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Books like Cavor: 9 series to read next

Cavor is science fiction, about space exploration and aliens, set in the moon, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Cavor is 2 books, 1901–1995.

“H. G. Wells's 1901 novel The First Men in the Moon is narrated by the businessman Bedford, who joins the reclusive scientist Cavor after Cavor invents cavorite, a gravity-blocking substance that carries the two men to the Moon.”
from the catalogue description

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Known Space
Heechee
Academy / Priscilla (Hutch) Hutchins
Mesklin
Humanx Commonwealth
Space Beagle
Gaean
Dragon's Egg
Rama

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

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.”
from the catalogue description

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HeecheeSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl19 books1972

Space opera, set in far future and space.

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

Academy / Priscilla (Hutch) HutchinsSeries

seriesJack McDevitt16 books1983

Set in far future and space.

“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 →

MesklinSeries

seriesHal Clement6 books1954

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

“The idea came from an object that was at the time believed to exist in the 61 Cygni system, and which might represent an extrasolar planet.”
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Start with Mission of Gravity →

Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

Set in far future and other star systems.

“Two species that ought, by every buried instinct, to recoil from one another instead clasp hand to truhand and build a galaxy together.”
from the catalogue description

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Space BeagleSeries

seriesA. E. van Vogt5 books1939

Tense in tone, set in far future and spaceship.

Start with Black Destroyer →

GaeanSeries

seriesJohn Varley3 books1979

Space opera, set in outer planets & moons and space.

“The Gaea Trilogy consists of three science fiction novels by John Varley.”
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Start with Titan →

Dragon's EggSeries

seriesRobert L. Forward3 books1980

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

Start with Dragon's Egg →

RamaUniverse

universe7 books1973

Set in space and 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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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 Cavor?: Known Space — the closest match to Cavor on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Cavor?: The First Men in the Moon. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Cavor.
How big is Cavor?: Cavor is 2 books, 1901–1995.

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