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Ask HN: What is a good fictional universe to get immersed in?
Whether it’s a game series, novel, movie, TV show or otherwise, what is a good fictional world or universe to get immersed or lost in?
- falcor84 5y agoHere are a few personal sci-fi oriented suggestions: * The Expanse * Mass Effect * Westworld
- random_comment 5y agoBooks: Sci-fi: the Culture books (Iain M Banks). The Expanse series. Fantasy: Belgariad (Eddings), Discworld (Pratchett), Robin Hobb's work. TV: Farscape, Stargate SG1, Lexx (!), DS9, Babylon 5, The Expanse. Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel. Avatar (cartoon). Steven Universe (cartoon). Games: XCOM (original), XCOM 2 (original), XCOM modern remakes (official and unofficial), Phoenix Point. If you want to try something classic, the Eye of the Beholder series. Planescape: Torment. Baldur's Gate 1&2.
- jhvkjhk 5y agoAnime: Gundam in U.C. chronology. (The best is Z and Turn-A)
- Minor49er 5y agoCheck out the game Obduction. It's by Cyan, the same people who made Myst: https://cyan.com/games/obduction/ https://cyan.com/games/obduction/
- pfalafel 5y agoFox News
- ChrisGranger 5y agoThe Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe.