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So, you have a space fandom. However, other people might not have heard of it! Thankfully, there is a solution: Tell us why your canon is the best! Here's a nice format you can use to make it easier for people to find stuff: (copypasteable below)
The canon: The canon's name
What: The medium – TV, book, anime, RPF, 5-minute (posters/music video/etc), ... – some idea of the length would also be good, is it one book/season/movie, or is it longer?
Where: where it can be found – is there a legal free download, is it on Netflix, an Amazon link, etc
Quick pitch: Give us a brief tagline! "Sentient ants get a space program", "Space Opera detectives chasing a priceless alien artwork", "Gritty asteroid mining RPG", ...
More: Tell us all the reasons why it's awesome! What do you like about the canon? The characters, the tone/outlook, the central concept, the relationship between hero and antagonist, the prose style, anything!
Now, go forth and advertise and read the most space-y recs list this side of the Crab Nebula!
The canon: The canon's name
What: The medium – TV, book, anime, RPF, 5-minute (posters/music video/etc), ... – some idea of the length would also be good, is it one book/season/movie, or is it longer?
Where: where it can be found – is there a legal free download, is it on Netflix, an Amazon link, etc
Quick pitch: Give us a brief tagline! "Sentient ants get a space program", "Space Opera detectives chasing a priceless alien artwork", "Gritty asteroid mining RPG", ...
More: Tell us all the reasons why it's awesome! What do you like about the canon? The characters, the tone/outlook, the central concept, the relationship between hero and antagonist, the prose style, anything!
Now, go forth and advertise and read the most space-y recs list this side of the Crab Nebula!
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What: From the first forays through Earth's system, to worlds unimaginable. Space opera and aliens and pitched battles in the deep. Includes a world where abandoned colonists bond with telepathic 'horses', and another where the deliberately abandoned clones live side by side with giant, thinking lizard-dinosaur natives, and another 'verse where only one human is allowed to live with, and speak with (and for) the alien civilization that they crash-landed into.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._J._Cherryh_bibliography#The_Alliance-Union_universe
Where: Mostly in libraries and bookstores. Used bookstores for some of the older works. Dozens of books. Like...dozens.
Quick pitch: Everything you love about action, adventure, and discovery quests......in spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace!!!
More: Not only top-notch writing, but engaging women characters, seriously-thought-out and plausible alien worlds, smart science, a lack of gratuitous romance, some truly thought provoking (and horror-adjacent) stretching of scientific ethics and experimentation. Really clever and plausible societies and evolution of humanity. Thought-provoking and emotion-producing writing. SPACE! in grungy, amazing glory without dystopian pitfalls.
What: it’s a Toku show, a live action Japanese show, and KR seasons run ~50 episodes
Where: there is literally no way to legally access Kamen Rider in the West, but just look for a good sub
Quick pitch: Punk new kid and his secret club defeat constellations with the power of Friendship in a parody of American school system
More: Folks I have literally only seen 8 episodes + spoilers but I would die for everyone in it and this show is just… I can’t even! The main character is this smiling dumbass who fights his way into being friends with everyone, even his literal actual murderer! One girl is a self proclaimed space otaku. The leader of their club is the Popular Girl but she’s so well developed already? PLEASE watch Fourze or you’re missing out on life.
The canon: Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger
What: it’s a Toku show, a live action Japanese show, and Sentai seasons run ~50 episodes
Where: if there’s a way to legally watch Kyuranger in the West I’d love to see it. As is, look for a good sub.
Quick pitch: the legends say nine heroes will unlock the powers to save the universe or something. The legends are wrong there are twelve and also they’re mostly idiots.
More: how do I describe my love of Kyuranger Lucky is my SON Hammie is my DAUGHTER Raptor is my ROBOT WIFE and this show is how I discovered my all-time FAV Toku show so it holds an extra special place in my heart.
The canon: Power Rangers: The Psycho Path
What: graphic novel
Where: I know Nook has it, so do most comic stores with the Boom!PR stuff
Quick pitch: former Queen of Evil forcible adopted by her slightly-less-murderous creations as their mom and tries to teach them good
More: I don’t care how many people call this book shit I enjoyed it so much I mean Karone already owns my soul and I desperately want to see her lead a team. Everyone, from Yellow to Nokrea has such personality and I loved all the slice of life bits. IF YOU WANT SLICE OF LIFE (FORMER) SUPERVILLAINS PLEASE READ THIS
What: 2 season tv show
Where: Netflix, worldwide afaik
Quick pitch: A family is stranded in space.
More: A true family show, not just in the sense that you could watch it with kids, but also everyone from the 11 year old to the forty-something has their own emotionally age-appropriate and plot-relevant storylines. There's action-adventure but the underlying mood is optimistic. A bit of a love letter to space travel. All the female characters are strong and awesome, especially Molly Parker as Maureen Robinson.
Has a charming ship of married people in a basically healthy relationship (and a couple of other possibilities). Toby Stephens as a grumpy papa bear. I don't know but I'm told some people want to bang the robot? I do recommend sticking it out past the first ep, if you can!
Edited 2020-02-02 07:28 pm (UTC)
What: trilogy of fairly lengthy books (first right under 400 pages), translated from Chinese into English (I... haven't read all three yet and I've only just begun rereading the first one; it's been a while) The others are called The Dark Forest and Death's End
Where: idk if your library will have it? I have found various editions for you here on WorldCat to hopefully help find it at a local library. Or, here's a bookfinder.com link comparing various sources if you want to purchase the first one.
Quick pitch: first contact (via China) with aliens who have a physics problem problem and a computer game (I think it's VR but I'm not sure)
More: women physicists (that's right. more than one. Though some of them do die.)
partly set against (and opening with, in the English version) the violent backdrop of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, The Three Body Problem is fairly "hard"-sci-fi involving a first contact with the inhabitants of the closest star system, Alpha Centauri. Which is a triple star system, and the physical "three body problem" is... wildly difficult to calculate and predict, translating to terribly erratic planetary conditions.
It definitely falls into the thought provoking sci-fi tradition, with regard to social and environmental issues.