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[spacecimen]

My name is James Holden.

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[iainjclark]

Oil paints on cold-pressed watercolour block. Camina Drummer from The Expanse, portrayed by Cara Gee.

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[phatburd]

Link to Tweet.

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[bookbarf]

So about a month ago I read the divide by JS Dewes and then with only one book between them - I read Leviathan wakes by James a Corey now I didn’t mean to but I read them so close together that they kind of melted into one book in my mind that I had to sit down and differentiate them on paper before I read the exiled fleet (second in the divide series) I know there’s a huge expanse fandom but like is the second expanse book good? The blurb makes it sound real fucking boring and dry even though I did enjoy the first one…

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[duplicitousdamsel]

Leviathan Wakes is SO good!

#literally had to tweak my schedule to make time for “hobbies”. #finally #reading #readers #this book!!!!!! #the expanse #leviathan wakes #book 1 #starting the next one #loved it #books #book reccs #space opera #james s a corey

[adaptationsvs-polls]

Which version of this do you prefer?

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[bornitereads]

Tiamat's Wrath - James S. A. Corey

The Expanse Book 8

Read: Apr 2023

This is the book where we start diving into some weird alien shit. We're going into full interdimensional science fiction conflict territory. There is another time jump but only a year or so. I will say that in this book Corey really decided to not be afraid of killing off characters. They really gave me some "omg no!" moments in this one. I particularly enjoyed that the course of human conflict did not fall away in the face of alien conflict. Although I guess it is debatable on how much the average person understood on what was going on. Maybe a lot though, but the people who did know, didn't stop fighting their human enemies. Which, honestly, is classic humanity. The return of Elvi from Book 4 was a happy surprise for me. I liked her character and she gets even better here. Plus there's a character death in this one that is so wild and yet so deserved that I am still thinking about it.

Info: Orbit; 2019

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[fiftytwotwentytwo]

Leviathan Wakes

Author: James S. A. Corey

Science Fiction

Page Count: 561

How did I come across this book?:

Library Book #3

I grabbed this book for 3 reasons:

It was big and bulky with a larger page count - nice little challenge.

The book looked "well loved" based on the battered cover.

I also believe I heard people claim this to be highly acclaimed book/series.

Beyond that - I have no clue what it is about other than George R. R.Martin called it a "Kickass Space Opera" - well, technically the quotation says "It's been too long since we've had a really kickass space opera" - George didn't explicitly said this book was Kickass - it was an assumption by myself. Who knows maybe Mr. Martin read this book AND still feels like he needs a Kickass Space Opera.

Review:

It took me a while to get into the book. To be honest I am not even sure what was going on with Miller until he joined up with Holden. I could not piece together his passage of time or what was happening with his work.

Holden and his crew - that I could keep up with - so to say the first handful of chapters for me was kind of wishy-washy and a rollercoaster of comprehension would be the kindest way to put it.

But, a quarter of the way into the book - everything clicked and I began to really enjoy Miller almost better than I enjoyed Holden.

I will say the book is well written and the action scenes really drive, but you will get hit with bouts that drag (mostly the bureaucratic moments).

I am not big on sci-fi so I am not sure if this would be a good introduction to the genre - some wording/context has a Hard Sci-Fi feel but if you take a step back it is actually pretty tame and borders closer to Soft/Speculative Science Fiction.

I discovered while reading this book that the story has become a beloved franchise and has been adapted into a equally loved television series. I will say I did enjoy the book, but I am not sure if liked how the ending played out (specifically Miller's story arc) - because of this - I do not believe I will continue into the series or seek out its episodes.

