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Books like Chilling Effect: 9 series to read next

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

Chilling Effect is 3 books, 2019–2022.

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The Stainless Steel Rat
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Known Space
CoDominium
Space Beagle
Retief
Alliance-Union
Old Man's War
Uplift

The Stainless Steel RatSeries

seriesHarry Harrison21 books1957

About con artists.

“An adolescent boy on a dull planet resolves to live by his wits outside the law, and enacts a plan which leads to risk and reward.”
from the catalogue description of A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born
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Start with A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born →

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyUniverse

universe18 books1979

Humor.

“The Earth is scheduled for demolition to make way for a hyperspace bypass, and honestly, nobody filed the paperwork properly.”
from the catalogue description

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Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Science fiction, about aliens, 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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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
from the catalogue description

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Space BeagleSeries

seriesA. E. van Vogt5 books1939

Tense in tone, about space exploration.

Start with Black Destroyer →

RetiefSeries

seriesKeith Laumer, William H. Keith & Jr.61 books1960

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

“Retief follows Jame Retief, a wry, capable diplomat in the Terran Corps Diplomatique who solves interstellar crises through unorthodox action while his blustering, status-obsessed superiors busy themselves with protocol.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Envoy to New Worlds →

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.”
from the catalogue description

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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Military science fiction, about war.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
from the catalogue description
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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
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 Chilling Effect?: The Stainless Steel Rat — the closest match to Chilling Effect on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Chilling Effect?: Chilling Effect. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Chilling Effect.
How big is Chilling Effect?: Chilling Effect is 3 books, 2019–2022.

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