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Books like Near Space: 9 series to read next

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

Near Space is 30 books, 1988–2013.

“Allen Steele's Near Space novels are near-future, blue-collar hard SF set during the early decades of space industrialization, following working astronauts, engineers, and colonists rather than explorers or soldiers.”
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Rama
Ender's Game
Alliance-Union
Future History
Forever War
Known Space
CoDominium
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought
Old Man's War

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.”
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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.”
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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.”
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Future HistorySeries

seriesRobert A. Heinlein42 books1939

Science fiction.

“The term Future History was coined by John W. Campbell Jr. in the February 1941 issue of Astounding Science Fiction.”
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Forever WarSeries

seriesJoe Haldeman10 books1972

Science fiction and military science fiction, set in space and far future.

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Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

About aliens.

“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Science fiction and military science fiction, set in far future and other star systems.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
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Heaven Chronicles / Zones of ThoughtSeries

seriesJoan D. Vinge & Vernor Vinge8 books1976

Science fiction and space opera, set in space and far future.

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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Science fiction and space opera, adventurous in tone, about war, set in space and far future.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
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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.

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What should I read after Near Space?: Rama — the closest match to Near Space on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Near Space?: Orbital Decay. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Near Space.
How big is Near Space?: Near Space is 30 books, 1988–2013.

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