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Books like Emortality: 9 series to read next

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

Emortality is 8 books, 1995–2002.

“World War Three, the biotech war, is on the horizon and the world as we know it is going to end.”
from the catalogue description of The Cassandra Complex

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Hainish
Dune
Future History
Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)
Last Men
A Meeting with Medusa
Ender's Game
Foundation
The Culture

HainishSeries

seriesUrsula K. Le Guin33 books1964

Science fiction, reflective in tone, set in far future and other star systems.

“The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Rocannon's World →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera.

“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 →

Future HistorySeries

seriesRobert A. Heinlein42 books1939

Science fiction.

“The term Future History was coined by John W. Campbell Jr. in the February 1941 issue of Astounding Science Fiction.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Life-Line →

Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)Series

seriesKim Stanley Robinson36 books1982

About terraforming, set in mars.

“Ultimately more utopian than dystopian, the story focuses on egalitarian, sociological, and scientific advances made on Mars, while Earth suffers from overpopulation and ecological disaster.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Red Mars →

Last MenUniverse

universe21 books1930

Science fiction, reflective and challenging in tone, set in far future.

“Two billion years of human history, narrated at the speed of a geologist.”
from the catalogue description

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A Meeting with MedusaSeries

seriesAlastair Reynolds, Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter2 books1971

About aliens.

“Arthur C. Clarke's A Meeting with Medusa follows an astronaut, badly injured in an earlier disaster, on a solo balloon expedition into Jupiter's atmosphere, where he encounters vast floating lifeforms unlike anything previously catalogued.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Meeting with Medusa →

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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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

Start with Foundation →

The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

Space opera, about artificial intelligence, 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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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 Emortality?: Hainish — the closest match to Emortality on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Emortality?: The Cassandra Complex. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Emortality.
How big is Emortality?: Emortality is 8 books, 1995–2002.
Is Emortality finished?: Yes — 8 books, 1995–2002.

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