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Books like Star Watch / Watchmen: 9 series to read next

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

Star Watch / Watchmen is 3 books, 1959–1969.

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Known Space
Old Man's War
CoDominium
Uplift
Vatta
The Talents
Janissaries
Humanx Commonwealth
Shoal Sequence

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.”
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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

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

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Science fiction and military science fiction, set in far future and other star systems.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
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VattaUniverse

universe10 books2003

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

“Get kicked out of the Academy and the family still hands you a ship.”
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The TalentsUniverse

universe18 books1959

Science fiction, 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.”
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JanissariesSeries

seriesJerry Pournelle, Roland J. Green, David Weber & Phillip Pournelle4 books1979

About slavery.

“Janissaries are an American series of military and political-based science fiction novels are set in an interstellar confederation of races, in which humans are a slave race entrusted with military affairs and law enforcement.”
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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.”
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Shoal SequenceSeries

seriesGary Gibson4 books2007

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

“Gary Gibson's Shoal Sequence opens with Stealing Light, set two centuries into humanity's uneasy dependence on the Shoal, an alien race that alone holds the secret of faster-than-light travel.”
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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 Star Watch / Watchmen?: Known Space — the closest match to Star Watch / Watchmen on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Star Watch / Watchmen?: The Star Conquerors. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Star Watch / Watchmen.
How big is Star Watch / Watchmen?: Star Watch / Watchmen is 3 books, 1959–1969.
Is Star Watch / Watchmen finished?: Yes — 3 books, 1959–1969.

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