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Books like Grainger (Hooded Swan): 9 series to read next

Grainger (Hooded Swan) is science fiction, set in far future and space. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Grainger (Hooded Swan) is 6 books, 1972–1975.

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Heechee
Known Space
CoDominium
Foundation
Uplift
Academy / Priscilla (Hutch) Hutchins
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought
Humanx Commonwealth
Ender's Game

HeecheeSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl19 books1972

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

“The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”
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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.”
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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
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FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
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Academy / Priscilla (Hutch) HutchinsSeries

seriesJack McDevitt16 books1983

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

“Beginning with The Engines of God, the series treats deep time and the near-total absence of intelligent alien life as its central mystery, favoring slow-burn discovery over action.”
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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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Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

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

“Two species that ought, by every buried instinct, to recoil from one another instead clasp hand to truhand and build a galaxy together.”
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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.”
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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 Grainger (Hooded Swan)?: Heechee — the closest match to Grainger (Hooded Swan) on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Grainger (Hooded Swan)?: The Halcyon Drift. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Grainger (Hooded Swan).
How big is Grainger (Hooded Swan)?: Grainger (Hooded Swan) is 6 books, 1972–1975.
Is Grainger (Hooded Swan) finished?: Yes — 6 books, 1972–1975.

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