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Books like The Blue Planets World: 9 series to read next

The Blue Planets World is science fiction, set in other star systems. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Blue Planets World is 3 books, from 2017.

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Catteni Sequence
Heorot
Cities in Flight
Uplift
Deathworld
Known Space
Forerunner
Pax / Astra
Old Man's War

Catteni SequenceSeries

seriesAnne McCaffrey5 books1970

Space opera, about slavery.

“The Catteni series is a tetralogy of science fiction novels by American writer Anne McCaffrey.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Freedom's Landing →

HeorotSeries

seriesJerry Pournelle, Larry Niven & Steven Barnes4 books1987

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

“Reproduction and fertility expert Dr Jack Cohen acted as a consultant on the book, designing the novel life cycle of the alien antagonists, the grendels.”
from the catalogue description of The Legacy of Heorot

Start with The Legacy of Heorot →

Cities in FlightSeries

seriesJames Blish10 books1950

Space opera.

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

UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

Space opera, about uplift.

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

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DeathworldSeries

seriesHarry Harrison4 books1960

Science fiction, adventurous in tone, about space colonization and survival, set in far future and other star systems.

“The central hero is a gambler who becomes involved with colonists of an extremely hostile planet.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Deathworld →

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Science fiction, about aliens, set in far future and 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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ForerunnerSeries

seriesAndre Norton5 books1960

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

“Under desperate circumstances, a beautiful young woman must team up with a star traveler in order to find the key to the start of civilization so that the future might be saved.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Forerunner →

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! →

Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Military science fiction and space opera, about war.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Old Man's War →

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.

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What should I read after The Blue Planets World?: Catteni Sequence — the closest match to The Blue Planets World on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Blue Planets World?: Sleepers. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Blue Planets World.
How big is The Blue Planets World?: The Blue Planets World is 3 books, from 2017.

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