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Hal Junior / Hal Spacejock 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.

Hal Junior / Hal Spacejock is 18 books, 2001–2020.

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
CoDominium
Known Space
Cities in Flight
Rama
Solar Queen
Uplift
Space Beagle
The Stainless Steel Rat

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyUniverse

universe18 books1979

Science fiction and humor, funny in tone, set in far future and space.

“The Earth is scheduled for demolition to make way for a hyperspace bypass, and honestly, nobody filed the paperwork properly.”
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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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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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Cities in FlightSeries

seriesJames Blish10 books1950

About space colonization.

“The stories cover roughly two thousand years, from the very near future to the end of the universe.”
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Start with They Shall Have Stars →

RamaUniverse

universe7 books1973

Science fiction, about aliens, set in space and spaceship.

“Something is falling through the solar system on a hyperbolic orbit, and it is not a comet.”
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Solar QueenSeries

seriesAndre Norton, Sherwood Smith & P. M. Griffin7 books1955

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and space.

“Andre Norton's Solar Queen novels follow the crew of a free-trader starship under Captain Jellico as they scrape by hauling cargo and making first contact on the fringes of settled space.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Sargasso of Space →

UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
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Space BeagleSeries

seriesA. E. van Vogt5 books1939

Tense in tone.

Start with Black Destroyer →

The Stainless Steel RatSeries

seriesHarry Harrison21 books1957

About con artists.

“An adolescent boy on a dull planet resolves to live by his wits outside the law, and enacts a plan which leads to risk and reward.”
from the catalogue description of A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born
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Start with A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born →

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How big is Hal Junior / Hal Spacejock?: Hal Junior / Hal Spacejock is 18 books, 2001–2020.

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