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Books like Old Star/New Earth: 9 series to read next

Old Star/New Earth is science fiction and space opera, set in space and far future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Old Star/New Earth is 4 books, 1996–2009.

“The planet proved to be a virtual paradise housing great riches and a haven for those who had lost all hope.”
from the catalogue description of The Pirates of Sufiro

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Known Space
Uplift
Cities in Flight
CoDominium
Old Man's War
Humanx Commonwealth
Heechee
The Talents
Catteni Sequence

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Science fiction, about aliens, set in far future and 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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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
from the catalogue description

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Cities in FlightSeries

seriesJames Blish10 books1950

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

“The stories cover roughly two thousand years, from the very near future to the end of the universe.”
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Start with They Shall Have Stars →

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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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Military science fiction, about war.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
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Start with Old Man's War →

Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

Science fiction, adventurous in tone, about aliens, set in far future and other star systems.

“Two species that ought, by every buried instinct, to recoil from one another instead clasp hand to truhand and build a galaxy together.”
from the catalogue description

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HeecheeSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl19 books1972

Science fiction and space opera, about aliens and space exploration, set in far future and 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 TalentsUniverse

universe18 books1959

About psychic powers.

“Somewhere a Prime holds a Tower, gathers the gestalt of a generator's power, and flings a starship — or a single frightened child — across the light-years between worlds.”
from the catalogue description

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Catteni SequenceSeries

seriesAnne McCaffrey5 books1970

About slavery.

“The Catteni series is a tetralogy of science fiction novels by American writer Anne McCaffrey.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Freedom's Landing →

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 Old Star/New Earth?: Known Space — the closest match to Old Star/New Earth on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Old Star/New Earth?: The Pirates of Sufiro. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Old Star/New Earth.
How big is Old Star/New Earth?: Old Star/New Earth is 4 books, 1996–2009.

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