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Books like The Spin Trilogy: 9 series to read next

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

The Spin Trilogy is 3 books, 2016–2018.

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Heechee
Known Space
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought
Commonwealth
CoDominium
Uplift
Cities in Flight
Harvest of Stars
The Culture

HeecheeSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl19 books1972

About aliens.

“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 →

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

About aliens.

“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
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Heaven Chronicles / Zones of ThoughtSeries

seriesJoan D. Vinge & Vernor Vinge8 books1976

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and space.

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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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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

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

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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift and aliens.

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

Harvest of StarsSeries

seriesPoul Anderson5 books1993

Science fiction, set in far future and space.

“Pursued by Avantist forces, she and Guthrie engage in a desperate battle of wits against a brilliant adversary: a copy of Guthrie's personality that has been reprogrammed to serve the enemy.”
from the catalogue description

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The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

Science fiction and space opera, about artificial intelligence, set in far future and 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.

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What should I read after The Spin Trilogy?: Heechee — the closest match to The Spin Trilogy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Spin Trilogy?: Creation Machine. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Spin Trilogy.
How big is The Spin Trilogy?: The Spin Trilogy is 3 books, 2016–2018.

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