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Books like Venus Equilateral: 9 series to read next

Venus Equilateral is science fiction. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Venus Equilateral is 15 books, 1942–1976.

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Uplift
Time Traders
Known Space
Cities in Flight
State / Leshy Circuit
Humanx Commonwealth
Seetee
Academy / Priscilla (Hutch) Hutchins
Starchild (Robert G. Williscroft)

UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift and aliens, set in other star systems.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
from the catalogue description

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Time TradersSeries

seriesAndre Norton, Sherwood Smith & P. M. Griffin7 books1958

Time travel, set in other star systems.

“Norton, later joined by collaborators Sherwood Smith and P. M. Griffin, expanded the sequence to seven novels published between 1958 and 2002, and revised the opening book herself in 2000.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Time Traders →

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.”
from the catalogue description

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Cities in FlightSeries

seriesJames Blish10 books1950

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

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

State / Leshy CircuitSeries

seriesLarry Niven9 books1969

Set in other star systems.

Start with Passerby →

Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

About aliens, set in 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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SeeteeSeries

seriesJack Williamson5 books1942

Set in asteroid belt.

Start with Seetee Ship →

Academy / Priscilla (Hutch) HutchinsSeries

seriesJack McDevitt16 books1983

About aliens, set in other star systems.

“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.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Engines of God →

Starchild (Robert G. Williscroft)Series

seriesRobert G. Williscroft3 books2014

Science fiction, set in space.

“Slingshot follows the lives of the men and women who build the largest machine in human history – the world's first space launch loop.”
from the catalogue description of Slingshot

Start with Slingshot →

Why these

No sales rank, no star ratings, no readers also bought.

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 Venus Equilateral?: Uplift — the closest match to Venus Equilateral on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Venus Equilateral?: QRM - Interplanetary. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Venus Equilateral.
How big is Venus Equilateral?: Venus Equilateral is 15 books, 1942–1976.
Is Venus Equilateral finished?: Yes — 15 books, 1942–1976.

Books like Venus Equilateral: 9 series to read next

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