As Tales from the Triverse reaches its final conclusion after four and a half years, I’ve been thinking about the influences that contributed to its early development and design. In this video I take a closer look at some of them, including:

* The Wire TV show

* Gotham Central comic

* Iain M. Banks’ Culture novels

* Kim Stanley Robinson’s work, especially the Mars trilogy and Galileo’s Dream

* The Expanse TV show and novels

* Crime fiction generally, and the Noirwich festival

* Babylon 5 TV show

* The 1980s UK Transformers comic, specifically Simon Furman’s work on it

* She-Ra and the Princesses of Power Netflix remake, showrunner ND Stevenson

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