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Books like Change War: 9 series to read next

Change War is science fiction and time travel. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Change War is 16 books, 1958–2012.

“Leiber followed it with a string of shorter Change War stories, later gathered into collections such as Changewar, exploring other soldiers and other flashpoints in the same endless, mutable conflict.”
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Ender's Game
Known Space
Forever War
Childe Cycle
CoDominium
Old Man's War
The Culture
Dune
Alliance-Union

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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Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

About aliens, set in 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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Forever WarSeries

seriesJoe Haldeman10 books1972

Military science fiction.

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Childe CycleSeries

seriesGordon R. Dickson & David W. Wixon19 books1957

Military science fiction, set in other star systems.

“The related short stories and novellas all center on the Dorsai, primarily members of the Graeme and Morgan families.”
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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction, set in other star systems.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Military science fiction and space opera, adventurous in tone, set in other star systems.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
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The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

Space opera, 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

Space opera, set in 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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Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

Science fiction, set in far future.

“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
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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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Change War?: Ender's Game — the closest match to Change War on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Change War?: The Big Time. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Change War.
How big is Change War?: Change War is 16 books, 1958–2012.
Is Change War finished?: Yes — 16 books, 1958–2012.

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