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Books like Dangerous Visions: 9 series to read next

Dangerous Visions is science fiction. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Dangerous Visions is 7 books, 1967–2024.

“The three books form a loosely connected set of era-defining anthologies spanning nearly six decades rather than a continuous story.”
from the catalogue description

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The Science Fiction Hall of Fame
Dune
The Culture
The Hugo Winners
Ender's Game
Xeelee
Alliance-Union
Forever War
Blindsight / Firefall

The Science Fiction Hall of FameSeries

seriesBen Bova, Algis Budrys, Arthur C. Clarke, Geo. W. Proctor, H. G. Wells, Robert Silverberg, Terry Carr & Theodore R. Cogswell11 books1895

Science fiction.

“The greatest science fiction stories of all time chosen by the members of the Science Fiction Writers of America.”
from the catalogue description of The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One

Start with The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

About political intrigue.

“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

Start with Dune →

The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

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*.”
from the catalogue description

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The Hugo WinnersSeries

seriesIsaac Asimov, Jack Vance & Spider Robinson15 books1962

Science fiction, about aliens, set in far future.

“Each volume was edited by American writer Isaac Asimov, who wrote the introduction and a short essay about each author featured in the book.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The Hugo Winners →

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.”
from the catalogue description

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XeeleeSeries

seriesStephen Baxter & uncredited89 books1987

Hard science fiction.

“The Xeelee are described as symbiotic entities composed of spacetime defects, Bose–Einstein condensates, and baryonic matter.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Raft →

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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Forever WarSeries

seriesJoe Haldeman10 books1972

Military science fiction.

Start with The Forever War →

Blindsight / FirefallSeries

seriesPeter Watts3 books2006

Hard science fiction and first contact, tense in tone.

Start with Blindsight →

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 Dangerous Visions?: The Science Fiction Hall of Fame — the closest match to Dangerous Visions on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Dangerous Visions?: Dangerous Visions. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Dangerous Visions.
How big is Dangerous Visions?: Dangerous Visions is 7 books, 1967–2024.
Is Dangerous Visions finished?: Yes — 7 books, 1967–2024.

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