One thing I have to say about this series is that, although the page counts seem daunting (500+ per book), they really fly by.

 

Another aspect I love is how well you get to know all the new characters that keep popping up. Aside from Jim Holden and his crew, every book so far has had a different supporting cast of characters. Every chapter is told from a different perspective, though, so by the end of the novels you understand what makes everyone tick. I only wish some previous characters came back (a couple do in this one): I miss the foul-mouthed elder stateswoman Avasarala, and her sidekick Bobbie the Martian marine!

 

Also, the main series story line, following the development of an alien protomolecule, just gets creepier by the book, and I'm loving that as well.

If your a fan of Sci-Fi you may like this news!

 

"The NBCUniversal-owned cable network has picked up 10 episodes of 

The Expanse, based on James S.A. Corey's book series that includes the well-known Leviathan Wakes.."

 

"The Expanse is epic in scale and scope and promises to be Syfy's most ambitious series to date," Syfy president Dave Howe said. "Bringing this coveted book franchise to television with our partners at Alcon and the Sean Daniel Co. is a giant win for Syfy, reinforcing our overall strategy to produce bold, provocative and compelling sci-fi fantasy stories."

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I've only read the first book, so it looks like I'll have to move the other ones up the TBR pile.

 

Read more Here.

I think the Expanse series could make really wonderful television, but I do not think anyone is served by comparisons with Game of Thrones. "Hey, what's hot right now that nerds like?" you can see the blurbwrights thinking, "I know!" My problems with this linkage can be summed by a comment I saw: I can't wait for the Red Wedding in space!! Oh my god, no. Game of Thrones and the Expanse books do not take place in the same universe. Ba dump tss

 

 

 

I feel like I just read 400 pages waiting for the story to start, and then it ended. Not that it wasn't a good book, but it just felt kind of... Ancillary.

Edit: I've come back to this review after a month to reiterate that I really felt like this failed to launch. I love the Expanse series like you wouldn't believe, but this really felt like it was missing the overarching plot and could have just been a short story in between novels. Maybe I'm being unfair, but that's how I feel about it.

This series just keeps getting better and better. For the third time we sail out on the good ship Rocinante and its captain, Jim Holden, and crew. As we've come to expect from Holden and friends, he's right in the middle of whatever's going on – if not actually causing it/making it worse. Although the chances are he's going to do a lot of that before the book is out too. The protomolecule artefact has finished with the planet Venus and has now created a massive structure in space. A massive structure hanging in space is just going to be a lightning rod to attract all the crazies: the government crazies, the religious crazies and the just-plain-crazy crazies. Some want to understand the artefact; some want to own it or destroy it; some just see it as an opportunity for revenge.

It feels like author duo, James S.A. Corey, has been sitting at the foot of [a:George R.R. Martin|346732|George R.R. Martin|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1351944410p2/346732.jpg] a little too long. Each chapter cycles through a series of point-of-view characters – an expanded cast over the previous novels – and this is used to good effect to narrate the story from multiple ships, from multiple governments, and even Melba's little revenge trip sub-plot. The synchronicity is a little too convenient at times – Melba's (great cover name by the way) hatred of Holden is understandable, but it doesn't explain quite how she's able to control events quite so successfully, getting the Rocinante and its crew in just the right place at just the right time. Everything just comes together a little neatly. And I still don't really feel like I've 'bonded' with the crew as much as I think I should have after three novels. Bobbie I liked immediately – these guys I still feel like I'm getting to know. So why a five-star? Because these things don't matter. The story really is that good.

The truly strange thing about this though is that, after three full-length novels and two short stories, it really only feels like Corey has just gotten started. All three novels stand up perfectly well as novels in the series, but it suddenly becomes clear that the world-building that Corey has been doing so far was only the tip of the iceberg (or the tip of the available universes in this story). Suddenly, the artefact (presumably) is opening up a whole myriad of further universes to explore and world-build in. I'm looking forward to it...