And the asteroid belt is filled with humans who have grown up in weak gravity, their limbs and heads becoming overlong, their muscles too weak to function in Earth's gravity. Mars, which humans are slowly terraforming while living under domes, produces the toughest soldiers in the system. ![]() Earth, the home world, is the most prominent power. Humanity is spread across the solar system. They're the heart of these books, along with Martian marine Draper. The ice miners we meet in the first novel include Holden, Amos, Alex and Naomi. I don't want to ruin the series' arc for you, but here's what I can tell you in brief. The tight-knit crew of the Roncinante are scattered in different directions, and those who can still interact with the others can't do it close up or for very long. There are some empty spots at the kitchen table one prominent character has died, and another is missing. But what I can tell you is that reading it is like coming home. I'm reading it slowly because I don't know if there'll be another novel in the series or when it will come out. (Wes Chatham's portrayal of likeable psychopath Amos is particularly on point, as is Shohreh Aghdashloo's take on politician Avasarala.) The program was canceled by SyFy but was rescued by Amazon a fourth season has been ordered, but with, alas, fewer episodes reportedly Amazon owner Jeff Bezos is a big fan. The characters in the show are absolute replicas of those in the books. Sure, there are some differences, but they're done simply to streamline things that are more complex in the novels. The great thing is how closely the show follows the books. I've got a bit of an obsessive personality. I could take a little time with them.Īlong the way I rewatched the first three seasons of the show repeatedly. ![]() ![]() I wore earbuds or headphones, listened to soft piano music and sped through the books until I remembered I was reading them for enjoyment. "Tiamat's Wrath," which came out in late March, wasn't ready for me yet, so I went back and read books two and three. Since the TV show had already covered the action in the first three books, I started with the fourth novel, "Cibola Burn." Frankly it's the weakest of the novels, but it still hurried me along to books five, six and seven. But when Christmas vacation came along, I decided to catch up on "The Expanse" book series. I hate-read some novels, wade through dense nonfiction, try to keep the book reviews broad-ranging and sometimes take whatever book publishers offer to me. ![]() I've praised in on every social media network that I know how to use I've announced my belief that it is the best science fiction program ever to air on television - better than any version of "Star Trek," "Battlestar Galactica" and "The X-Files," among others.ĭoing this job, I don't always get to read books that appeal to me. Watching it was a pleasure, and not at all a guilty one. The TV show is brilliant, however, and the casting is all but perfect. If the book series hadn't been turned into a cable television series called "The Expanse," I might've forgotten about it. I got the second book in the series for Christmas years ago, but by then I didn't have time to read it. Part action thriller, part political drama and all science fiction, the book focused on a small crew of ice miners who survived an attack by a stealth spacecraft out in the asteroid belt. The book was a vast, sprawling space opera set within a practical, believable version of the future. "Leviathan Awakes" introduced me to all (or most) of the characters mentioned above.
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