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Books like Emancipator: 9 series to read next

Emancipator is 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.

Emancipator is 3 books, 1991–1992.

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Janissaries
Catteni Sequence
Honorverse
Foundation
CoDominium
Known Space
Old Man's War
Sten
Uplift

JanissariesSeries

seriesJerry Pournelle, Roland J. Green, David Weber & Phillip Pournelle4 books1979

Military science fiction, about war and political intrigue.

“Janissaries are an American series of military and political-based science fiction novels are set in an interstellar confederation of races, in which humans are a slave race entrusted with military affairs and law enforcement.”
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Catteni SequenceSeries

seriesAnne McCaffrey5 books1970

About aliens.

“The Catteni series is a tetralogy of science fiction novels by American writer Anne McCaffrey.”
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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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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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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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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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StenSeries

seriesAllan Cole & Chris Bunch11 books1982

Military science fiction, about war and political intrigue.

“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.”
from the catalogue description
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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift and aliens.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
from the catalogue description

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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 Emancipator?: Janissaries — the closest match to Emancipator on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Emancipator?: The Pharaoh Contract. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Emancipator.
How big is Emancipator?: Emancipator is 3 books, 1991–1992.

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