![]() Expanse books vs show series#The first book of the series is really two stories that slowly converge. ![]() It was the characters that made the difference between the books and the show really interesting. Without characters you really love or hate, getting the physics right (or right-ish) would mean nothing more than expensive sets and a lot of CGI. So, my verdict is that the show nailed the externalities as much as the constraints of budgets and filming on Earth allowed. And without giving us a vision for the realities of a life in space, the impoverished third-world status of societies living in the asteroid belt would have become a cartoon rather than an extension of realities we know today. Without it, the internal logic of a universe where Earth and Mars are superpowers standing at the edge of war would fall apart. It's exactly this attention to detail that made the difference for the show's world building. I was, in fact, jumping up and down on my couch during that scene.īut while I might have gotten more excited about these kinds of things than your average viewer - and I did calculate the spin rate required to give Ceres 1/3 Earth gravity - there is a deeper point. Now you might think I'm just being a nerdy physicist with all this, "Oh my God, they got the Coriolis force right!" Well, yes, I'm afraid that's true. The realism of a day-to-day world where whole populations make their homes on other solar system worlds is what sets the first books in the series apart. Set in our own solar system a few hundred years in the future, the narrative stays true to what technology might allow as humanity becomes an interplanetary culture. There are no warp drives and no aliens with prosthetic forehead appendages. ![]() The Expanse is not your ordinary sci-fi story. To unpack the assessment, let's start with a little background. In fact, it did not suck so much that it was the best and most important piece of science fiction to appear on the small screen in a decade. I am happy, so happy, to report that SyFy's The Expanse did not suck. So, let's start with the answer to the suck question. The answer, as we will see, tells us not just about the success or failure of a particular show but also about the nature of fandom in a world awash in stories. With the final credits rolled up, it's time to answer that all-important question. Just before the series aired, I wrote a post pleading to the gods of science fiction to please, please, please not let television destroy this thing of beauty I love so dearly. The smoke has now cleared on the first season of SyFy's ambitious adaptation of The Expanse books. Chapter episode: Aziz vs.A screen grab of the transport that takes Detective Josephus Miller from dwarf planet Ceres to astroid Eros in SyFy's Expanse. We are joined by Daniele Bolelli of the History on Fire podcast, and we chat about a wide variety of real world historical influences on A Game of Thrones/ASOIAF in History on Blood and Fire w/ Daniele Bolelli.Ĭheck out the first Aziz vs. We will be attending Con of Thrones in 2023 and Ice & Fire Con in Ohio from April 27-30th 2023.Ĭontinue with our Blackfyre Rebellions series with Part 8 – Bloodraven 2, focus on Bloodraven’s later years, continue our Manderly series with House Manderly: Part 2 – Winter is Coming to White Harbor, or jump into a new topic with our episode on the Rhoynar: Nymeria: Part 1 – Mother Rhoyne. ![]() Listen to those here, and submit your voice for future chapters. ![]() We are working on audio play productions of the preview chapters from The Winds of Winter.
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