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Books like Far Future History: 9 series to read next

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

Far Future History is 4 books, 1982–2003.

“Santiago: A Myth of the Far Future anchors the sequence, building its own outlaw legend the way frontier folklore mythologized gunslingers.”
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Known Space
Foundation
Humanx Commonwealth
Heechee
Uplift
Cities in Flight
Old Man's War
Commonwealth
Well World

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Science fiction, about aliens, set in far future and other star systems.

“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
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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.”
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Start with Foundation →

Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

Science fiction, adventurous in tone, about aliens, set in far future and other star systems.

“Two species that ought, by every buried instinct, to recoil from one another instead clasp hand to truhand and build a galaxy together.”
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HeecheeSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl19 books1972

Science fiction and space opera, about aliens and space exploration, set in far future and other star systems.

“The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”
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Start with Gateway →

UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
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Cities in FlightSeries

seriesJames Blish10 books1950

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

“The stories cover roughly two thousand years, from the very near future to the end of the universe.”
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Start with They Shall Have Stars →

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.”
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Start with Old Man's War →

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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Well WorldSeries

seriesJack L. Chalker & David Boop11 books1977

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and other star systems.

Start with Permutations: A Well World Anthology →

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 Far Future History?: Known Space — the closest match to Far Future History on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Far Future History?: Santiago: A Myth of the Far Future. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Far Future History.
How big is Far Future History?: Far Future History is 4 books, 1982–2003.
Is Far Future History finished?: Yes — 4 books, 1982–2003.

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