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Books like The New Space Opera: 9 series to read next

The New Space Opera is science fiction and space opera, set in space and far future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The New Space Opera is 4 books, 2007–2009.

“The front and back covers include endorsements by Orson Scott Card, Charles Stross, Joe Haldeman, Vernor Vinge, and Greg Bear.”
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Known Space
CoDominium
Uplift
Heechee
Humanx Commonwealth
Academy / Priscilla (Hutch) Hutchins
Ender's Game
Space Beagle
Cities in Flight

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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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

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

universe13 books1980

About uplift.

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

seriesFrederik Pohl19 books1972

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

“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 →

Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

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

“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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Academy / Priscilla (Hutch) HutchinsSeries

seriesJack McDevitt16 books1983

Science fiction, about aliens and space exploration, 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.”
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Start with The Engines of God →

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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Space BeagleSeries

seriesA. E. van Vogt5 books1939

Tense in tone, set in spaceship.

Start with Black Destroyer →

Cities in FlightSeries

seriesJames Blish10 books1950

About space colonization.

“The stories cover roughly two thousand years, from the very near future to the end of the universe.”
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Start with They Shall Have Stars →

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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 New Space Opera?: Known Space — the closest match to The New Space Opera on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The New Space Opera?: The New Space Opera. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The New Space Opera.
How big is The New Space Opera?: The New Space Opera is 4 books, 2007–2009.

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