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Books like Science in the Capital: 9 series to read next

Science in the Capital is science fiction and hard science fiction, about ecological collapse and political intrigue, set in near future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Science in the Capital is 5 books, 2004–2015.

“Robinson later revised the trilogy into a single volume, Green Earth.”
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The Martian
Darwin
The Handmaid's Tale
Sprawl Trilogy
NASA Trilogy
Quantum Logic
Space Merchants
Blade Runner Universe
Dune

The MartianSeries

seriesAndy Weir2 books2012

Hopeful in tone, about space exploration, set in mars.

“Using scientific improvisation and dark humor, Watney works to keep himself alive long enough for a rescue to reach him.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Martian →

DarwinSeries

seriesGreg Bear2 books1999

About genetic engineering and plague and pandemic.

“Greg Bear's Darwin's Radio imagines a dormant retrovirus in human DNA activating worldwide, triggering an accelerated leap in human evolution that governments respond to as a plague.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Darwin's Radio →

The Handmaid's TaleSeries

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books1985

Dystopia, dark in tone, about totalitarianism and gender and society.

“The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel set in Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States and forces fertile women into reproductive servitude as Handmaids; it is narrated by one such woman, Offred.”
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Start with The Handmaid's Tale →

Sprawl TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson & Terry Bisson10 books1981

Cyberpunk, dark in tone, about artificial intelligence and virtual reality.

“Johnny Mnemonic, an early short story set in the same fictional milieu, predates the novels and introduces the courier Molly Millions before her role in the trilogy.”
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Start with Neuromancer →

NASA TrilogySeries

seriesStephen Baxter4 books1996

Alternate history, about space exploration.

Start with Voyage →

Quantum LogicSeries

seriesGreg Bear7 books1990

Science fiction, tense in tone, set in near future.

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Space MerchantsSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth2 books1953

Dystopia, dark in tone, about class conflict, set in venus & inner planets.

“Together the two books form a compact bookend pair rather than an ongoing series.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Space Merchants →

Blade Runner UniverseSeries

seriesK. W. Jeter, Archie Goodwin, Les Martin & Philip K. Dick6 books1968

Cyberpunk, dark in tone, about robots and identity.

“Together the two trace the story's path from prose original to screen and comic-page adaptation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? →

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 →

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 Science in the Capital?: The Martian — the closest match to Science in the Capital on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Science in the Capital?: Forty Signs of Rain. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Science in the Capital.
How big is Science in the Capital?: Science in the Capital is 5 books, 2004–2015.

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