Series
Books like Spatterjay: 9 series to read next
Spatterjay is science fiction and space opera, about immortality, set in far future, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.
Spatterjay is 3 books, 2002–2009.
“As the visitors' paths converge, major hell is about to erupt in a chaotic waterscape where minor hell is already a remorseless fact of everyday life... and death.”
from the catalogue description of The Skinner
- Dune
- Known Space
- CoDominium
- Uplift
- Heechee
- Catteni Sequence
- Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)
- Ender's Game
- Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought
- DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
About political intrigue.
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- Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
Science fiction, about aliens, set in far future and other star systems.
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- CoDominiumUniverse
universe98 books1971
Military science fiction.
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- UpliftUniverse
universe13 books1980
About uplift.
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- HeecheeSeries
seriesFrederik Pohl19 books1972
About space exploration.
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- Catteni SequenceSeries
seriesAnne McCaffrey5 books1970
About slavery.
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seriesFred Saberhagen, Connie Willis, Edward Bryant, Jane Lindskold, Larry Niven, Poul Anderson, Roger Zelazny & Stephen R. Donaldson59 books1963
About robots and war.
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- Ender's GameUniverse
universe39 books1977
Science fiction, set in far future.
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seriesJoan D. Vinge & Vernor Vinge8 books1976
Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and space.
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Read next in Spatterjay
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 Spatterjay?
- Dune — the closest match to Spatterjay on what it is about, not on what sells.
- Where do I start with Spatterjay?
- The Skinner. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Spatterjay.
- How big is Spatterjay?
- Spatterjay is 3 books, 2002–2009.