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From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: "Leviathan Falls (The Expanse, 9)" by James S. A. Corey
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 16:18:42 -0500
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On 7/25/2024 2:58 PM, Tony Nance wrote:
> On 7/25/24 3:45 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> On 7/25/2024 9:53 AM, Tony Nance wrote:
>>> On 7/22/24 1:09 AM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>> "Leviathan Falls (The Expanse, 9)" by James S. A. Corey
>>>>
>>>> https://www.amazon.com/Leviathan-Falls-Expanse-James-Corey/dp/0316332941/
>>>>
>>>> Book number nine of an nine book science fiction series.  I read the 
>>>> well printed and well bound trade paperback weighing 1.3 lbs 
>>>> published by Orbit in 2023.  Ah, Science Fiction by the pound, cool 
>>>> !  This book is the end of the series as far as I know.  BTW, James 
>>>> S. A. Corey is two guys writing under a single nom de plume.
>>>>
>>>> James Holden has escaped from the fallen empire of Laconia.  The 
>>>> ancient central station with the 1,300 gates, shortcuts around the 
>>>> Milky Way, is a free for all now.  But, somebody else has awakened 
>>>> and wants to destroy everything.  And the leader of Laconia, Winston 
>>>> Duarte, has turned up at the central station.
>>>>
>>>> I really enjoyed the series.  It was almost hard science fiction if 
>>>> you skip the protomolecule and the central station at the edge of 
>>>> the Solar System.
>>>>
>>>> You can watch books one through six converted to a six season tv 
>>>> series on Amazon Prime.  The series was started on the Syfy channel 
>>>> and moved to Amazon for the fourth season.
>>>>
>>>> My rating:  4.5 out of 5 stars
>>>> Amazon rating:  4.8 out of 5 stars (25,657 reviews)
>>>>
>>>
>>> You're probably aware of this, but in case you're not:
>>> In 2022, they published Memory's Legion, a collection of 8 short 
>>> stories and novellas in the Expanse universe, as well as some author 
>>> notes at the end of each one. Seven had been published elsewhere, but 
>>> this volume collects them all and adds a new novella.
>>>
>>> On the one hand, the writing is very much as good as the novels. On 
>>> the other hand, 6 of the 8 stories feature minor and/or new 
>>> characters that — with one exception — aren’t as interesting as the 
>>> main characters from the novel series. (One of those 6 does feature 
>>> Bobbie just a bit.) There’s a story featuring Amos, and one featuring 
>>> Fred Johnson, but the best story may well have been the new novella, 
>>> about Filip (Naomi’s son).
>>>
>>> Tony
>>
>> Yes, I failed to mention those.  I have not read any of them since 
>> they are ebooks.
>>
> 
> Not just ebooks - all 8 are collected in the trade paperback volume 
> "Memory's Legion" (where I read them).
> 
> Tony

Hey, I did not know that.  Thanks !
 
https://www.amazon.com/Memorys-Legion-Complete-Expanse-Collection/dp/0316669172/

Lynn