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Terrible Worlds: Destinations is science fiction. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Terrible Worlds: Destinations is 4 books, 2019–2026.

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The Science Fiction Hall of Fame
Hainish
Ender's Game
Time Odyssey
Xeelee
Known Space
Forge of God
The Culture
Dune

The Science Fiction Hall of FameSeries

seriesBen Bova, Algis Budrys, Arthur C. Clarke, Geo. W. Proctor, H. G. Wells, Robert Silverberg, Terry Carr & Theodore R. Cogswell11 books1895

“The greatest science fiction stories of all time chosen by the members of the Science Fiction Writers of America.”
from the catalogue description of The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One

Start with The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One →

HainishSeries

seriesUrsula K. Le Guin33 books1964

Set in 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 →

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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Time OdysseySeries

seriesArthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter3 books2003

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

Start with Time's Eye →

XeeleeSeries

seriesStephen Baxter & uncredited89 books1987

Science fiction and hard science fiction, about aliens, set in far future and space.

“The Xeelee are described as symbiotic entities composed of spacetime defects, Bose–Einstein condensates, and baryonic matter.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Raft →

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Set in other star systems.

“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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Forge of GodSeries

seriesGreg Bear2 books1987

Science fiction, tense and dark in tone, about aliens and survival.

“Earth faces destruction when an inscrutable and overwhelming alien form of life attacks.”
from the catalogue description of The Forge of God

Start with The Forge of God →

The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

Space opera, about artificial intelligence, 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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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, about political intrigue, set in other star systems.

“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 →

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 Terrible Worlds: Destinations?: The Science Fiction Hall of Fame — the closest match to Terrible Worlds: Destinations on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Terrible Worlds: Destinations?: Walking to Aldebaran. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Terrible Worlds: Destinations.
How big is Terrible Worlds: Destinations?: Terrible Worlds: Destinations is 4 books, 2019–2026.

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