Tag: The Expanse
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Expanse 7.5 – Auberon
Auberon felt like a second-installation of the previous The Churn Novella which was also great. I think overall, this was my favorite of the novellas. It focuses on the early Laconian transition in Auberon and brings Eric in from The Churn. Really great story and it ties off several loose ends. I also really like…
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Expanse 9 – Leviathan Falls
The final book in the Expanse series was everything I hoped it would be. This was a wild ride to an extremely satisfying and well written ending. If you’re a fan of sociological story telling or science fiction, then I can not recommend this series highly enough. Spoilers: Final Thoughts I really liked the way…
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Expanse 8 – Tiamat’s Wrath
The most recent book in The Expanse series is easily one of the best so far. The last couple books have felt a little flat, and felt like they were setting up the next one. This one is what they were setting up. It’s full of action and has an ending. Many of the major…
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Expanse 7 – Persepolis Rising
Persepolis rising is the seventh book in The Expanse Series. It is probably the least eventful of the series, and the most predictable. As far as Sci-Fi books go; it’s a great book. Persepolis Rising was well written and excellently orchestrated. There are a lot of really interesting situations and arguments involving the philosophy of…
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Expanse 6 – Babylon’s Ashes
I read this book in just a few days. As soon as it came out, it was impossible to put down. This book could almost be the second-half of the book before it. The story begins with a mess and ends with another, but ends in a place where you can see the silver lining…
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Expanse 5 – Nemesis Games
This book sets the stage for its successor, Babylon’s Ashes. The two books could almost be one. The story focuses a lot more on Amos and Earth, and we see the return of Clarissa. Be ready to start on Babylon’s ashes when you finish this, because it picks up right at the end and finishes the…
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Expanse 4 – Cibola Burn
They used a different audiobook narrator for book four from the rest of the series, and I have to say Erik Davies is the absolute worst narrator I have ever heard read any book. He makes no attempt to understand the story or inflect words, emotions or sentence structure with any kind of accuracy, and…
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Expanse 3 – Abaddon’s Gate
Abaddon’s Gate followed suit with the first two books in the series by expanding the scope of the story and the universe by an order of magnitude. One interesting moment in the story finds a character momentarily imbued with the memories and experiences of a member of an alien race which had ascended to a galactic scope of…
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Expanse 2 – Caliban’s War
Caliban’s War is the sequel to Leviathan Wakes, and the second book in The Expanse series. This book picks up a short time after the end of the first book, and immediately brings in my favorite character in the series, Avasarala; the machiavellian politician who is not afraid to bend the rules for the greater…
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Expanse 1 – Leviathan Wakes
This quickly became one of my all-time favorites. After I heard its TV adaptation called “The best scifi since Firefly,” I had to give it a shot. The first season of the show takes you about halfway through this first book in the series… In true space-opera fashion, it follows a group of people loosely…