Spoiler Below:
The Peripheral is a series based on the book by William (Neuromancer) Gibson, set partly in a future version of London.
The big statues are, it turns out (spoiler) carbon capture devices. (according to the most recent episode. Things, of course, could change)
Ok, not that big a spoiler, it’s (so far) incidental to the plot, just another feature of dystopian London circa 2100.
If you’re done with “House of Dragons”, not a bad place to go.
From Google:
What is William Gibson’s jackpot?
Gibson’s last book, The Peripheral, introduced the “Jackpot”, a cascade of global catastrophes that wipes out much of the human race, along with an ingenious take on time travel that allows digital communication – including telepresence – across alternate timelines.
Best sci-fi show currently running, not even close, is ‘For all Mankind’ on Apple TV.
Is a show about the manned space program “sci-fi”?
It is when you’ve seen the show.
Not just me:
https://www.wired.com/story/for-all-mankind-best-sci-fi-show/
That site also refers to “Russian Doll” and “Severance” as sci-fi which is a stretch (zero science in the fiction of “Russian Doll” after I watched two seasons). Back to “For All Mankind” for a moment. I did know that Ronald D Moore (writer for Star Trek: TNG and writer producer for “Battlestar Galactica”) was behind it but that the show’s premise involved what the world would be like if the USA had not cancelled Apollo-18 forward. Am I wrong?
It starts from the scenario that Russia beats America to the moon in 1969. Then it follows action to reaction in a continuous and logical manner to build a fascinating alternative history (almost to the current time), with great characters, exciting plots, and thoughtful ideas. It’s a bit like ‘The Martian’ in that a dominant theme is how people get past catastrophic scenarios. It’s not typical sci-fi in that there are no bug-eyed aliens or fantasy futuristic landscapes, but it is “science fiction”. I like ‘The Expanse’, too, and I’m a huge sci-fi fan, but ‘For All Mankind’ is much better than anything else I’ve seen currently running.
I will watch ‘The Peripheral’.