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Anyone got a suggestion for good TV shows on Netflix/Amazon Prime, Movies or books in the Science Fiction, Fantasy or Dystopia genre?
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This post contains spoilers for each recommendation mentioned. These are shows I have watched and love.
Television
The100 : This show is coming up on its fifth season so you’ll have the ability to binge watch. The show is set in the future. A nuclear war ravaged earth and there is a space station called The Ark. Now 100 years after the bombs The Ark is sending a dropship with 100 teenagers, each in lockup for assorted crimes, to the earth because the oxygen is getting used up quicker than they expected and they need to extend it. On the ground the teens have to figure out how to survive and the earth, contrary to belief, is populated. As the show goes on there’s a lot of conflict with the earth tribes and space station people.
The Librarians : This just finished its fourth season so again binge watch potential. If you liked the The Librarian movies with Noah Wiley, you’ll like this show. If you haven’t watched those movies, they aren’t necessary to watch the show. The show starts out with three new Librarians getting called to The Library, an institution that collects and protects magical artifacts. The stories are lighthearted and have humor in addition to seriousness. (As a personal note on season 1. I liked the individual episodes very much. The season finale of season 1 did feel weak to me, but they also fixed the issue that made it weak (IMO) with future seasons whose finales have been stronger. And like I said, while the finale could’ve been better, the season was still good.)
Books
The Belgariad by David Eddings : This five book series, starting with Pawn of Prophecy, is the classic tale of a farm boy that must fight the big bad. The magic and culture are fun and I laughed many times during this series while also being engrossed in the serious parts too.
The Malloreon by David Eddings : Taking place after The Belgariad, this five book series picks up ~10/20 years later and follows some of the main characters from The Belgariad while adding new ones and, like the first series, was absolutely delightful. I am not lying when I say these two series have been my favorite books.
Discworld by Terry Pratchet : With 41 books in this series, starting with The Colour of Magic, you’ll have a lot to read. But at the same time, except for the first two, each can be read as its own story. This also means you can start and stop Discworld with ease if there’s something else you want to read. The books are fun and satire-laden and follow a host of interesting characters such as Rincewind, a wizzard (spelling intentional) who can’t do magic, Samuel Vimes, a city watch man, Granny Weatherwax, a wise witch, and Death, a personification that finds humans fascinating but fails to comprehend mankind when he imitates.
A Wizard in Rhyme by Christopher Stasheff : Starting with Her Majesty’s Wizard, Matthew Mantrell finds a piece of paper with mysterious runes on it. After trying to understand them, he finally does and gets transported to another world where magic is done through poetry. There he finds himself naturally talented and fights for good. Unique to this series is that good serves (our) God and evil serves the devil.
Television
The100 : This show is coming up on its fifth season so you’ll have the ability to binge watch. The show is set in the future. A nuclear war ravaged earth and there is a space station called The Ark. Now 100 years after the bombs The Ark is sending a dropship with 100 teenagers, each in lockup for assorted crimes, to the earth because the oxygen is getting used up quicker than they expected and they need to extend it. On the ground the teens have to figure out how to survive and the earth, contrary to belief, is populated. As the show goes on there’s a lot of conflict with the earth tribes and space station people.
The Librarians : This just finished its fourth season so again binge watch potential. If you liked the The Librarian movies with Noah Wiley, you’ll like this show. If you haven’t watched those movies, they aren’t necessary to watch the show. The show starts out with three new Librarians getting called to The Library, an institution that collects and protects magical artifacts. The stories are lighthearted and have humor in addition to seriousness. (As a personal note on season 1. I liked the individual episodes very much. The season finale of season 1 did feel weak to me, but they also fixed the issue that made it weak (IMO) with future seasons whose finales have been stronger. And like I said, while the finale could’ve been better, the season was still good.)
Books
The Belgariad by David Eddings : This five book series, starting with Pawn of Prophecy, is the classic tale of a farm boy that must fight the big bad. The magic and culture are fun and I laughed many times during this series while also being engrossed in the serious parts too.
The Malloreon by David Eddings : Taking place after The Belgariad, this five book series picks up ~10/20 years later and follows some of the main characters from The Belgariad while adding new ones and, like the first series, was absolutely delightful. I am not lying when I say these two series have been my favorite books.
Discworld by Terry Pratchet : With 41 books in this series, starting with The Colour of Magic, you’ll have a lot to read. But at the same time, except for the first two, each can be read as its own story. This also means you can start and stop Discworld with ease if there’s something else you want to read. The books are fun and satire-laden and follow a host of interesting characters such as Rincewind, a wizzard (spelling intentional) who can’t do magic, Samuel Vimes, a city watch man, Granny Weatherwax, a wise witch, and Death, a personification that finds humans fascinating but fails to comprehend mankind when he imitates.
