Usually, we all generally agree that one version of a story is better than the other, typically whatever the original was (let’s be real, it was a book). Most adapted material has an uncomfortable relationship with its source.
You’ll at least get an idea of the characters and whether you like them. The status quo described doesn’t last very long, but it’s enough to get you going. I’d say that covers the first book, and first two seasons of the show in the most general fashion I dare provide. In the show he is played by Thomas Jane, just so you know we're discussing high-quality entertainment here. There is also a detective who wears a lame trilby hat but has even worse future hair underneath.
The three factions hate each other and war could break out at any moment.įrom this general setting, events I won’t spoil put together a ragtag crew of folks, give them a ship, and make them the ongoing center of an evolving conspiracy that is alien in origin but made lethal thanks to layers of human greed, stupidity and politics.
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The Belters have all evolved into tall skinny people who can barely survive in full gravity and have to live on whatever scraps they can get. Mars hates Earths’ supposed superiority and is all about building a super-strong military. Rather than one big happy human family, these civilizations away from Earth have developed their own identities and cultures. I don’t believe they go much further that because it’s all awful dead space and would take too long anyway.īesides, there is trouble enough with just half a solar system. Beyond that, people live in/on “The Belt”, the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, as well as some of Jupiter’s moons. Earth is still the center of human existence, but we also occupy Mars. THE EXPANSE is a political science fiction story set in a future in which humans have harnessed high-speed space travel, but in a small way relative to other science fiction properties. The story remains the same regardless of how you get it. But even without that drama, the show has a fairly enthusiastic fanbase, eager to tell you it’s one of the best science fiction shows you can watch. The Amazon season popped out in December, so it’s still relatively new. Part of that is because it made news when Amazon rescued the show from cancellation by buying it from Syfy at the end of its third season. More often, however, I hear about the EXPANSE television series. Naming device aside, they are very attractive books that look fetching all in a row at the bookstore and not on my Kindle. They all have titles like BABYLON’S ASHES and TIAMAT’S WRATH, which all sound cool but tell you nothing about the book itself. I have no idea what the current books are called either. It doesn’t have a name yet, but that doesn’t matter. There are currently eight with a ninth final novel supposedly coming out this year. Corey, who is actually two writers: Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck - have been around since 2011. Within my particular orbit, THE EXPANSE frequently shows up as both. There is so much noise out there when it comes to books you should read and shows you just have to watch. Everyone be cool, I’m doing this WITHOUT spoilers…
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