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Books like The Early Jack Vance: 9 series to read next

The Early Jack Vance is science fiction, set in far future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Early Jack Vance is 14 books, 1951–2014.

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Known Space
Ender's Game
Humanx Commonwealth
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Uplift
CoDominium
Alliance-Union
Heechee
Commonwealth

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.”
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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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Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

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

“Two species that ought, by every buried instinct, to recoil from one another instead clasp hand to truhand and build a galaxy together.”
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyUniverse

universe18 books1979

Science fiction and humor, funny in tone, set in far future and space.

“The Earth is scheduled for demolition to make way for a hyperspace bypass, and honestly, nobody filed the paperwork properly.”
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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
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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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Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

Science fiction, 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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HeecheeSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl19 books1972

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

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

universe12 books2002

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future.

“Step aboard the train at the Second Chance terminal and ride the wormhole to another star.”
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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.

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What should I read after The Early Jack Vance?: Known Space — the closest match to The Early Jack Vance on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Early Jack Vance?: Hard-Luck Diggings: The Early Jack Vance. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Early Jack Vance.
How big is The Early Jack Vance?: The Early Jack Vance is 14 books, 1951–2014.
Is The Early Jack Vance finished?: Yes — 14 books, 1951–2014.

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