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Books like Jack Foster Space Opera: 9 series to read next

Jack Foster Space Opera is science fiction and space opera, set in far future and space. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Jack Foster Space Opera is 6 books, 2021–2023.

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CoDominium
Known Space
Ender's Game
Uplift
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought
Alliance-Union
The Lost Fleet
Foundation
Legion of Space

CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

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

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

universe142 books1964

About aliens.

“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
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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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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift and aliens.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
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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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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.”
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The Lost FleetUniverse

universe27 books2006

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

“A war a hundred years old has forgotten how to fight it.”
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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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Legion of SpaceSeries

seriesJack Williamson7 books1947

About aliens.

“The Medusae bear a vague resemblance to jellyfish, but are actually elephant-sized, four-eyed, flying beings with hundreds of tentacles.”
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What should I read after Jack Foster Space Opera?: CoDominium — the closest match to Jack Foster Space Opera on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Jack Foster Space Opera?: Violent Graduation. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Jack Foster Space Opera.
How big is Jack Foster Space Opera?: Jack Foster Space Opera is 6 books, 2021–2023.

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