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Question: What is the best Science-Fiction universe/story?
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Dune
 
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The Foundation
 
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Star Trek
 
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Star Wars
 
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Mr. Morden
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« on: February 07, 2017, 10:52:30 PM »

Well, going by my username, I should write in Babylon 5.  However, my current sci-fi obsession is The Expanse, so I'll write that one in:

x-write in: "The Expanse"

It's like Game of Thrones...but in space.
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Mr. Morden
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« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2017, 02:20:46 PM »

Why aren't you nerds watching "The Expanse"?  You're seriously missing out.
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Mr. Morden
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« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2017, 02:55:02 PM »

Why aren't you nerds watching "The Expanse"?  You're seriously missing out.


I do. Tongue

I wouldn't exactly compare it with Game of Thrones. It's still a good show though, since it's a very rare example of truly "hard" science fiction on television.

It's not as good as Game of Thrones was at it's peak, no, not even close.  But Game of Thrones right now has kind of lost me on suspension of disbelief.  It doesn't feel like a real world to me anymore, as the writers are having all the characters act in completely illogical fashion in order to advance the plot for the endgame.

The Expanse is still at the stage in its story where the world feels absolutely real to me, and events are just unfolding naturally, without it looking like there's the heavy hand of the writer moving things in the desired direction.  And of course, the fact that the technology all seems plausible, without any Trek-like magic tech or even FTL spaceships, also doesn't hurt on making me believe it's a real world.
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