens, 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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Gateway →

Cities in FlightSeries

seriesJames Blish10 books1950

Space opera, about space colonization, set in space.

“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 →

Against the Fall of NightSeries

seriesArthur C. Clarke & Gregory Benford2 books1953

Reflective in tone.

“Against the Fall of Night is Arthur C. Clarke's 1953 novel of a stagnant, climate-controlled city called Diaspar a billion years in Earth's future, where a young man named Alvin becomes the first in living memory to want to leave it.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Against the Fall of Night →

UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

Space opera, about uplift and aliens, set in space.

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

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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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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 Azlaroc?: Dune — the closest match to Azlaroc on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Azlaroc?: Beneath the Hills of Azlaroc. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Azlaroc.
How big is Azlaroc?: Azlaroc is 3 books, 1976–1978.
Is Azlaroc finished?: Yes — 3 books, 1976–1978.

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