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Books like Gerry Carlyle: 9 series to read next

Gerry Carlyle is science fiction, about aliens and bounty hunters, set in space, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Gerry Carlyle is 8 books, 1937–2007.

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Known Space
Humanx Commonwealth
Legion of Space
Uplift
Heechee
Alliance-Union
CoDominium
Arcot, Morey and Wade
Catteni Sequence

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Science fiction, about aliens, set in far future and space.

“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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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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Legion of SpaceSeries

seriesJack Williamson7 books1947

Space opera.

“The Medusae bear a vague resemblance to jellyfish, but are actually elephant-sized, four-eyed, flying beings with hundreds of tentacles.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The Legion of Space →

UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

Space opera, about uplift.

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

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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
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Start with Gateway →

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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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
from the catalogue description

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Arcot, Morey and WadeSeries

seriesJohn W. Campbell & Jr.7 books1930

Space opera, about space exploration.

“The books follow the same trio of scientist-adventurers through escalating, gadget-driven space adventures typical of early Golden Age SF, continuing through Islands of Space and Invaders from the Infinite.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Black Star Passes →

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
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Start with Freedom's Landing →

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 Gerry Carlyle?: Known Space — the closest match to Gerry Carlyle on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Gerry Carlyle?: Green Hell. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Gerry Carlyle.
How big is Gerry Carlyle?: Gerry Carlyle is 8 books, 1937–2007.
Is Gerry Carlyle finished?: Yes — 8 books, 1937–2007.

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