Caporegime
6 episodes?
/Swears in belter Creole
/Swears in belter Creole
The Expanse
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The TV series is going to end at a natural stopping point in the writing of the books though. IIRC almost 30 years passes from the end of the current "arc" to the new books. Most of the original cast aren't even in the new books, they just disappear / get written out in a few lines. A bigger issue is that the TV series never really goes into detail about the protomolecule and the story behind it, but focuses instead on the political drama. I agree though, best sci-fi we've had in a long time on TV.
Cas Anvar behaviour really hasn't helped though, as he was one of the few crew that would have made it into the next story arc and the story writers had to remove him from the show (I personally believe his departure from the show is the reason that the remaining episodes are condensed too - the story is too difficult to unpick without him in it)
Soldato
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TBH, I'm quite happy with that.
I find a lot of sci-fi/set-in-space stories tend to go downhill once aliens and alien technology are introduced, as it takes focus away from the characters themselves. Freelancer is a classic example of that.
I quite like 'hard' sci-fi, in that it's about technology and how its advancement affects people - With The Expanse, they already had the tech and it's about how the widely differing different cultures have sprung up around that. Adding magic alien plot devices always seems a bit of a cop-out, especially when you can instead achieve some monumental plot direction just by hurling a big rock through space.
I have a 4 month trip to a small island in the South Atlantic coming up early next year
I need more info on this
I need more info on this
Its not as fun as it sounds unfortunately. I'm deploying to the Falkland Islands again for 4 months.
Ah ok, I had visions of a long boat ride followed by solitude on a remote island.
Commissario
Definitely buy them if you've not read them already, the last full book is out in a week so I suspect there will be offers on the previous books on Kindle etc, and there is a book collecting all the short stories (some of which explain bits that happened between or before the main books) coming out in March.I have a 4 month trip to a small island in the South Atlantic coming up early next year
I'm tempted to buy the books to help pass some of the time.
If you're more an audio person the audio books are quite well done as well.
Going to grab them on kindle as they go on sale myself
Got so much back log of books to get through as it is so no rush.
Definitely gonna be keeping my eyes open for some deals! I've never listened to an audio book so could potentially give that a go too.
Soldato
Is it Friday yet?
Soldato
It is indeed, "The first episode will release on Dec. 10 and the series finale will air on Friday, Jan. 14, 2022".
6 episodes is not enough. If I could tear myself away from gaming I'd invest in the books, but with kids and short attention span I struggle to pick up a book. Might make an exception though, especially if the series leaves me hanging for more.
This has really crept up on me, this thread is a testament to what a massive Expanse fan I am but the last 5/6 weeks seem to have vanished and it's finally upon us.
The books flow really well and can read through them in short time, I did them on my breaks at work in 30 minute segments.
Soldato
Ohhhh nice I didn't know there was another season.
I'll wait till they are all out then take a free trail of Amazon prime.
I'll wait till they are all out then take a free trail of Amazon prime.
Soldato
1st episode is good. That's all I say for now.
Excellent first episode, very good at building tension and bringing us up to speed with the characters and setting after season 5. It also nice just to have the crew together after the last few seasons when they keep splitting them up.
Please don't go to **** like last year.
Please don't go to **** like last year.