The Expanse
I just finished book 6 of the expanse. I live this series so much! I love great hard magic systems which this is, and the author is a bit Frederick Backman esk with how well his writing gets me to feel the emotions and moments of the characters. I’ve tried to watch the TV show and quit after the first season. I was just so confused. Once I finish the books later this year I’m gonna watch the series to the end of it.
I read the books first, but I thought the show did a great job of capturing the feel and the story beats with only minor character rearrangement. I believe I read that the authors (they’re a duo who originally wanted to make a space board game, I think?) rewrote and combined some characters from the show, so nothing seemed really out of place in either retelling
Not only are there 9 books, but there are also novellas in between that give extra context if you’re interested, but they’re definitely not required.
Having seen the show should give you most of the context you need for the novellas, though some characters will be different.
No context might be difficult, but I think they catch you up on the broader concepts as they come up.
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