Station Eleven TV series!

[beer_good_foamy]

Maniac showrunner to adapt Emily St John-Mandel's Station Eleven for TV

I didn't care for Maniac, but I'm hoping this'll be better. I loved the novel - a very Canadian post-apocalypse, where everyone is starting to piece things together again and work together rather than kill each other for fuel, centered around a traveling Shakespeare company travelling from settlement to settlement as civilisation begins to tentatively bounce back. I could see a very good TV series coming out of this if it's handled right.

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[shadowkat]

Good news, except it's only available via yet another streaming service. WarnerMedia.

[beer_good_foamy]

So it says in the article, yeah. But that's going to be true for most series for the forseeable future. We'll see what their profile will be; I like that they're going forward with an adaptation of a well-received but not exactly HUGE novel.

[cornerofmadness]

I have not heard of the book. Thanks how different, helping each other vs turning instantly into a raping murdering mob like most post-apocalyptic novels.

[beer_good_foamy]

I absolutely loved the book. It's very highly recommended.

helping each other vs turning instantly into a raping murdering mob like most post-apocalyptic novels

I know. It's such a profoundly humane novel. I really hope they will stick to that.

[cornerofmadness]

good to know. the whole dystopic thing is one of the reasons I've shied away from SFF lately

[frayadjacent]

Oh wow. Between this and His Dark Materials, I'm astounded to see things I love getting adaptations!

It weirdly never occurred to me to think of the sombre, down-to-business hopefullness of Station Eleven as particularly Canadian -- but of course you're right that it is. It just struck me as more authentic.

[beer_good_foamy]

IKR? To be honest I don't know if it's uniquely Canadian, but with all the post-apocalyptic stories out there where it's all about eating people or leading the rebellion against the bad guy or doing ANYTHING to survive, I love that this little novel just came along and went "You know, most people want to live peacefully together."