Series

Books like Phobos Science Fiction Anthology: 9 series to read next

Phobos Science Fiction Anthology is science fiction, set in space. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Phobos Science Fiction Anthology is 3 books, 2002–2004.

“All of them were winners of the 1st Annual Phobos Fiction Contest for new writer.”
from the catalogue description of Empire of Dreams and Miracles

The Phobos Science Fiction Anthology page →Narrow this list →

Known Space
Poseidon's Children
Heechee
Rama
Foundation
Minervan Experiment / Giants
The Lightspeed Trilogy
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame
The Culture

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Science fiction, about aliens, set in space and far future.

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

Reading order →

Poseidon's ChildrenSeries

seriesAlastair Reynolds3 books2012

Space opera, about space colonization.

“One-hundred-and-fifty years from now, the moon and Mars are settled, and colonies stretch all the way out to the edge of the solar system.”
from the catalogue description of Blue Remembered Earth

Start with Blue Remembered Earth →

HeecheeSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl19 books1972

Space opera.

“The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Gateway →

RamaUniverse

universe7 books1973

Set in spaceship.

“Something is falling through the solar system on a hyperbolic orbit, and it is not a comet.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots.

“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 →

Minervan Experiment / GiantsSeries

seriesJames P. Hogan5 books1977

Hard science fiction.

“The Giants series is a quintet of science fiction novels by James P. Hogan, published between 1977 and 2005.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Inherit the Stars →

The Lightspeed TrilogySeries

seriesKen MacLeod4 books2016

Space opera.

“Ken MacLeod's recent trilogy imagines the accidental discovery of faster-than-light travel by a present-day physicist and the political fallout once humanity gets access to a wider galaxy that turns out not to be empty.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Beyond the Hallowed Sky →

The Science Fiction Hall of FameSeries

seriesBen Bova, Algis Budrys, Arthur C. Clarke, Geo. W. Proctor, H. G. Wells, Robert Silverberg, Terry Carr & Theodore R. Cogswell11 books1895

Science fiction.

“The greatest science fiction stories of all time chosen by the members of the Science Fiction Writers of America.”
from the catalogue description of The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One

Start with The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One →

The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

Space opera, set in galactic scale.

“No money, no laws, no hunger, no death you didn't choose; a galaxy-spanning anarchy of humans and drones administered, gently and with enormous irony, by superintelligent Minds who name their warships things like *Frank Exchange Of Views*.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

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 Phobos Science Fiction Anthology?: Known Space — the closest match to Phobos Science Fiction Anthology on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Phobos Science Fiction Anthology?: Empire of Dreams and Miracles. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Phobos Science Fiction Anthology.
How big is Phobos Science Fiction Anthology?: Phobos Science Fiction Anthology is 3 books, 2002–2004.

Books like Phobos Science Fiction Anthology: 9 series to read next

Read next in Phobos Science Fiction Anthology

Why these

Questions readers ask

Other series like this one