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Books like The Matsumoto Trilogy: 9 series to read next

The Matsumoto Trilogy 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 Matsumoto Trilogy is 4 books, 2016–2017.

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Dune
Ender's Game
Known Space
CoDominium
Foundation
Forever War
Honorverse
Alliance-Union
The Culture

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, about political intrigue, set in 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

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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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Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

About aliens, set in 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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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction, set in other star systems.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
from the catalogue description

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FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
from the catalogue description

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Forever WarSeries

seriesJoe Haldeman10 books1972

Military science fiction.

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HonorverseUniverse

universe83 books1993

Space opera and military science fiction, set in other star systems.

“At the center stands one officer, Honor Harrington — captain, then something far larger — and the six-limbed empathic treecat who rides her shoulder.”
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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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The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

Space opera, about artificial intelligence, set in galactic scale.

“No money, no laws, no hunger, no death you didn't choose; a galaxy-spanning anarchy of humans and drones administered, gently and with enormous irony, by superintelligent Minds who name their warships things like *Frank Exchange Of Views*.”
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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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after The Matsumoto Trilogy?: Dune — the closest match to The Matsumoto Trilogy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Matsumoto Trilogy?: Roman Adrift. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Matsumoto Trilogy.
How big is The Matsumoto Trilogy?: The Matsumoto Trilogy is 4 books, 2016–2017.

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