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Books like Blindsight / Firefall: 9 series to read next

Blindsight / Firefall is science fiction and hard science fiction, about artificial intelligence, set in space, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Blindsight / Firefall is 3 books, 2006–2014.

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Forge of God
Ocean / Galactic Center
Thistledown
CoDominium
Rama
Dragon's Egg
Xenogenesis / Lilith's Brood
三体系列 / Santi / Remembrance of Earth's Past
Ender's Game

Forge of GodSeries

seriesGreg Bear2 books1987

Science fiction, tense and dark in tone, about aliens and survival.

“Earth faces destruction when an inscrutable and overwhelming alien form of life attacks.”
from the catalogue description of The Forge of God

Start with The Forge of God →

Ocean / Galactic CenterSeries

seriesGregory Benford12 books1972

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

“For some time now, Earth has been heavily influenced by the aliens, who have conquered the oceans, sinking a lot of the ships, making that kind of transportation of goods impossible.”
from the catalogue description of Swarmer, Skimmer
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Start with Swarmer, Skimmer →

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 →

CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

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

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

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RamaUniverse

universe7 books1973

Set in spaceship.

“Something is falling through the solar system on a hyperbolic orbit, and it is not a comet.”
from the catalogue description

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Dragon's EggSeries

seriesRobert L. Forward3 books1980

Start with Dragon's Egg →

Xenogenesis / Lilith's BroodSeries

seriesOctavia E. Butler4 books1987

Science fiction and first contact, about aliens and genetic engineering, set in far future.

“aliens reproducing with humans. they are mixing genes with humans because humans have destroyed earth basically because nuclear war. because they are stupid. credit to katsoda26”
from the catalogue description of Dawn
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Start with Dawn →

三体系列 / Santi / Remembrance of Earth's PastSeries

seriesCixin Liu & Bao Shu4 books2006

Science fiction and hard science fiction, dark in tone, about aliens, set in far future and space.

Start with The Three-Body Problem →

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 Blindsight / Firefall?: Forge of God — the closest match to Blindsight / Firefall on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Blindsight / Firefall?: Blindsight. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Blindsight / Firefall.
How big is Blindsight / Firefall?: Blindsight / Firefall is 3 books, 2006–2014.

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