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Books like Dark Space Universe: 9 series to read next

Dark Space Universe is space opera and 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.

Dark Space Universe is 3 books, from 2017.

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Dune
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought
Alliance-Union
Honorverse
Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)
Vatta
Ender's Game
Known Space
Fifth Imperium

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

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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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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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HonorverseUniverse

universe83 books1993

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and other star systems.

“At the center stands one officer, Honor Harrington — captain, then something far larger — and the six-limbed empathic treecat who rides her shoulder.”
from the catalogue description

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Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)Series

seriesFred Saberhagen, Connie Willis, Edward Bryant, Jane Lindskold, Larry Niven, Poul Anderson, Roger Zelazny & Stephen R. Donaldson59 books1963

About robots and artificial intelligence.

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VattaUniverse

universe10 books2003

Space opera and science fiction, tense and adventurous in tone, set in far future and space.

“Get kicked out of the Academy and the family still hands you a ship.”
from the catalogue description

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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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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.”
from the catalogue description

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Fifth ImperiumSeries

seriesDavid Weber3 books1991

About artificial intelligence and aliens.

“The three novels were later collected as the omnibus Empire from the Ashes.”
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 Dark Space Universe?: Dune — the closest match to Dark Space Universe on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Dark Space Universe?: Dark Space Universe. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Dark Space Universe.
How big is Dark Space Universe?: Dark Space Universe is 3 books, from 2017.

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