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Books like Buonarotti Transit: 9 series to read next

Buonarotti Transit 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.

Buonarotti Transit is 9 books, 2005–2011.

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Hainish
Ender's Game
The Culture
Dune
Known Space
CoDominium
Foundation
Radchaai
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought

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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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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The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

About artificial intelligence, set in galactic scale.

“No money, no laws, no hunger, no death you didn't choose; a galaxy-spanning anarchy of humans and drones administered, gently and with enormous irony, by superintelligent Minds who name their warships things like *Frank Exchange Of Views*.”
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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Science fiction and space opera, about political intrigue, set in far future and other star systems.

“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

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Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

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

“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
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FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Foundation →

RadchaaiUniverse

universe11 books2012

Science fiction and space opera, about identity and political intrigue, set in far future and other star systems.

“Civilization is what the Radch calls itself, and civilization is a courtesy extended at gunpoint.”
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Heaven Chronicles / Zones of ThoughtSeries

seriesJoan D. Vinge & Vernor Vinge8 books1976

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and space.

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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 Buonarotti Transit?: Hainish — the closest match to Buonarotti Transit on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Buonarotti Transit?: The Fulcrum. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Buonarotti Transit.
How big is Buonarotti Transit?: Buonarotti Transit is 9 books, 2005–2011.

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