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Books like Full Spectrum: 9 series to read next

Full Spectrum is 11 books, 1988–1995.

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Alliance-Union
The Culture
New Crobuzon
The Locked Tomb
Gormenghast
Ender's Game
The Collected Science Fiction and Fantasy of Jack London
Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
Cluster

universe173 books1976

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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The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

Space opera, about artificial intelligence, set in far future and 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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New CrobuzonSeries

seriesChina Miéville4 books2000

Weird fiction.

“The New Crobuzon books are three standalone novels by China Miéville set in and around New Crobuzon, a vast, corrupt industrial city in his invented world of Bas-Lag where magic, biopunk technology, and several sentient species coexist.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Perdido Street Station →

The Locked TombSeries

seriesTamsyn Muir6 books2019

Science fantasy, about undead, set in other star systems and far future.

“Tamsyn Muir's Gideon the Ninth follows Gideon Nav, an indentured swordswoman raised among nuns and skeletons in the Ninth House, who is drafted into a deadly imperial trial by Harrowhark, the necromancer she can't stand.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Gideon the Ninth →

GormenghastSeries

seriesMervyn Peake & Maeve Gilmore6 books1946

Gothic.

“Peake was writing a fourth novel, Titus Awakes, at the time of his death in 1968.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Titus Groan →

Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

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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The Collected Science Fiction and Fantasy of Jack LondonSeries

seriesJack London6 books1906

Set in our world and early 20th century.

Start with Before Adam & Other Stories →

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 →

ClusterSeries

seriesPiers Anthony9 books1977

Set in other star systems and far future.

“Anthony originally conceived of and wrote the series as a trilogy but later added two additional volumes.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Cluster →

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What should I read after Full Spectrum?: Alliance-Union — the closest match to Full Spectrum on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Full Spectrum?: Full Spectrum. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Full Spectrum.
How big is Full Spectrum?: Full Spectrum is 11 books, 1988–1995.

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