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Books like Terraforming Earth: 9 series to read next

Terraforming Earth is science fiction, set in far future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Terraforming Earth is 6 books, 1998–2001.

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Saint Leibowitz
Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)
Dune
Hainish
Foundation
Snake
Tales of a Darkening World
This Immortal
The Culture

Saint LeibowitzSeries

seriesWalter M. Miller & Jr.6 books1955

About faith and religion, set in north america.

“Together the two novels form a sparse, decades-spanning series about memory, faith, and the cycles of civilization.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Canticle for Leibowitz →

Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)Series

seriesKim Stanley Robinson36 books1982

Set in mars.

“Ultimately more utopian than dystopian, the story focuses on egalitarian, sociological, and scientific advances made on Mars, while Earth suffers from overpopulation and ecological disaster.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Red Mars →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, about political intrigue.

“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dune →

HainishSeries

seriesUrsula K. Le Guin33 books1964

Science fiction, reflective in tone, set in far future and other star systems.

“The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Rocannon's World →

FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

Science fiction, about robots, set in far future.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Foundation →

SnakeSeries

seriesVonda N. McIntyre5 books1973

Science fiction, about survival, set in far future.

“When her dreamsnake is killed early on, Snake sets out across a fractured, tribal far-future Earth to find a replacement.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand →

Tales of a Darkening WorldSeries

seriesEdgar Pangborn17 books1954

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, set in far future.

“Edgar Pangborn's loose post-apocalyptic sequence is set generations after an unspecified war has reduced North America to small, pseudo-medieval communities ruled by a Church that actively suppresses old technology and persecutes mutants.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Davy →

This ImmortalSeries

seriesHarry Turtledove & Roger Zelazny2 books1966

About aliens and colonialism.

Start with This Immortal →

The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

Space opera, set in galactic scale.

“No money, no laws, no hunger, no death you didn't choose; a galaxy-spanning anarchy of humans and drones administered, gently and with enormous irony, by superintelligent Minds who name their warships things like *Frank Exchange Of Views*.”
from the catalogue description

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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 Terraforming Earth?: Saint Leibowitz — the closest match to Terraforming Earth on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Terraforming Earth?: Terraforming Terra. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Terraforming Earth.
How big is Terraforming Earth?: Terraforming Earth is 6 books, 1998–2001.
Is Terraforming Earth finished?: Yes — 6 books, 1998–2001.

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