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Books like Sister Alice: 9 series to read next

Sister Alice is science fiction, set in far future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Sister Alice is 8 books, 1993–2003.

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Dune
The Culture
Xeelee
Last Men
Ender's Game
Radix Tetrad
Commonwealth
Alliance-Union
Hainish

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

About political intrigue.

“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 →

The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

About artificial intelligence.

“No money, no laws, no hunger, no death you didn't choose; a galaxy-spanning anarchy of humans and drones administered, gently and with enormous irony, by superintelligent Minds who name their warships things like *Frank Exchange Of Views*.”
from the catalogue description

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XeeleeSeries

seriesStephen Baxter & uncredited89 books1987

Hard science fiction, about aliens.

“The Xeelee are described as symbiotic entities composed of spacetime defects, Bose–Einstein condensates, and baryonic matter.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Raft →

Last MenUniverse

universe21 books1930

Science fiction, challenging and reflective in tone, set in far future.

“Two billion years of human history, narrated at the speed of a geologist.”
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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Radix TetradSeries

seriesA. A. Attanasio4 books1981

Science fiction, challenging in tone, set in far future.

“The Radix Tetrad is a group of four science fiction books by A. A. Attanasio.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Radix →

CommonwealthUniverse

universe12 books2002

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future.

“Step aboard the train at the Second Chance terminal and ride the wormhole to another star.”
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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HainishSeries

seriesUrsula K. Le Guin33 books1964

Science fiction, reflective in tone, set in far future and other star systems.

“The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Rocannon's World →

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 Sister Alice?: Dune — the closest match to Sister Alice on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Sister Alice?: Sister Alice. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Sister Alice.
How big is Sister Alice?: Sister Alice is 8 books, 1993–2003.

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