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Books like Gondwane Epic: 9 series to read next

Gondwane Epic is fantasy and science fantasy, about quests, 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.

Gondwane Epic is 6 books, 1969–1978.

“The farthest future as seen by the master of sword and sorcery...”
from the catalogue description of The Warrior of World's End

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Tolkien's legendarium
Green Star Rises
Watership Down
Narnia
Alliance-Union
Redwall
Dying Earth
The Princess and the Goblin
The Obernewtyn Chronicles

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the seas were bent and the mountains raised, there was Music — and from that Music came Arda, and in the west of Middle-earth the long defeat and stubborn hope of those who dwell there.”
from the catalogue description

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Green Star RisesSeries

seriesLin Carter5 books1972

Fantasy and science fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

“Linwood Vrooman Carter was an American author of science fiction and fantasy, as well as an editor and critic.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Under the Green Star →

Watership DownSeries

seriesRichard Adams21 books1972

About found family, set in countryside & village and contemporary.

“Adams returned to the same world in 1996 with Tales from Watership Down, a collection of nineteen short stories mixing rabbit folklore with further adventures of characters from the novel.”
from the catalogue description

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NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

Portal fantasy.

“Once there is a wardrobe at the back of a spare room, and behind the fur coats the wood gives way to snow, and a lamp-post burns alone among the trees.”
from the catalogue description

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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.”
from the catalogue description

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RedwallUniverse

universe32 books1986

“Ring the Joseph Bell and lay the long tables, for a tale is starting.”
from the catalogue description

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Dying EarthSeries

seriesJack Vance, Jeff VanderMeer, Dan Simmons, Lucius Shepard & Michael Shea27 books1950

About wizards.

“Vance returned to the setting in 1965 and thereafter, making it the first book in the Dying Earth series.”
from the catalogue description of The Dying Earth
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Start with The Dying Earth →

The Princess and the GoblinSeries

seriesGeorge MacDonald2 books1871

About coming of age.

“Strahan had published the story and illustrations as a serial in the monthly magazine Good Words for the Young, beginning November 1870.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Princess and the Goblin →

The Obernewtyn ChroniclesSeries

seriesIsobelle Carmody9 books1987

Post-apocalyptic, about psychic powers.

“Carmody began writing it at the age of fourteen, and reworked the novel through high school and university.”
from the catalogue description of Obernewtyn
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Start with Obernewtyn →

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 Gondwane Epic?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Gondwane Epic on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Gondwane Epic?: The Warrior of World's End. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Gondwane Epic.
How big is Gondwane Epic?: Gondwane Epic is 6 books, 1969–1978.
Is Gondwane Epic finished?: Yes — 6 books, 1969–1978.

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