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Books like Earth Dawning: 9 series to read next

Earth Dawning is science fiction, set in space. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Earth Dawning is 3 books, 2017–2018.

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Known Space
CoDominium
Ender's Game
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought
Uplift
Thistledown
Alliance-Union
Commonwealth
The Lost Fleet

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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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

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

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
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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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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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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift and aliens.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
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ThistledownSeries

seriesGreg Bear5 books1978

Hard science fiction.

Start with The Wind from a Burning Woman →

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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CommonwealthUniverse

universe12 books2002

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future.

“Step aboard the train at the Second Chance terminal and ride the wormhole to another star.”
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The Lost FleetUniverse

universe27 books2006

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

“A war a hundred years old has forgotten how to fight it.”
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.

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What should I read after Earth Dawning?: Known Space — the closest match to Earth Dawning on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Earth Dawning?: Mercury's Bane. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Earth Dawning.
How big is Earth Dawning?: Earth Dawning is 3 books, 2017–2018.

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