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Books like Fantastic Voyage: 9 series to read next

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

Fantastic Voyage is 2 books, 1966–1987.

“Asimov returned to the same premise of medical miniaturization in the unrelated 1987 novel Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain, which follows a different cast and plot rather than continuing the first book's story.”
from the catalogue description

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Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
Dr. Patrick Cory
The Triffids
Ready Player One
Patternist
Richard Forthrast
NASA Trilogy
Dune
Greg Mandel

Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

seriesPhilip K. Dick9 books1962

Set in near future.

“Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”
from the catalogue description of The Man in the High Castle

Start with The Man in the High Castle →

Dr. Patrick CorySeries

seriesCurt Siodmak3 books1942

Science fiction, set in our world.

“Curt Siodmak revisited the same premise and character in Hauser's Memory, where Cory absorbs a dying spy's memories through an experimental serum, with consequences of his own.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Donovan's Brain →

The TriffidsSeries

seriesJohn Whitbourn, John Wyndham & Simon Clark3 books1951

Post-apocalyptic, dark in tone, set in british isles.

“Together the three novels form a loose post-apocalyptic trilogy built on Wyndham's original premise rather than a tightly plotted single story.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Day of the Triffids →

Ready Player OneSeries

seriesErnest Cline & Andy Weir3 books2011

About virtual reality and quests, set in virtual world and near future.

“The 2020 sequel, Ready Player Two, picks up after Wade has gained control of the OASIS and follows him and his friends into a new quest built around a brain-computer interface the creator left behind.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Ready Player One →

PatternistSeries

seriesOctavia E. Butler6 books1976

Dark in tone, about genetic engineering.

“The Patternist series is a group of science fiction novels by Octavia E. Butler that detail a secret history continuing from the Ancient Egyptian period to the far future that involves telepathic mind control and an extraterrestrial plague.”
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Start with Wild Seed →

Richard ForthrastSeries

seriesNeal Stephenson2 books2011

About virtual reality, set in virtual world.

“The sequel Fall; or, Dodge in Hell shifts registers entirely, following Richard's digitally preserved mind after death into an afterlife simulation built from his scanned brain.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Reamde →

NASA TrilogySeries

seriesStephen Baxter4 books1996

Hard science fiction and alternate history, about space exploration.

Start with Voyage →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

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

Start with Dune →

Greg MandelSeries

seriesPeter F. Hamilton5 books1993

Mystery & detective, set in near future and british isles.

“Greg Mandel is a former special-forces soldier with a psychic 'gland' implant for reading emotions, working as a private investigator in a near-future Britain recovering from an authoritarian climate-crisis government.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Mindstar Rising →

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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Fantastic Voyage?: Library of America P. K. Dick Collection — the closest match to Fantastic Voyage on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Fantastic Voyage?: Fantastic Voyage. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Fantastic Voyage.
How big is Fantastic Voyage?: Fantastic Voyage is 2 books, 1966–1987.
Is Fantastic Voyage finished?: Yes — 2 books, 1966–1987.

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