I highly recommend that you do both. Watch the full series, but also pick up the books. Book three of the third trilogy is due out next year, I think.
There is so much more in the books, but I don't know that I would have appreciated all of it without having the imagery, and the faces for the characters first. There are also short stories to fill in even more, sometimes about secondary characters (The Butcher of Anderson Station for one). I've found that I appreciate both mediums and both stories being told. I have watched the series now twice, the first three seasons before I read the books, then all four season after I read the books the first eight books. (Spoilers don't spoil things for me, most of the time, as it enhances the anticipation.)
I've also been fascinated with the process of how they took the stories from the books to make a television show. They've been very open about how they moved timelines and characters (and plot) around for a television audience, while keeping to the spirit of the original work. Camina Drummer is probably my second or third favorite character in the show, but she's an amalgamation of a couple of characters from the books.
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Date: 2020-06-05 22:19 (UTC)There is so much more in the books, but I don't know that I would have appreciated all of it without having the imagery, and the faces for the characters first. There are also short stories to fill in even more, sometimes about secondary characters (The Butcher of Anderson Station for one). I've found that I appreciate both mediums and both stories being told. I have watched the series now twice, the first three seasons before I read the books, then all four season after I read the books the first eight books. (Spoilers don't spoil things for me, most of the time, as it enhances the anticipation.)
I've also been fascinated with the process of how they took the stories from the books to make a television show. They've been very open about how they moved timelines and characters (and plot) around for a television audience, while keeping to the spirit of the original work. Camina Drummer is probably my second or third favorite character in the show, but she's an amalgamation of a couple of characters from the books.