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   clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Thursday, 28-Dec-2023 15:51:41 JST clacke

   People out there who enjoyed the harder sci-fi of "The Expanse" are recommending:

   - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silo_(se…
   - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beacon_2…
   - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extrapol…

   I'll put them on my list to check out.

   Silo: People in a post-apocalyptic world trapped in an underground silo. The world outside is lethal. Or is it? Yes, it is. Or is it?

   Beacon 23: Two people stuck on a dark-matter "lighthouse" at the edge of settled space. Slow-going world-building.

   Extrapolations: Climate future anthology with loads of famous actors.

   #SciFi #ScienceFiction
   #TheExpanse
   #Silo #SiloSeries
   #Beacon23
   #Extrapolations #ExtrapolationsSeries

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     Andrea Bruckmeier (andreabruckmeier@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Dec-2023 15:52:18 JST Andrea Bruckmeier

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     @clacke Thanks a lot for the recommendation! I love #TheExpanse! I considered binging it again but this gives me some other options.

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Thursday, 28-Dec-2023 15:52:19 JST clacke

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     Things they also like that I already watched:

     - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundati…
     - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_All_…
     - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raised_b…

     Foundation: Asimov's seminal galactic empire epic about societies and how they rise and fall. It goes very slow in the beginning, basically all of S1, but I like it very much. It is a very free adaptation from the books, which some people hate, but I like everything they added, there is creative and interesting new stuff in there. Asimov is great at world-building, not so much at dialogue and characters. This one has great characters, sometimes by merging several from Asimov's huge gallery. It also has more than 5% women and they are allowed pivotal roles.

     For All Mankind: Alt history drama, what if Soviets got to the moon first and the space race continued with both sides establishing bases? I enjoy this one, actors are excellent, story is believable, there is little to no space fantasy, it's all within achievable technology. It's a bit slow-going and I took a break for more exciting superhero and space fantasy adventure series for a while. Expanse fans are lyrical over the latest season and I will get back to it once I catch up with Doom Patrol and in particular the Doom Patrol musical episode. 😃

     Raised by Wolves: Very promising seemingly-hard scifi about settling a harsh biotope on Kepler 22b. The settlers are two androids and a bunch of embryos that escaped zealot persecution of atheists and a global civil war with a sun cult with Christian associations. As it progressed it got more and more deeply into prophecies and fantasy and I got more and more tired of it, but I finished S2. Unclear if there will be another season. The evolving backstory of what happened on Earth kept me going more than the present-time story, which got more and more surreal. The characters and personal relations are great, including the exploration of android personalities.

     #Foundation #FoundationSeries
     #ForAllMankind
     #RaisedByWolves

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     Sören (chucker@norden.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Dec-2023 23:40:40 JST Sören

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     @clacke #Silo and #ForAllMankind are great IMHO. #Extrapolations is honestly hit and miss. I’d say the strongest episode is 2, “Whale Fall”.

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     Björn Lindström (bkhl@social.sdfeu.org)'s status on Thursday, 28-Dec-2023 23:40:43 JST Björn Lindström

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     @clacke some helpful information about the Silo novels:

     - the series first season just covers the first few chapters of the book, and the plot point that ends the season is even revealed in the opening of the book, so even if you worry about spoilers you can happily watch the TV show first.

     - the book series is very impressive for a self published work. They have almost none of the usual signs. (Don't know if he hired an editor privately.)

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