Series
Books like Big Planet: 9 series to read next
Big Planet is science fiction, about survival, set in other star systems and far future, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.
Big Planet is 2 books, 1952–1975.
“Jack Vance's 1957 novel — an early landmark of the fully realized planetary-romance setting — got a single sequel decades later, Showboat World, revisiting the same world without continuing Glystra's story.”
from the catalogue description
- Humanx Commonwealth
- Catteni Sequence
- Known Space
- Deathworld
- Of Man and Manta
- The Stainless Steel Rat
- Empire of Man
- Mesklin
- Pax / Astra
- Humanx CommonwealthUniverse
universe39 books1972
About aliens, set in space.
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- Catteni SequenceSeries
seriesAnne McCaffrey5 books1970
About aliens.
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- Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
About aliens, set in space.
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- DeathworldSeries
seriesHarry Harrison4 books1960
About space colonization.
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- Of Man and MantaSeries
seriesPiers Anthony3 books1968
About aliens.
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- The Stainless Steel RatSeries
seriesHarry Harrison21 books1957
About con artists, set in space.
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- Empire of ManSeries
seriesDavid Weber & John Ringo4 books2001
Military science fiction, tense in tone, about war.
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- MesklinSeries
seriesHal Clement6 books1954
Hard science fiction, about aliens and space exploration.
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- Pax / AstraSeries
seriesAndre Norton2 books1954
Tense in tone.
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Read next in Big Planet
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 Big Planet?
- Humanx Commonwealth — the closest match to Big Planet on what it is about, not on what sells.
- Where do I start with Big Planet?
- Big Planet. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Big Planet.
- How big is Big Planet?
- Big Planet is 2 books, 1952–1975.
- Is Big Planet finished?
- Yes — 2 books, 1952–1975.