Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lynn McGuire Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: "Leviathan Falls (The Expanse, 9)" by James S. A. Corey Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 16:18:42 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 64 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 23:18:43 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="867eaab4b5e1bdfcd97d233a9a2067b0"; logging-data="2587160"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19UGan9X2ZiAKN5sz357mIQldTvI1CaHF0=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:twvoLVa2Hb2P/stJneYhihDRjVc= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 3868 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