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State / Leshy Circuit is science fiction, set in far future and other star systems. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

State / Leshy Circuit is 9 books, 1969–1990.

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Known Space
Cities in Flight
Uplift
Heechee
Academy / Priscilla (Hutch) Hutchins
Humanx Commonwealth
Pax / Astra
Mesklin
Ender's Game

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

About aliens.

“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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Cities in FlightSeries

seriesJames Blish10 books1950

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

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

UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift and aliens.

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

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HeecheeSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl19 books1972

About aliens.

“The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Gateway →

Academy / Priscilla (Hutch) HutchinsSeries

seriesJack McDevitt16 books1983

About aliens.

“Beginning with The Engines of God, the series treats deep time and the near-total absence of intelligent alien life as its central mystery, favoring slow-burn discovery over action.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Engines of God →

Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

About aliens.

“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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Pax / AstraSeries

seriesAndre Norton2 books1954

Science fiction, adventurous and tense in tone, about survival, set in far future.

“Star Flight appears to be a later omnibus or reissue rather than a third original novel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Stars Are Ours! →

MesklinSeries

seriesHal Clement6 books1954

About aliens.

“The idea came from an object that was at the time believed to exist in the 61 Cygni system, and which might represent an extrasolar planet.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Mission of Gravity →

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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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 State / Leshy Circuit?: Known Space — the closest match to State / Leshy Circuit on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with State / Leshy Circuit?: Passerby. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for State / Leshy Circuit.
How big is State / Leshy Circuit?: State / Leshy Circuit is 9 books, 1969–1990.

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