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Books like Icefire Trilogy: 9 series to read next

Icefire Trilogy is science fiction. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Icefire Trilogy is 3 books, 2011–2012.

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Dune
The Culture
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought
Ender's Game
Foundation
Alliance-Union
CoDominium
Rama
Terro-Human Future History

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera.

“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
from the catalogue description

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The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

Space opera, about artificial intelligence, set in galactic scale.

“No money, no laws, no hunger, no death you didn't choose; a galaxy-spanning anarchy of humans and drones administered, gently and with enormous irony, by superintelligent Minds who name their warships things like *Frank Exchange Of Views*.”
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Heaven Chronicles / Zones of ThoughtSeries

seriesJoan D. Vinge & Vernor Vinge8 books1976

Space opera.

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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.”
from the catalogue description

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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.”
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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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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RamaUniverse

universe7 books1973

About aliens, set in spaceship.

“Something is falling through the solar system on a hyperbolic orbit, and it is not a comet.”
from the catalogue description

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Terro-Human Future HistoryUniverse

universe48 books1952

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

“History does not repeat, Piper's chroniclers are fond of saying — it rhymes, and it rhymes in iron.”
from the catalogue description

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Why these

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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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Icefire Trilogy?: Dune — the closest match to Icefire Trilogy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Icefire Trilogy?: Fire & Ice. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Icefire Trilogy.
How big is Icefire Trilogy?: Icefire Trilogy is 3 books, 2011–2012.

Books like Icefire Trilogy: 9 series to read next

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