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Books like The Collected Edmond Hamilton: 9 series to read next

The Collected Edmond Hamilton is science fiction, set in space, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Collected Edmond Hamilton is 7 books, 1929–2013.

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Known Space
Humanx Commonwealth
Uplift
Space Beagle
Heechee
Gaean
Cavor
The Final Architecture
Old Man's War

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

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

“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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Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

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

“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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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift.

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

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Space BeagleSeries

seriesA. E. van Vogt5 books1939

Tense in tone, set in spaceship.

Start with Black Destroyer →

HeecheeSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl19 books1972

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

“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 →

GaeanSeries

seriesJohn Varley3 books1979

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

“The Gaea Trilogy consists of three science fiction novels by John Varley.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Titan →

CavorSeries

seriesH. G. Wells & Stephen Baxter2 books1901

Set in underground & caves.

“H. G. Wells's 1901 novel The First Men in the Moon is narrated by the businessman Bedford, who joins the reclusive scientist Cavor after Cavor invents cavorite, a gravity-blocking substance that carries the two men to the Moon.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The First Men in the Moon →

The Final ArchitectureSeries

seriesAdrian Tchaikovsky6 books2021

Tense in tone, about war.

“Eighty years ago, Earth was destroyed by an alien 'Architect'.”
from the catalogue description of Shards of Earth
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Shards of Earth →

Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Military science fiction, about war.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
from the catalogue description
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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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after The Collected Edmond Hamilton?: Known Space — the closest match to The Collected Edmond Hamilton on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Collected Edmond Hamilton?: The Metal Giants and Others. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Collected Edmond Hamilton.
How big is The Collected Edmond Hamilton?: The Collected Edmond Hamilton is 7 books, 1929–2013.
Is The Collected Edmond Hamilton finished?: Yes — 7 books, 1929–2013.

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