Personal Rating: 6/10

Yearly Book Total: 51

Total Page Count: 19,533 pages

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[intpatypical]

“When I was about fifteen, I killed my sister,” Dawes said. “I didn’t mean to. We were on this rock about a week from Eros Station. We were going out of the ship to get some survey probes that got stuck in the slurry. I was supposed to check her suit seals, but I was in a mood. I was fifteen, you know? So I did a half-assed job of it. We went outside, and everything seemed fine until she twisted sideways to pull up a rock spur. I heard it on the comm link, and it just sounded like a pop. We had the old Ukrainian-style suits. Solid as stone unless something broke, and then it all failed at once.” Dawes shrugged. “You’re a fucking piece of shit, then, aren’t you?” Fred said, and Dawes grinned. “Felt like that, yeah. Still do sometimes. I understand why someone could want to die after a thing like that.” “So why not kill yourself?” Fred asked, then spat a dark red clot on the deck at his feet. “I’ve got three more sisters,” Dawes said. “Someone’s got to check their seals.”

James S. A. Corey - The Butcher of Anderson Station

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[itmightrain]

"When he'd been a prisoner on Laconia, he'd been able to hold himself together. To rise to the occasion, plan, scheme, and even suffer with a resolve that he couldn't find now. After he'd escaped, he'd felt euphoric. Calm and whole and returned to the life he'd given up hoping for.

But the honeymoon faded and the version of him it left behind was scarred and broken. He didn't feel weak, he felt annihilated.

Years were gone. Years of prison and torture, which had been bad, and of pretending to be an honored guest while the threat of death invisibly followed one step behind. The dancing bear years. They'd been the worst because they'd broken down his sense of himself. Of who he was. Of what was true. The Jim Holden who had tripped the alarms on Medina Station was gone. The Jim who schemed against Cortázar and for Elvi Okoye had been half a lie from the start. He was all that was left. The dregs of himself. The scrapings."

- Leviathan Falls by James S A Corey

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[libertyreads]

I've started Nemesis Games (book #5 in The Expanse series) and I love this description of Amos. Especially after having read The Churn novella.

#also hinting at stuff with Naomi? #love it #the expanse #james s a corey #nemesis games #spoilers #i suppose

[books-to-add-to-your-tbr]

Title: How It Unfolds

Author: James S.A. Corey

Series or standalone: standalone

Publication year: 2023

Genres: fiction, science fiction, speculative fiction

Blurb: Roy Court and his crew are taking the trip of a lifetime - several lifetimes, in fact - duplicated and dispatched across the galaxies, searching for Earth-like planets. There are many possibilities for the future...yet for Roy, no matter how many of him there are, there's still just one painful, unchangeable past. In what world can a broken relationship be reborn? The universe is so vast. There's always room for hope.

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[phatburd]

"Starring ... the Angry Ladies of the Belt! Naomi Nagata and Camina Drummer! And some Inyalowda."

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[ahsokatanoe]

THE BEAR 2.06 Fishes 2.10 The Bear

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[muatyland]

Leviathan falls. Scontro finale. The Expanse Vol. 9 | James S. A. Corey 

L’impero laconiano è caduto, liberando i milletrecento sistemi solari dal dominio di Winston Duarte. Ma l’antico nemico che ha ucciso i costruttori di anelli è sveglio e la guerra contro il nostro universo è ricominciata. Nel sistema morto di Adro, Elvi Okoye conduce una disperata missione scientifica per capire cos’erano i costruttori di anelli e cosa li ha distrutti, anche a costo di…

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[nevinslibrary]

Weird & Wonderful Wednesday

The book, that brought about the TV show (The Expanse), that was awesome.

Captain Jim Holden is an ice miner. And, when he stumbles upon a derelict ship, the Scopuli, well, suddenly he knows a secret. And a secret that people are willing to go to any length for, kill for even. And so, suddenly, war is around every corner if the Solar System isn’t careful. Add to that a missing girl, and the Detective looking for her, and everything gets very very complicated. (In only the best possible way for us readers though!)

It’s a bit Star Wars, a bit politics, and the question of ‘can we be better and save ourselves or are we going to just be what we’ve always been and snuff ourselves out?’ was always forefront in my mind while reading this. Such a fun fun read (and a series. I love serieses!)

You may like this book If you Liked: The Human Division by John Scalzi, Up Against It by M.J. Locke, or The Kassa Gambit by M.C. Planck

Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey

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