![]() The Expanse takes place in the 24th century when humanity has spread throughout the Solar System. (Huge let down from how much I liked the first three, and much of what I’m feeling is simply major disappointment.) I won’t say I hated them,… but to be honest I kinda did. Book one introduces the characters and the problem, book three is the resolution, but book two often just moves characters around or gets lost in backstories or in some fashion loses the thread and just takes up space. I have the dual problem of not being sure I want to continue as well as being unable to because Cloud Library doesn’t seem to have book six (but does have seven and eight).Īs an SF trilogy it seems to suffer ( seriously suffer) from the book two blahs that trilogies sometimes have. The second part, comprised of the aforementioned books four and five plus Babylon’s Ashes (2016), is what I’m seriously put off by. If not quite the sort of diamond-hard SF I love, not far from it. Good old-fashioned space opera updated with some pretty solid science. In fact, I thought they were outstanding. The first part, which I loved, is the first three books, Levianthan Wakes (2011), Caliban’s War (2012) and Abaddon’s Gate (2013). I think the nine books form a traditional science fiction trilogy with each “part” comprised of three novels. They may have turned me off to the series. These two have much I hate in fiction and little I like. ![]() I’ve read the first five, and what’s got my knickers twisted is books four and five, Cibola Burn (2014) and Nemesis Games (2015). There are eight books in the series plus a final ninth expected sometime this year (covid-19 willing). (James is Abraham’s middle name, and Corey is Franck’s middle name. ![]() ![]() I’m talking about The Expanse, a science fiction novel series by Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck working under the pen name, James S.A. This isn’t a Sci-Fi Saturday post or a TV Tuesday post… this is a spleen vent. But after that great start, there came a most unwelcome left turn into a stinking swamp I want no part of. There was all the excitement of exploring something new and interesting. I thought I’d found something truly worthwhile - something to invest myself in.Īnd it seemed really good at first. I let myself get attached (despite a few alarm bells going off in my head). I found what seemed a delightful bit of science fiction color in an otherwise increasingly grey and dismal world. Regardless, with the number of requests for cliff notes via public chat and PMs and the original author no where to be found (jk, but speak up if you wrote these!) I figured it would be best to get them out there before the majority of us start grinding away on BA.I feel like a jilted lover. The individual who I believe is the original author posted links to his/her summaries some time ago, and I made sure to save the URLs. With some of us already having received Babylon's Ashes (you bastards) and others of us patiently waiting, I have seen a lot of people requesting summaries of the existing books.
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