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Books like Orbit: 9 series to read next

Orbit is science fiction. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Orbit is 31 books, 1966–1980.

“Orbit was a series of anthologies of new science fiction edited by Damon Knight, often featuring work by such writers as Gene Wolfe, Joanna Russ, R. A. Lafferty, and Kate Wilhelm.”
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VALIS
Whileaway
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick
A Clockwork Orange
New Worlds
Jerry Cornelius
Brave New World
Twilight Zone
New Dimensions

VALISSeries

seriesPhilip K. Dick4 books1981

About faith and religion.

“The title is an acronym for Vast Active Living Intelligence System, Dick's gnostic vision of God.”
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Start with VALIS →

WhileawaySeries

seriesJoanna Russ4 books1972

About gender and society.

Start with When It Changed →

The Collected Stories of Philip K. DickSeries

seriesPhilip K. Dick11 books1987

Science fiction, about identity, set in our world.

“See Philip K. Dick bibliography for information about the mass market reprints.”
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Start with Beyond Lies the Wub →

A Clockwork OrangeSeries

seriesAnthony Burgess4 books1962

Dystopia, about totalitarianism, set in big city.

“After his crimes catch up with him, Alex is made the subject of a controversial state program meant to forcibly reform his behavior, and the novel uses his ordeal to question whether imposed goodness is worth the loss of free will.”
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Start with A Clockwork Orange →

New WorldsSeries

seriesMichael Moorcock, David Garnett, Hilary Bailey, Charles Platt, John Carnell, John Sladek, Nick Gevers, Peter Crowther & Thomas M. Disch30 books1955

Science fiction, challenging in tone.

“New Worlds was a British science fiction magazine that began in 1936 as a fanzine called Novae Terrae.”
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Start with The Best from New Worlds Science Fiction →

Jerry CorneliusSeries

seriesMichael Moorcock, M. John Harrison, Brian W. Aldiss, Colin Greenland, James Cawthorn, James Sallis, Langdon Jones & Norman Spinrad50 books1965

Postmodern.

“Jerry Cornelius is a fictional character created by English author Michael Moorcock.”
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Start with Preliminary Data →

Brave New WorldSeries

seriesAldous Huxley & H. A. Cartledge8 books1932

Dystopia, about class conflict, set in otherworld.

“Some editions pair the novel with Huxley's own 1958 nonfiction essay collection, Brave New World Revisited, which reassesses the book's ideas rather than continuing its story.”
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Start with Brave New World →

Twilight ZoneUniverse

universe40 books1960

Science fiction, set in our world.

“Picture, if you will, an ordinary person on an ordinary afternoon: a tired salesman, a frightened child, a man who wants only to be left alone.”
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Start with Stories from the Twilight Zone →

New DimensionsSeries

seriesRobert Silverberg, Marta Randall, Gardner Dozois & Vonda N. McIntyre15 books1971

Science fiction.

Start with New Dimensions 1 →

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 Orbit?: VALIS — the closest match to Orbit on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Orbit?: Orbit 1. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Orbit.
How big is Orbit?: Orbit is 31 books, 1966–1980.

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