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Back in the 2000s much American space adventure literature was bland gung ho bug hunt stuff with 1 dimensional characters and a cringe worthy worldview. The best space adventures during the 2000s were from British Authors. Alastair Reynolds, Iain M. Banks, Neal Asher, Peter F. Hamilton, etc...

I find it sad how there was nothing with space travel on TV from 2010 to 2014. I find it sad how much TV space sci fi struggled during the 2010s. What would a timeline where a space themed show became at least half as mainstream as shows like "The Walking Dead" and "Game of Thrones"...

I was never interested in anything sci fi or set in space until I finally played "Mass Effect" after a friend recommended it to me. Shortly after finishing the trilogy I devoured shows like "Babylon 5", "Battlestar Galactica", "Farscape", "Firefly", and now "The Expanse". Around this time I...

What kind of psychological issues? Do people feel powerless nowadays and this causes them to go to superheroes or post apocalyptic settings rather than deep space sci fi?

It seems like in the 1990s and 2000s people thought shows like B5 and BSG were shows only morbidly obese people who spent time in basements watch. Most of the B5 fans I have come across irl were top performing military officers nonetheless it seems like a lot of the mainstream still think of...

I was never interested in science fiction until I played Mass Effect under the recommendation of a friend. I thought the Battle for the Citadel scene was epic. Now I hunger for a TV show like it. I believe the genre Mass Effect falls under is space opera. What happened to space opera? There...