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Books like Shakedowners: 9 series to read next

Shakedowners is science fiction. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Shakedowners is 3 books, 2021–2022.

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The Stainless Steel Rat
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Alliance-Union
Foundation
The Talents
Phule's Company
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame
Ender's Game
Known Space

The Stainless Steel RatSeries

seriesHarry Harrison21 books1957

About con artists.

“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.”
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.”
from the catalogue description

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FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
from the catalogue description

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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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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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The Science Fiction Hall of FameSeries

seriesBen Bova, Algis Budrys, Arthur C. Clarke, Geo. W. Proctor, H. G. Wells, Robert Silverberg, Terry Carr & Theodore R. Cogswell11 books1895

“The greatest science fiction stories of all time chosen by the members of the Science Fiction Writers of America.”
from the catalogue description of The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One

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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.”
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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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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 Shakedowners?: The Stainless Steel Rat — the closest match to Shakedowners on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Shakedowners?: Shakedowners. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Shakedowners.
How big is Shakedowners?: Shakedowners is 3 books, 2021–2022.

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