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James S.A. Corey explains how The Captive's War is different from The Expanse (winteriscoming.net)

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[–] andrew_s@piefed.social 41 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I dread to think how many books GRRM's former assistants have smashed out in the time it's taken him not to write one.

Anyway:

James S.A. Corey's hit sci-fi series The Expanse was set in our own solar system, and leaned heavily into the politics of various human factions vying for dominance while an alien threat looms at the edges of awareness. Yes, the protomolecule was dangerous and mysterious and shook up the status quo, but at the end of the day it was always the humans and their decisions which drove the story forward. By contrast, The Captive's War feels more like Mass Effect, the sort of space opera which features a wide array of aliens where you never know what you'll see on the next page.

As a big fan of Mass Effect, this book sounds something I'd like to read.

[–] schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business 36 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

how many books GRRM’s former assistants have smashed out in the time it’s taken him not to write one

Dance of Dragons: 2011

Leviathan Wakes: also 2011.

So uh, they wrote the whole damn Expanse, and made a TV show out of it before GRRM has done one book.

[–] schteph@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

If I'm not mistaken, James SA Corey is an alias for two writers.

Point still stands though.

[–] CptEnder@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yeah Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham

[–] schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yep, it is.

Looks like I typoed a 'they' in my post that would have probably clarified that a little better, so oops, my bad.

[–] CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

He wrote and edited other books. Just not Winds of Winter.

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I recommend it.

The first book kinda leaves you blue-balled because it ends just as you start getting some answers. It does have encounters with several kinds of aliens, tho.

And the problem is kind of inevitable if you're creating a series and want to have narratives that span from one book to the next, and across the series.

That said, while the first book certainly has a couple self-contained arcs, it did end up feeling like setup the whole way through.

That's literally my only complaint though, and it amounts to "I can't wait for more".

[–] CptEnder@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Definitely blue balls you haha. The 1st novella is really interesting too in a whole different way. I love that they kept up that tradition of a expanded universe between books haha.