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Books like George Hanlon: 9 series to read next

George Hanlon is science fiction, about psychic powers, set in far future and other star systems, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

George Hanlon is 2 books, 1953–1955.

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The Talents
Known Space
Humanx Commonwealth
Uplift
Old Man's War
Alliance-Union
Catteni Sequence
Heechee
Lensman

The TalentsUniverse

universe18 books1959

Science fiction, about psychic powers.

“Somewhere a Prime holds a Tower, gathers the gestalt of a generator's power, and flings a starship — or a single frightened child — across the light-years between worlds.”
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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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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.”
from the catalogue description

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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

Space opera, about uplift.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Military science fiction and space opera, about war.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
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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.”
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Catteni SequenceSeries

seriesAnne McCaffrey5 books1970

Space opera, about slavery.

“The Catteni series is a tetralogy of science fiction novels by American writer Anne McCaffrey.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Freedom's Landing →

HeecheeSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl19 books1972

Space opera, about space exploration.

“The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Gateway →

LensmanUniverse

universe19 books1934

Space opera, set in galactic scale.

“Before the genre had a name, there was the Lens: a jewel of living force forged by the sages of Arisia, keyed to a single mind and worn only by the incorruptible few chosen to guard a galaxy.”
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 George Hanlon?: The Talents — the closest match to George Hanlon on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with George Hanlon?: Man of Many Minds. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for George Hanlon.
How big is George Hanlon?: George Hanlon is 2 books, 1953–1955.
Is George Hanlon finished?: Yes — 2 books, 1953–1955.

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