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Books like Projekt Saucer: 9 series to read next

Projekt Saucer is science fiction and thriller & suspense, about political intrigue, set in contemporary, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Projekt Saucer is 5 books, 1980–1999.

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Dune
The Merchant Princes
Foundation
Alliance-Union
Honorverse
Janissaries
Ender's Game
Jack McClure
Little Brother

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, set in far future and other star systems.

“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 →

The Merchant PrincesSeries

seriesCharles Stross14 books2004

Science fantasy and alternate history, set in parallel universe and our world.

“In the series, there exist a number of parallel worlds, all of which are on the same geographical Earth but with different societies at different points of development.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Family Trade →

FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots, set in far future.

“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 →

Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

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.”
from the catalogue description

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HonorverseUniverse

universe83 books1993

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

“At the center stands one officer, Honor Harrington — captain, then something far larger — and the six-limbed empathic treecat who rides her shoulder.”
from the catalogue description

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JanissariesSeries

seriesJerry Pournelle, Roland J. Green, David Weber & Phillip Pournelle4 books1979

Military science fiction, about war, set in other star systems and far future.

“Janissaries are an American series of military and political-based science fiction novels are set in an interstellar confederation of races, in which humans are a slave race entrusted with military affairs and law enforcement.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Janissaries →

Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

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.”
from the catalogue description

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Jack McClureSeries

seriesEric Van Lustbader1 book2008

Set in north america.

“Later novels keep McClure entangled in national-security conspiracies at the edges of American power.”
from the catalogue description

Start with First Daughter →

Little BrotherSeries

seriesCory Doctorow7 books2008

About surveillance, set in north america.

“Homeland continues Marcus's fight years later, and Attack Surface completes the trilogy; a companion story, 'Lawful Interception,' and other short pieces extend the same near-future world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Little Brother →

Why these

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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 Projekt Saucer?: Dune — the closest match to Projekt Saucer on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Projekt Saucer?: Inception. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Projekt Saucer.
How big is Projekt Saucer?: Projekt Saucer is 5 books, 1980–1999.

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