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Books like Starstream: 9 series to read next

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

Starstream is 2 books, 1989–1990.

“The two were published within a year of each other under the same author.”
from the catalogue description

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CoDominium
Foundation
Known Space
Polity
Old Man's War
Heechee
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought
Commonwealth
Alliance-Union

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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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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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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PolityUniverse

universe72 books1992

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and other star systems.

“The Quiet War is already over by the time you arrive.”
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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Military science fiction, about war.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
from the catalogue description
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HeecheeSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl19 books1972

About space exploration.

“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

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Heaven Chronicles / Zones of ThoughtSeries

seriesJoan D. Vinge & Vernor Vinge8 books1976

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and space.

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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.”
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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.”
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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 Starstream?: CoDominium — the closest match to Starstream on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Starstream?: From a Changeling Star. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Starstream.
How big is Starstream?: Starstream is 2 books, 1989–1990.
Is Starstream finished?: Yes — 2 books, 1989–1990.

Books like Starstream: 9 series to read next

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