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Books like Ice Planet Barbarians: 9 series to read next

Ice Planet Barbarians is science fiction, set in other star systems and far future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Ice Planet Barbarians is 28 books, 2015–2023.

“You'd think being abducted by aliens would be the worst thing that could happen to me.”
from the catalogue description

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Ice Planet
Hainish
Ender's Game
Catteni Sequence
Humanx Commonwealth
Heechee
Heorot
Known Space
Old Man's War

Ice PlanetSeries

seriesRuby Dixon30 books2015

Science fiction, set in far future and other star systems.

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HainishSeries

seriesUrsula K. Le Guin33 books1964

Reflective in tone.

“The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Rocannon's World →

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.”
from the catalogue description

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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.”
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Start with Freedom's Landing →

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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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.”
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Start with Gateway →

HeorotSeries

seriesJerry Pournelle, Larry Niven & Steven Barnes4 books1987

Science fiction, about space colonization, set in far future and other star systems.

“Reproduction and fertility expert Dr Jack Cohen acted as a consultant on the book, designing the novel life cycle of the alien antagonists, the grendels.”
from the catalogue description of The Legacy of Heorot

Start with The Legacy of Heorot →

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.”
from the catalogue description

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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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Start with Old Man's War →

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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.

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What should I read after Ice Planet Barbarians?: Ice Planet — the closest match to Ice Planet Barbarians on what it is about, not on what sells.
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How big is Ice Planet Barbarians?: Ice Planet Barbarians is 28 books, 2015–2023.

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