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Books like Brave New World excerpts: 9 series to read next

Brave New World excerpts is science fiction and dystopia. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Brave New World excerpts is 6 books, 1932–2011.

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Brave New World
Space Merchants
A Clockwork Orange
Urban Monad
The Pure Trilogy
Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
To the Stars (Harrison)
Julian West
Native Tongue

Brave New WorldSeries

seriesAldous Huxley & H. A. Cartledge8 books1932

Set in otherworld.

“Some editions pair the novel with Huxley's own 1958 nonfiction essay collection, Brave New World Revisited, which reassesses the book's ideas rather than continuing its story.”
from the catalogue description

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Space MerchantsSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth2 books1953

Set in near future and venus & inner planets.

“Together the two books form a compact bookend pair rather than an ongoing series.”
from the catalogue description

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A Clockwork OrangeSeries

seriesAnthony Burgess4 books1962

About surveillance, set in near future and big city.

“After his crimes catch up with him, Alex is made the subject of a controversial state program meant to forcibly reform his behavior, and the novel uses his ordeal to question whether imposed goodness is worth the loss of free will.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Clockwork Orange →

Urban MonadSeries

seriesRobert Silverberg7 books1970

Science fiction and dystopia, set in far future.

“Moving between residents of one tower, the linked stories examine a tightly regulated, sexually permissive society engineered to cope with constant population growth, and the discontent that surfaces underneath it.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Happy Day in 2381 →

The Pure TrilogySeries

seriesJulianna Baggott3 books2012

Tense in tone.

Start with Pure →

Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

seriesPhilip K. Dick9 books1962

Set in near future.

“Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”
from the catalogue description of The Man in the High Castle

Start with The Man in the High Castle →

To the Stars (Harrison)Series

seriesHarry Harrison3 books1980

Tense in tone, about rebellion and revolution, set in other star systems.

“One of the elite stumbles onto the knowledge that news and opinions are being carefully managed to whitewash the situation, which leads him to throw his lot in with those who oppose it.”
from the catalogue description of Homeworld
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Start with Homeworld →

Julian WestSeries

seriesEdward Bellamy, Mack Reynolds, Donald McMartin, L. A. Geissler & Richard Michaelis7 books1888

Set in north america.

“Together the two novels were highly influential on turn-of-the-century utopian and socialist thought.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Looking Backward, 2000-1887 →

Native TongueSeries

seriesSuzette Haden Elgin3 books1984

About gender and society and rebellion and revolution, set in near future.

“The trilogy follows the spread of Láadan among the oppressed women of the linguist households as an act of quiet resistance against the patriarchal order around them.”
from the catalogue description

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Why these

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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 Brave New World excerpts?: Brave New World — the closest match to Brave New World excerpts on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Brave New World excerpts?: From Brave New World. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Brave New World excerpts.
How big is Brave New World excerpts?: Brave New World excerpts is 6 books, 1932–2011.
Is Brave New World excerpts finished?: Yes — 6 books, 1932–2011.

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