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Books like The Android's Dream: 9 series to read next

The Android's Dream is science fiction and space opera, about artificial intelligence, set in near future, funny in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Android's Dream is 2 books, 2006–2009.

“John Scalzi's The Android's Dream follows ex-soldier Harry Creek as the hunt for a replacement leads him to Robin Baker, an ordinary woman carrying hidden sheep DNA that makes her the key to avoiding a war.”
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The Crimson Deathbringer
The Stainless Steel Rat
CoDominium
Known Space
Alliance-Union
Uplift
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Old Man's War
Skyrocket Steele

The Crimson DeathbringerSeries

seriesSean Robins1 book2019

Military science fiction, about war.

“Soon after, their lives are set on a crash course with a galactic war that threatens the very existence of the human race.”
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The Stainless Steel RatSeries

seriesHarry Harrison21 books1957

About con artists, set in far future.

“An adolescent boy on a dull planet resolves to live by his wits outside the law, and enacts a plan which leads to risk and reward.”
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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction, set in far future.

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

universe142 books1964

Set in far future.

“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
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Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

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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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift, set in far future.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyUniverse

universe18 books1979

Set in far future.

“The Earth is scheduled for demolition to make way for a hyperspace bypass, and honestly, nobody filed the paperwork properly.”
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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Military science fiction, about war, set in far future.

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

seriesRon Goulart2 books1980

Set in contemporary.

“Or did that frail, beautiful doll, Tracy Flynn, flip the gangster Dime Gallardo to the ceiling just as Dime was about to make macaroni out of Pete's skull?”
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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 The Android's Dream?: The Crimson Deathbringer — the closest match to The Android's Dream on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Android's Dream?: The Android's Dream. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Android's Dream.
How big is The Android's Dream?: The Android's Dream is 2 books, 2006–2009.

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