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Books like Rocheworld: 9 series to read next

Rocheworld is science fiction and hard science fiction, about space exploration, set in other star systems and far future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Rocheworld is 5 books, 1984–1995.

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Known Space
Mesklin
Uplift
Dragon's Egg
Heechee
Humanx Commonwealth
Academy / Priscilla (Hutch) Hutchins
Of Man and Manta
Heorot

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

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

“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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MesklinSeries

seriesHal Clement6 books1954

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

“The idea came from an object that was at the time believed to exist in the 61 Cygni system, and which might represent an extrasolar planet.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Mission of Gravity →

UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

Space opera, about uplift.

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

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Dragon's EggSeries

seriesRobert L. Forward3 books1980

First contact.

Start with Dragon's Egg →

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 →

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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Academy / Priscilla (Hutch) HutchinsSeries

seriesJack McDevitt16 books1983

Science fiction, about space exploration and aliens, set in far future and other star systems.

“Beginning with The Engines of God, the series treats deep time and the near-total absence of intelligent alien life as its central mystery, favoring slow-burn discovery over action.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Engines of God →

Of Man and MantaSeries

seriesPiers Anthony3 books1968

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

“Three scientists survive on the mysterious planet of Nacre.”
from the catalogue description of Omnivore
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Omnivore →

HeorotSeries

seriesJerry Pournelle, Larry Niven & Steven Barnes4 books1987

Science fiction, about space colonization, set in far future and other star systems.

“Reproduction and fertility expert Dr Jack Cohen acted as a consultant on the book, designing the novel life cycle of the alien antagonists, the grendels.”
from the catalogue description of The Legacy of Heorot

Start with The Legacy of Heorot →

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 Rocheworld?: Known Space — the closest match to Rocheworld on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Rocheworld?: The Flight of the Dragonfly. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Rocheworld.
How big is Rocheworld?: Rocheworld is 5 books, 1984–1995.

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