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Books like The Cool War (Pohl): 9 series to read next

The Cool War (Pohl) is science fiction, set in near future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Cool War (Pohl) is 4 books, 1979–1981.

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Blade Runner Universe
Quantum Logic
Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
Space Merchants
Nexus 5
Dune
H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
Dogs of War (Adrian Tchaikovsky)
The Handmaid's Tale

Blade Runner UniverseSeries

seriesK. W. Jeter, Archie Goodwin, Les Martin & Philip K. Dick6 books1968

Cyberpunk, about robots and identity, set in big city.

“Together the two trace the story's path from prose original to screen and comic-page adaptation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? →

Quantum LogicSeries

seriesGreg Bear7 books1990

Science fiction, tense in tone, set in near future.

Reading order →

Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

seriesPhilip K. Dick9 books1962

Science fiction, set in near future.

“Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”
from the catalogue description of The Man in the High Castle

Start with The Man in the High Castle →

Space MerchantsSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth2 books1953

Dystopia, about class conflict, set in venus & inner planets.

“Together the two books form a compact bookend pair rather than an ongoing series.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Space Merchants →

Nexus 5Series

seriesRamez Naam3 books2012

About artificial intelligence.

“The trilogy continues through Crux and Apex, following the same central conflict over who controls the technology.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Nexus →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, set in far future and 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 →

H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

Alien invasion.

“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The War of the Worlds →

Dogs of War (Adrian Tchaikovsky)Series

seriesAdrian Tchaikovsky3 books2017

Cyberpunk.

“Dogs of War, Bear Head, and Bee Speaker widen from that first book's battlefield into questions of AI rights, corporate power, and non-human consciousness across a near-future Earth.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dogs of War →

The Handmaid's TaleSeries

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books1985

Dystopia, about totalitarianism and gender and society, set in north america.

“The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel set in Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States and forces fertile women into reproductive servitude as Handmaids; it is narrated by one such woman, Offred.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Handmaid's Tale →

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 Cool War (Pohl)?: Blade Runner Universe — the closest match to The Cool War (Pohl) on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Cool War (Pohl)?: Like Unto the Locust. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Cool War (Pohl).
How big is The Cool War (Pohl)?: The Cool War (Pohl) is 4 books, 1979–1981.
Is The Cool War (Pohl) finished?: Yes — 4 books, 1979–1981.

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