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Books like Forgotten Starship: 9 series to read next

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

Forgotten Starship is 5 books, from 2020.

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Alliance-Union
Dune
Space Beagle
Ender's Game
Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)
Known Space
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought
Uplift
Cities in Flight

Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

Science fiction, set in far future.

“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
from the catalogue description

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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

About political intrigue, set in 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 →

Space BeagleSeries

seriesA. E. van Vogt5 books1939

About aliens.

Start with Black Destroyer →

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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Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)Series

seriesFred Saberhagen, Connie Willis, Edward Bryant, Jane Lindskold, Larry Niven, Poul Anderson, Roger Zelazny & Stephen R. Donaldson59 books1963

About robots and artificial intelligence, set in other star systems.

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Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

About aliens, set in other star systems.

“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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Heaven Chronicles / Zones of ThoughtSeries

seriesJoan D. Vinge & Vernor Vinge8 books1976

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

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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift and aliens, set in other star systems.

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

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Cities in FlightSeries

seriesJames Blish10 books1950

About space colonization.

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

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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 Forgotten Starship?: Alliance-Union — the closest match to Forgotten Starship on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Forgotten Starship?: Exodus. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Forgotten Starship.
How big is Forgotten Starship?: Forgotten Starship is 5 books, from 2020.

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