<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">I don't want to throw water on your fire but would like to contribute to a newby's return:(is that oxymoronic?)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">I don't watch TV except for sports - tennis and golf. The last thing I enjoyed on TV was Northern Exposure. At the risk of being a heretic, I thought Star Trek was just a bit made for the average TV viewer and did not watch it much.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">I prefer books. Now if you want to get a list started of favorite books, preferably leaving out the masters of old which we all know and love, and put together a list of favorites that are relatively new, then I'm in.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">bill w</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 11:56 AM John Grigg via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">
<div>What would be on your top 25 list, for the best recent sf/fantasy television? This is mine...<br></div><div><br></div><div>And in no particular order...<br></div><div><br></div><div>1. The Expanse<br></div><div>2. Star Trek: Discovery<br></div><div>3. Doctor Who<br></div><div>4. The Boys<br></div><div>5. American Gods</div><div>6. Nightflyers</div><div>7. Stranger Things</div><div>8. Black Mirror</div><div>9. Doom Patrol<br></div><div>10. Archer</div><div>11. Umbrella Academy<br></div><div>12. Legion</div><div>13. The Good Place</div><div>14. Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams<br></div><div>15. Love, Death and Robots</div><div>16. Humans</div><div>17. The Flash<br></div><div>18. The Magicians</div><div>19. Westworld</div><div>20. Maniac<br></div><div>21. Jessica Jones</div><div>22. Luke Cage</div><div>23. The Punisher</div><div>24. The Orville</div><div>25. The Crossing<br></div><div><br></div><div>Oh, and also, Altered Carbon, which I did not personally enjoy.<br></div><div><br></div><div>And keep in mind, this list could have easily been twice as long! Lol<br></div><div><br></div><div>Science fiction/fantasy television has of course shaped my conscious and unconscious views about the possibilities of the future, and the nature of transhumanism. I remember running home, right after school, with my bestfriend alongside me, so that we would not miss the beginning of Star Trek: TOS! Lol<br></div><div><br></div><div>We
live in a golden age of television production, both for the quantity
and quality of what is now coming out. And the number of new sf/fantasy
series about to be launched, is almost mind boggling! But I will admit
that with the success of the Lord of the Rings films and Game of
Thrones, epic fantasy is the big new focus/risk for major television
studios, rather than perhaps science fiction...<br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/tv-fantasy-series-that-could-be-the-next-game-of-thrones/" target="_blank">https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/tv-fantasy-series-that-could-be-the-next-game-of-thrones/</a></div><div><br></div><div>And so many series, already out...<br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.denofgeek.com/uk/tv/new-tv-shows-2018/55637/new-us-tv-shows-2018-sci-fi-fantasy-comic-book" target="_blank">https://www.denofgeek.com/uk/tv/new-tv-shows-2018/55637/new-us-tv-shows-2018-sci-fi-fantasy-comic-book</a></div><div><br></div><div>I look forward to seeing what list members have to say...</div>
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