A Wizard in Rhyme by Christopher Stasheff : Starting with Her Majesty’s Wizard, Matthew Mantrell finds a piece of paper with mysterious runes on it. After trying to understand them, he finally does and gets transported to another world where magic is done through poetry. There he finds himself naturally talented and fights for good. Unique to this series is that good serves (our) God and evil serves the devil.
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AdiLila
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Nice, I’ve watched part of both the 100 and the Liberians, and own one of the Disc World books, but haven’t read it. Maybe I’ll get back into the TV shows and check out Disc World. Thanks!
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TheLittleLady
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Just watched “The Colverfield Paradox”. Two thumbs UP
For books, I am reading John C Wright currently:
Other suggestions are Michael O Brien’s “Voyage to Alpha Centauri” as well as the" Children of the Last Days" saga.
Can’t let a sci fi discussion go by without recommending both volumes of “Infinite Space, Infinite God”
For books, I am reading John C Wright currently:
Other suggestions are Michael O Brien’s “Voyage to Alpha Centauri” as well as the" Children of the Last Days" saga.
Can’t let a sci fi discussion go by without recommending both volumes of “Infinite Space, Infinite God”
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JetteZ
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Totally agree with The Cloverfield Paradox
Ready Player One is coming out as a movie soon (very excited!); the book is fantastic so I’d absolutely recommend reading it. Another great Earnest Cline book is Armada.
Gemina (and its sequels) and Ender’s Game are two other good SciFi boosk.
Ready Player One is coming out as a movie soon (very excited!); the book is fantastic so I’d absolutely recommend reading it. Another great Earnest Cline book is Armada.
Gemina (and its sequels) and Ender’s Game are two other good SciFi boosk.
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TheLittleLady
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The entire series, in fact, the novel that follows Ender’s Game “Speaker For The Dead” is one of the best I’ve ever read.
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JetteZ
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I know I started and didn’t finish Speaker for the Dead and now I’m going crazy because I can’t find it, lol.
I have a vague recollection that a book in a series I love came out so I stopped reading (well, listening) to it but intended to go back… it’s not in my audible account and I can’t find it in my library’s catalog.
I like to listen to books at work to give some enjoyment to the number crunching and this would have been perfect… off to convince the husband to order it for the library. #WhyIMarriedHim
I have a vague recollection that a book in a series I love came out so I stopped reading (well, listening) to it but intended to go back… it’s not in my audible account and I can’t find it in my library’s catalog.
I like to listen to books at work to give some enjoyment to the number crunching and this would have been perfect… off to convince the husband to order it for the library. #WhyIMarriedHim
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The_Old_Maid
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Try Susan Beth Pfeffer’s moon series:
Life as we knew it
The dead and the gone
This world we live in
Shade of the moon
#1: 16-yr-old young woman describes the disaster when the moon shifts its orbit. First-person narrator, non-religious family. Small town setting.
#2: 17-yr-old young man during same events. Third-person limited omniscient. Set in New York City, Catholic family.
#3: Survivors of #1 and #2 meet.
#4: in my opinion the weakest of the four, though actually not bad. Survivors of #3 in a safe zone.
Don’t let the fact that the narrators are teenagers deter you. They have a laser-sharp focus on whether the adults around them are any better prepared that they are.
The audio book versions are well done. I’d recommend you try to get those versions first.
Life as we knew it
The dead and the gone
This world we live in
Shade of the moon
#1: 16-yr-old young woman describes the disaster when the moon shifts its orbit. First-person narrator, non-religious family. Small town setting.
#2: 17-yr-old young man during same events. Third-person limited omniscient. Set in New York City, Catholic family.
#3: Survivors of #1 and #2 meet.
#4: in my opinion the weakest of the four, though actually not bad. Survivors of #3 in a safe zone.
Don’t let the fact that the narrators are teenagers deter you. They have a laser-sharp focus on whether the adults around them are any better prepared that they are.
The audio book versions are well done. I’d recommend you try to get those versions first.
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TheLittleLady
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One that really surprised me was “Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O” (now, it is not a kid’s book and it does have some sex).
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TheLittleLady
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Preach it, sister!!!
You are the luckiest wife in the world.
I so love my public library, HOOPLA and Overdrive keep me sane.
Have you done the Justin Cronin “Passage” Trilogy? I’m in book three right now (Overdrive audiobook). GREAT twist on Dystopia Vampire.
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JamalChristophr
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Do you watch “Agents of Shield”. It is the bestest.
(But not purely dystopian)
(But not purely dystopian)
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JetteZ
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So, every one of these is unavailable and I’m something like 6th in line. Hrumph!
Apparently it’s “unethical” to bump others off the hold list to move your wife up.
I downloaded the audible version of Legend by Marie Lu and so far it seems interesting.
Apparently it’s “unethical” to bump others off the hold list to move your wife up.
I downloaded the audible version of Legend by Marie Lu and so far it seems interesting.
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TheLittleLady
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