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Books like Star Trek Shatnerverse: 9 series to read next

Star Trek Shatnerverse is science fiction and space opera, about space exploration, set in far future, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Star Trek Shatnerverse is 9 books, 1995–2006.

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Known Space
Humanx Commonwealth
The Final Architecture
Space Beagle
Uplift
Heechee
CoDominium
Legion of Space
Cities in Flight

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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Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

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

“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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The Final ArchitectureSeries

seriesAdrian Tchaikovsky6 books2021

Science fiction and space opera, adventurous and tense in tone, about space exploration, set in far future and space.

“Eighty years ago, Earth was destroyed by an alien 'Architect'.”
from the catalogue description of Shards of Earth
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Start with Shards of Earth →

Space BeagleSeries

seriesA. E. van Vogt5 books1939

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

Start with Black Destroyer →

UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift.

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

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HeecheeSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl19 books1972

Science fiction and space opera, about space exploration and aliens, 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

Start with Gateway →

CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

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

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Legion of SpaceSeries

seriesJack Williamson7 books1947

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

“The Medusae bear a vague resemblance to jellyfish, but are actually elephant-sized, four-eyed, flying beings with hundreds of tentacles.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Legion of Space →

Cities in FlightSeries

seriesJames Blish10 books1950

About space colonization.

“The stories cover roughly two thousand years, from the very near future to the end of the universe.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with They Shall Have Stars →

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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 Star Trek Shatnerverse?: Known Space — the closest match to Star Trek Shatnerverse on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Star Trek Shatnerverse?: Star Trek Shatnerverse is 9 books, 1995–2006.

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