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Books like Saiph: 9 series to read next

Saiph 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.

Saiph is 4 books, 2014–2019.

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Known Space
CoDominium
Heechee
Uplift
Ender's Game
Humanx Commonwealth
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought
The Talents
Old Man's War

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

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

“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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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

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

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
from the catalogue description

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HeecheeSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl19 books1972

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

“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

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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift.

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

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Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

Science fiction, 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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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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Heaven Chronicles / Zones of ThoughtSeries

seriesJoan D. Vinge & Vernor Vinge8 books1976

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

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The TalentsUniverse

universe18 books1959

About psychic powers.

“Somewhere a Prime holds a Tower, gathers the gestalt of a generator's power, and flings a starship — or a single frightened child — across the light-years between worlds.”
from the catalogue description

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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

About war.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
from the catalogue description
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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 Saiph?: Known Space — the closest match to Saiph on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Saiph?: Discovery of the Saiph. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Saiph.
How big is Saiph?: Saiph is 4 books, 2014–2019.

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