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The Essential Hal Clement is science fiction and hard science fiction, about aliens, set in far future and other star systems. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Essential Hal Clement is 5 books, 1943–2000.

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Mesklin
Known Space
Dragon's Egg
Minervan Experiment / Giants
Uplift
CoDominium
Heechee
Humanx Commonwealth
Ender's Game

MesklinSeries

seriesHal Clement6 books1954

Science fiction and hard science fiction, adventurous in tone, about aliens and space exploration, 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.”
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Start with Mission of Gravity →

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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Dragon's EggSeries

seriesRobert L. Forward3 books1980

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

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Minervan Experiment / GiantsSeries

seriesJames P. Hogan5 books1977

Mysterious in tone.

“The Giants series is a quintet of science fiction novels by James P. Hogan, published between 1977 and 2005.”
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Start with Inherit the Stars →

UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

Space opera, 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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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.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Gateway →

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.”
from the catalogue description

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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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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 Essential Hal Clement?: Mesklin — the closest match to The Essential Hal Clement on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Essential Hal Clement?: Music of Many Spheres. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Essential Hal Clement.
How big is The Essential Hal Clement?: The Essential Hal Clement is 5 books, 1943–2000.
Is The Essential Hal Clement finished?: Yes — 5 books, 1943–2000.

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