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Books like Jacob's Ladder: 9 series to read next

Jacob's Ladder is science fiction and space opera, set in far future and generation ship. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Jacob's Ladder is 3 books, 2008–2011.

“On a broken ship orbiting a doomed sun, dwellers have grown complacent with their aging metal world.”
from the catalogue description of Dust

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Dune
The Hunger Games
CoDominium
Red Rising
Alliance-Union
Pandora
Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)
Jacob's Ladder Universe
The Gap

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Science fiction and space opera, about political intrigue, set in far future and other star systems.

“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 Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, about totalitarianism, set in north america.

“Panem, they call it now — a nation raised on the drowned bones of North America, a glittering Capitol ringed by twelve districts it once starved into obedience.”
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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Red RisingSeries

seriesPierce Brown & Rik Hoskin13 books2014

Dystopia, about class conflict.

“Pierce Brown's Red Rising follows Darrow, a lowborn 'Red' miner on a colonized Mars who discovers his caste's suffering is a lie sustained by the ruling Gold elite, and infiltrates their ranks to destroy the system from within.”
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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PandoraSeries

seriesFrank Herbert & Bill Ransom4 books1966

About artificial intelligence.

“The Pandora Sequence opens with Frank Herbert's solo novel Destination: Void, in which a starship crew must jury-rig a working artificial consciousness after their vessel's control systems fail.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Destination: Void →

Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)Series

seriesFred Saberhagen, Connie Willis, Edward Bryant, Jane Lindskold, Larry Niven, Poul Anderson, Roger Zelazny & Stephen R. Donaldson59 books1963

About robots and artificial intelligence.

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Jacob's Ladder UniverseSeries

seriesElizabeth Bear6 books2008

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future.

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The GapSeries

seriesStephen R. Donaldson5 books1990

About aliens.

“Here, Donaldson gave a loose retelling of Wagner's Ring cycle.”
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.

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What should I read after Jacob's Ladder?: Dune — the closest match to Jacob's Ladder on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Jacob's Ladder?: Dust. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Jacob's Ladder.
How big is Jacob's Ladder?: Jacob's Ladder is 3 books, 2008–2011.

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