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Books like Bradley Reynolds: 9 series to read next

Bradley Reynolds is science fiction, about space exploration, set in space and far future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Bradley Reynolds is 5 books, 1974–1980.

“Together the two form a compact 1970s hard-SF sequence built around one recurring protagonist rather than a long series.”
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Hainish
A Meeting with Medusa
Ender's Game
Last Men
The Quintaglio Ascension
Dune
Thistledown
Against the Fall of Night
Known Space

HainishSeries

seriesUrsula K. Le Guin33 books1964

Science fiction, reflective in tone, set in far future and other star systems.

“The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.”
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Start with Rocannon's World →

A Meeting with MedusaSeries

seriesAlastair Reynolds, Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter2 books1971

Hard science fiction, about immortality.

“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.”
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Start with A Meeting with Medusa →

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.”
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Last MenUniverse

universe21 books1930

Science fiction, reflective and challenging in tone, set in far future.

“Two billion years of human history, narrated at the speed of a geologist.”
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The Quintaglio AscensionSeries

seriesRobert J. Sawyer3 books1992

Science fiction, about aliens, set in far future and other star systems.

“Young Afsan is privileged, called to the distant Capital City to apprentice with Saleed the court astrologer.”
from the catalogue description of Far-Seer
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Start with Far-Seer →

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 →

ThistledownSeries

seriesGreg Bear5 books1978

Hard science fiction.

Start with The Wind from a Burning Woman →

Against the Fall of NightSeries

seriesArthur C. Clarke & Gregory Benford2 books1953

Science fiction, reflective in tone, about space exploration, set in far future and other star systems.

“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 →

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.”
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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 Bradley Reynolds?: Hainish — the closest match to Bradley Reynolds on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Bradley Reynolds?: If the Stars Are Gods. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Bradley Reynolds.
How big is Bradley Reynolds?: Bradley Reynolds is 5 books, 1974–1980.

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