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Books like Jimmy Dick: 9 series to read next

Jimmy Dick is alternate history and science fiction, set in alternate earth and europe, funny in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Jimmy Dick is 28 books, 2006–2019.

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Billy
The Mouse That Roared
The Stainless Steel Rat
Thursday Next
Phule's Company
The Android's Dream
Terry Pratchett's juvenile fiction collections
Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyUniverse

universe18 books1979

Set in space and far future.

“The Earth is scheduled for demolition to make way for a hyperspace bypass, and honestly, nobody filed the paperwork properly.”
from the catalogue description

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BillySeries

seriesTerry Bisson15 books2005

Fantasy, whimsical in tone, set in our world and contemporary.

Start with Billy and the Ants →

The Mouse That RoaredSeries

seriesLeonard Wibberley6 books1955

Satire, set in mid 20th century.

“The 1955 novel uses Fenwick's mismatched ambitions to poke fun at Cold War politics and the nuclear arms race, and Wibberley kept the joke going across four more novels into the 1970s.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Mouse That Roared →

The Stainless Steel RatSeries

seriesHarry Harrison21 books1957

Space opera, adventurous in tone, about con artists, set in far future.

“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 →

Thursday NextSeries

seriesJasper Fforde8 books2001

Whimsical in tone, about books and reading, set in contemporary.

“Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next novels follow a literary detective in an alternate England who can jump physically into the world of books to solve crimes against literature itself.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Eyre Affair →

Phule's CompanySeries

seriesRobert Asprin & Peter Heck6 books1990

Military science fiction, set in far future and space.

“A company of Space Legionnaires which has become the dumping ground for irremediable misfits and losers acquires a new commander who applies his leadership skills to bring them up to a standard of excellence.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Phule's Company →

The Android's DreamSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi2 books2006

Space opera, about artificial intelligence and aliens, set in near future.

“John Scalzi's The Android's Dream follows ex-soldier Harry Creek as the hunt for a replacement leads him to Robin Baker, an ordinary woman carrying hidden sheep DNA that makes her the key to avoiding a war.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Android's Dream →

Terry Pratchett's juvenile fiction collectionsSeries

seriesTerry Pratchett4 books2014

Fantasy, whimsical in tone, set in our world.

Start with Dragons at Crumbling Castle and Other Stories →

Franny K. Stein, Mad ScientistSeries

seriesJim Benton, Craig Robert Carey & J. Torres10 books2004

Set in contemporary and our world.

“Franny K. Stein is not your average girl -- she's a mad scientist.”
from the catalogue description of Lunch Walks Among Us

Start with Lunch Walks Among Us →

Why these

No sales rank, no star ratings, no readers also bought.

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 Jimmy Dick?: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy — the closest match to Jimmy Dick on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Jimmy Dick?: Anna the Baptist. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Jimmy Dick.
How big is Jimmy Dick?: Jimmy Dick is 28 books, 2006–2019.

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