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Books like Ecolitan Matter: 9 series to read next

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

Ecolitan Matter is 4 books, 1986–1997.

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Dune
Foundation
CoDominium
Commonwealth
Honorverse
The Culture
Sten
Familias Regnant
Ender's Game

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Science fiction and space opera, about political intrigue, set in far future and 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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FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
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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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.”
from the catalogue description

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HonorverseUniverse

universe83 books1993

Military science fiction.

“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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The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

About artificial intelligence.

“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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StenSeries

seriesAllan Cole & Chris Bunch11 books1982

Military science fiction.

“The Sten Chronicles, also called The Sten Adventures, are a series of eight military science fiction and space opera novels by Chris Bunch and Allan Cole published from 1982 to 1993.”
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Familias RegnantUniverse

universe7 books1993

Science fiction and space opera, tense in tone, about political intrigue and war, set in far future and other star systems.

“A cashiered officer takes the only berth left to her — captain of a rich old woman's pleasure yacht — and finds that private luxury, in the Familias Regnant, is never far from treason, piracy, and a war the Fleet would rather not name.”
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.”
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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 Ecolitan Matter?: Dune — the closest match to Ecolitan Matter on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Ecolitan Matter?: The Ecolitan Operation. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Ecolitan Matter.
How big is Ecolitan Matter?: Ecolitan Matter is 4 books, 1986–1997.

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