tkoola
tkoola

Suddenly remembered that Expanse book 📚 #9 Leviathan Falls is coming out in about three months. 🥳

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matti
matti

@tkoola We love the TV series on amazon. How do the books compare?

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toddgrotenhuis
toddgrotenhuis

@matti I like the books more, but have only seen a little bit of season 1 and read 5 or 6 of the books

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tkoola
tkoola

@matti interesting question, I've mostly thought that TV series are a good presentation of the worlds the book give more detail on. There are some slight spoilers below, so reader beware:

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*** Spoilers can be here ***

Things I love about the series * Language of the belters is 💯 in the TV series * Extended presence of (mostly non-men) characters that are less prominent in books * Nailing the two main men characters and their casting * Razorback ship design

Things I don't think TV series can help: * Lot's of details get thrown out (as would be expected) * Not sure I like all the ways how Bobbie was changed for the series

All and all TV series is an excellent adaptation of this book series. I'd say as books they are a bit on the light side in the writing but world building is top notch.

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matti
matti

@tkoola Interesting! Without knowing the books at all, I have to say that we both love the Bobbie character. So we might have an equal but opposite reaction to this. Might have to check the book series out for the world building alone!

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