Whatās a piece of SF that you just couldnāt get into, even though you feel like you should?
I tried to watch Babylon 5, for instance, and just couldnāt connect to it. I know itās popular and people love it, but it never hooked me.
Another is The Three Body Problem. I tried reading it after a friendās glowing recommendation, but I couldnāt get past the first chapter. I even tried reading it in another language in case it was the translation I couldnāt connect with, but the same thing happened.
Both are things I feel like I should like, but just donāt.
The Expanse. I just canāt engage with the series. I understand itās great, but I just canāt seem to gain any emotional attachment to the characters.
Came here to say this and Iām so relieved thereās someone else!
I read the first couple of books long before the series was a thing, they were ok but didnāt grab me enough to keep going. And then a few episodes into the TV version I gave up on that too. Thereās nothing in particular I could point to thatās ābadā exactly, itās just not for me.
The way people talk about it makes me think of revisiting it sometime but honestly, lifeās too short to keep trying when something doesnāt appeal.
For me the Expanse really started to shine towards the end of season 1. Then when they hit seasons 2 and 3 I fell in love. But I totally get not being able to get into it, especially because the first season takes a long time to get rolling
This was my first thought. The TV adaptation at least. Iāve watch the first few episodes a few times and never feel the draw to keep going. Just kind of forget I started.
I agree with this one too. I watched the first episode years ago and simply never carried on to the second. Then a year or so later people told me it was amazing so I persevered to the end of the first season, then drifted off again. Then I later picked it up again, then dropped it, then picked it up again - and think Iām now early in the third season, but again havenāt actually watched an episode in about a year.
I keep trying because people who have similar taste to me tell me I will like it, but I just keep finding it a bit lukewarm - Iāll finish watching an episode once Iāve started, but I almost always have to force myself to carry on to the next episode. It seems to have all the components of a good sci-fi political thriller / space opera, but those components feel like theyāre assembled so coldly that some magic is missing.
I havenāt tried the books so maybe they succeed where the show hasnāt yet for me.