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Everyone who has not watched The Expanse yet: start doing it. It is easily the best SciFi show in the last decade and a top contender for best SciFi show ever.

It has a slow start but is increasing pace and when you realize you are being watching seasons you are doomed because soon the year long wait starts :)

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The books are really good, too.

I need to watch the series at some point.

They work nicely together.

I not sure how many realize this, but the books were actually written by a team of writers, well 2 writers, in parallel, defining the world, characters, and storylines. James S.A. Corey is the pen name of authors Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck. Great series too :)

And it get really interesting who their friends are down there in New Mexico :)

I read them. All of it including Novellas and stuff. They are awesome. Especially once you are used to the chapter by character thing GoT also does. But surprise, New Mexico connection :)

It's basically Game of Thrones in space, for whatever that's worth. I didn't like Game of Thrones because of the fantasy setting, but I'm loving The Expanse.

I half jokingly expected GoT to end with the Colonial Service starship arriving to figure out why Valiria lost contact a couple centuries prior and how to fix the mess the colonists put themselves into.

New season premieres Dec 14th! Already got a few friends hooked on it.

Dec 13th !!!

All the seasons are available free with Amazon Prime, fwiw.

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