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Books like Laurie Jo Hansen: 9 series to read next

Laurie Jo Hansen is science fiction, about space colonization, set in near future and space, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Laurie Jo Hansen is 10 books, 1971–1978.

“Each short story concerns itself with the problems facing large technological tasks in the near future.”
from the catalogue description of High Justice

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Alliance-Union
To the Stars (Harrison)
Ender's Game
Dune
Cold As Ice
Rama
Foundation
Honorverse
Luna (Ian McDonald)

Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

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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To the Stars (Harrison)Series

seriesHarry Harrison3 books1980

Dystopia, set in far future.

“One of the elite stumbles onto the knowledge that news and opinions are being carefully managed to whitewash the situation, which leads him to throw his lot in with those who oppose it.”
from the catalogue description of Homeworld
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Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

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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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Set in far future.

“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 →

Cold As IceSeries

seriesCharles Sheffield3 books1992

Science fiction, tense in tone, about space colonization, set in space and near future.

“The setting takes place in the late 21st century with humans having colonized the Solar System, and a terrible civil war recently resolved in which 50% of humanity was wiped out.”
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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FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots, set in far future.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Foundation →

HonorverseUniverse

universe83 books1993

Military science fiction, set in far future.

“At the center stands one officer, Honor Harrington — captain, then something far larger — and the six-limbed empathic treecat who rides her shoulder.”
from the catalogue description

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Luna (Ian McDonald)Series

seriesIan McDonald6 books2014

Set in the moon.

“McDonald builds the series around competing lunar houses, hard-vacuum survival, and the politics of a colony that answers to no Earth authority.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Luna: New Moon →

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 Laurie Jo Hansen?: Alliance-Union — the closest match to Laurie Jo Hansen on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Laurie Jo Hansen?: High Justice. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Laurie Jo Hansen.
How big is Laurie Jo Hansen?: Laurie Jo Hansen is 10 books, 1971–1978.
Is Laurie Jo Hansen finished?: Yes — 10 books, 1971–1978.

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