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Books like Captain Arlon Stoddard Adventures: 9 series to read next

Captain Arlon Stoddard Adventures is science fiction, set in far future and space. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Captain Arlon Stoddard Adventures is 8 books, 2017–2026.

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Known Space
Thistledown
Heechee
Rama
Humanx Commonwealth
CoDominium
Academy / Priscilla (Hutch) Hutchins
Uplift
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

About aliens.

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

seriesGreg Bear5 books1978

Hard science fiction.

Start with The Wind from a Burning Woman →

HeecheeSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl19 books1972

About aliens.

“The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”
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RamaUniverse

universe7 books1973

About aliens.

“Something is falling through the solar system on a hyperbolic orbit, and it is not a comet.”
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Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

About aliens.

“Two species that ought, by every buried instinct, to recoil from one another instead clasp hand to truhand and build a galaxy together.”
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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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Academy / Priscilla (Hutch) HutchinsSeries

seriesJack McDevitt16 books1983

About aliens.

“Beginning with The Engines of God, the series treats deep time and the near-total absence of intelligent alien life as its central mystery, favoring slow-burn discovery over action.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Engines of God →

UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift and aliens.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
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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 Captain Arlon Stoddard Adventures?: Known Space — the closest match to Captain Arlon Stoddard Adventures on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Captain Arlon Stoddard Adventures?: Asteroid Jumpers. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Captain Arlon Stoddard Adventures.
How big is Captain Arlon Stoddard Adventures?: Captain Arlon Stoddard Adventures is 8 books, 2017–2026.

Books like Captain Arlon Stoddard Adventures: 9 series to read next

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