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Books like Kéthani Stories: 9 series to read next

Kéthani Stories is science fiction, about aliens, set in far future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Kéthani Stories is 13 books, 1997–2008.

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Ender's Game
Hainish
A Meeting with Medusa
Dune
Known Space
CoDominium
This Immortal
Heechee
The Culture

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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HainishSeries

seriesUrsula K. Le Guin33 books1964

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

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

A Meeting with MedusaSeries

seriesAlastair Reynolds, Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter2 books1971

Hard science fiction, about space exploration, set in space and outer planets & moons.

“Arthur C. Clarke's A Meeting with Medusa follows an astronaut, badly injured in an earlier disaster, on a solo balloon expedition into Jupiter's atmosphere, where he encounters vast floating lifeforms unlike anything previously catalogued.”
from the catalogue description

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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, about political intrigue.

“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

Start with Dune →

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Set in space.

“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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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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This ImmortalSeries

seriesHarry Turtledove & Roger Zelazny2 books1966

Post-apocalyptic, adventurous in tone, about colonialism, set in our world.

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HeecheeSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl19 books1972

Space opera, about space exploration, set in space.

“The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Gateway →

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*.”
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 Kéthani Stories?: Ender's Game — the closest match to Kéthani Stories on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Kéthani Stories?: Ferryman. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Kéthani Stories.
How big is Kéthani Stories?: Kéthani Stories is 13 books, 1997–2008.

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