The Expanse Boxed Set: Leviathan Wakes, Caliban's War and Abaddon's Gate

by James S. A. Corey

Paperback, 2015

Status

Available

Call number

813.6

Series

The Expanse (1-3)

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For the first time in hardcover, the first three novels in James S. A. Corey's New York Times bestselling epic science fiction saga the Expanse. Now a Prime Original series. "Interplanetary adventure the way it ought to be written."- George R.R. Martin Humanity has colonized the solar system, but two hundred years after migrating into space, mankind is in turmoil. When a reluctant ship's captain and washed-up detective find themselves involved in the case of a missing girl, what they discover brings our solar system to the brink of civil war, and exposes the greatest conspiracy in human history. The Expanse Leviathan Wakes Caliban's War Abaddon's Gate Cibola Burn Nemesis Games Babylon's Ashes Persepolis Rising Tiamat's Wrath The Expanse Short Fiction The Butcher of Anderson Station Gods of Risk The Churn The Vital Abyss… (more)

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LibraryThing member ChrisRiesbeck

Leviathan Wakes: This is what it claims to be -- space opera -- warts and all. It moves quickly, a small band of heroes repeatedly saves the day, there are spaceships galore, a few space battles, a monstrous alien thing, etc. Unlike much "new space opera," this remains intra-solar, and it can take

days or weeks to get from one place to another. Fuel never seems to a problem, just as ammunition is endless in westerns and crime thrillers. Among the warts is a paucity of interesting characterization. Chapters alternate between just two male leads -- Holden the idealist and Miller the moper. The first season of the television adaptation does a much better job of bringing the secondary characters to life, and introducing a strong female lead who appears later in the book series. Embittered detective Miller's hapless love for the woman he was hired to find is a critical but implausible plot device in both the book and adaptation.

Recommended for fans of the old stuff.

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