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Books like Rex Nihilo Adventures: 9 series to read next

Rex Nihilo Adventures is science fiction and space opera, set in far future and space. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Rex Nihilo Adventures is 7 books, 2014–2024.

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The Stainless Steel Rat
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Bill, the Galactic Hero
CoDominium
Known Space
Uplift
Phule's Company
Alliance-Union
Honors

The Stainless Steel RatSeries

seriesHarry Harrison21 books1957

Science fiction and space opera, adventurous and funny in tone, about con artists, set in far future and space.

“An adolescent boy on a dull planet resolves to live by his wits outside the law, and enacts a plan which leads to risk and reward.”
from the catalogue description of A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyUniverse

universe18 books1979

Science fiction and humor, funny in tone, set in far future and space.

“The Earth is scheduled for demolition to make way for a hyperspace bypass, and honestly, nobody filed the paperwork properly.”
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Bill, the Galactic HeroSeries

seriesHarry Harrison, David Bischoff, David Harris, Jack C. Haldeman, II & Robert Sheckley10 books1964

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

“Harry Harrison's Bill, the Galactic Hero is a satire of militaristic science fiction, following a hapless draftee named Bill through a galactic war run by an absurd, dehumanizing military bureaucracy.”
from the catalogue description

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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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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.”
from the catalogue description

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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift and aliens.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
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Phule's CompanySeries

seriesRobert Asprin & Peter Heck6 books1990

Military science fiction.

“A company of Space Legionnaires which has become the dumping ground for irremediable misfits and losers acquires a new commander who applies his leadership skills to bring them up to a standard of excellence.”
from the catalogue description
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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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HonorsSeries

seriesAnn Aguirre & Rachel Caine3 books2018

“Petty criminal Zara Cole is nearly on the road to jail when she is selected to be a member of Honors, an elite team of humans selected by a race of sentient alien ships to explore the outer reaches of the universe.”
from the catalogue description of Honor Among Thieves

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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 Rex Nihilo Adventures?: The Stainless Steel Rat — the closest match to Rex Nihilo Adventures on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Rex Nihilo Adventures?: Starship Grifters. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Rex Nihilo Adventures.
How big is Rex Nihilo Adventures?: Rex Nihilo Adventures is 7 books, 2014–2024.

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