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Books like The Complete Stories (UK): 9 series to read next

The Complete Stories (UK) is science fiction, about space exploration, set in far future and space. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Complete Stories (UK) is 6 books, 1954–2024.

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Known Space
Heechee
Asimov's Complete Stories
CoDominium
Ender's Game
Uplift
Mesklin
Academy / Priscilla (Hutch) Hutchins
Thistledown

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.”
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HeecheeSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl19 books1972

Space opera.

“The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”
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Start with Gateway →

Asimov's Complete StoriesSeries

seriesIsaac Asimov9 books1954

Science fiction, set in far future and space.

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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

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

universe13 books1980

Space opera, about uplift.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
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MesklinSeries

seriesHal Clement6 books1954

Science fiction and hard science fiction, adventurous in tone, about space exploration and aliens, set in far future and other star systems.

“The idea came from an object that was at the time believed to exist in the 61 Cygni system, and which might represent an extrasolar planet.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Mission of Gravity →

Academy / Priscilla (Hutch) HutchinsSeries

seriesJack McDevitt16 books1983

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

“Beginning with The Engines of God, the series treats deep time and the near-total absence of intelligent alien life as its central mystery, favoring slow-burn discovery over action.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Engines of God →

ThistledownSeries

seriesGreg Bear5 books1978

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

Start with The Wind from a Burning Woman →

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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after The Complete Stories (UK)?: Known Space — the closest match to The Complete Stories (UK) on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Complete Stories (UK)?: Sucker Bait. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Complete Stories (UK).
How big is The Complete Stories (UK)?: The Complete Stories (UK) is 6 books, 1954–2024.
Is The Complete Stories (UK) finished?: Yes — 6 books, 1954–2024.

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