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Books like Metatropolis: 9 series to read next

Metatropolis is science fiction, set in near future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Metatropolis is 22 books, 2008–2014.

“Originally released as linked audio collections before later print editions, the series expanded across further volumes such as Cascadia and Green Space, each adding new authors and stories set in the same near-future world.”
from the catalogue description

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The Windup Universe
Sprawl Trilogy
Orange County
Ship Breaker
H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
Blade Runner Universe
Dune
Terraplane
Forge of God

The Windup UniverseSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2005

About genetic engineering, set in southeast asia.

Start with The Calorie Man →

Sprawl TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson & Terry Bisson10 books1981

About artificial intelligence and virtual reality.

“Johnny Mnemonic, an early short story set in the same fictional milieu, predates the novels and introduces the courier Molly Millions before her role in the trilogy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Neuromancer →

Orange CountySeries

seriesKim Stanley Robinson3 books1984

Science fiction, set in near future and north america.

“Each novel describes the life of young people in one of the three near-future worlds; each novel begins with an exposition that tells the reader about the fictional world.”
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Start with The Wild Shore →

Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

Post-apocalyptic.

“Paolo Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker follows Nailer as helping her pulls him out of his abusive father's orbit and into a much larger, more dangerous game involving her family's fortune.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Ship Breaker →

H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

Alien invasion.

“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The War of the Worlds →

Blade Runner UniverseSeries

seriesK. W. Jeter, Archie Goodwin, Les Martin & Philip K. Dick6 books1968

About robots and identity.

“Together the two trace the story's path from prose original to screen and comic-page adaptation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera.

“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 →

TerraplaneSeries

seriesJack Womack6 books1987

Science fiction and dystopia, dark in tone, set in near future and north america.

Start with Random Acts of Senseless Violence →

Forge of GodSeries

seriesGreg Bear2 books1987

About aliens.

“Earth faces destruction when an inscrutable and overwhelming alien form of life attacks.”
from the catalogue description of The Forge of God

Start with The Forge of God →

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 Metatropolis?: The Windup Universe — the closest match to Metatropolis on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Metatropolis?: METAtropolis. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Metatropolis.
How big is Metatropolis?: Metatropolis is 22 books, 2008–2014.

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