![]() Holden is always getting in over his head. They’ve all found themselves in the middle of nowhere, with complicated reasons for leaving home. Holden actually gets annoyed when everyone assumes his loyalties are to Earth. Alex comes closest, being fiercely proud of Mars, but more in a “you can take the boy out of Texas” sense. And a few others who drift into their circle over time.īecause of their complicated backgrounds, none of them exhibit the kind of nationalism or patriotism that science fiction sometimes relies on. Amos is a hard man with no patience for political maneuvering but is fiercely loyal to Naomi. Naomi is a Belter engineer who seems to be running from her revolutionary past. There’s Alex, the country-music-loving wannabe-cowboy Martian pilot. At the start of the series, he’s almost comically naive. ![]() Holden is an Earther with no ambition who’s found himself working as the XO of a decaying ice hauler in the belt. Our view into this setting is James Holden and his crew. It was alternately boring and terrifying, and mostly just something you put up with to get paid. Being in space wasn’t magical or awe-inspiring. The crew of the Nostromo was a bunch of blue-collar long-haul truckers. It reminds me, in the best way, of Alien, and how it rejected the polished future of Star Trek. ![]() This is a setting where people’s lives depend on technology, from the top-of-the-line Martian warships to Belter rock-hoppers, held together with duct tape and chewing gum. There are natural echoes of our own colonial history here in the relationship between Earth and her former colony, as well as in how they both treat the chaotic wild west of the Belt.Īll the technology feels like a natural near-term evolution of our own. I’m fascinated by the complex dynamics described by these books, and how entirely plausible it feels. They chafe under the oppressive thumb of the “Inners,” but struggle to unite under a common banner. The Belters’ lives are entirely defined by limited resources, especially air and water. Mars is a former colony of Earth but declared independence in a war that left them with a chip on their shoulders and the strongest navy in the system. Add to this volatile mix a cosmic wild card that threatens to destroy everything, and you’ve got the recipe for some of the best hard sci-fi I’ve ever read.Įarth is rich in resources but overpopulated and struggling with environmental collapse. Corey, is set in a near future where we’ve settled the solar system, but simmering tension between Earth, Mars, and the Asteroid Belt could boil over into war at any moment. Although obviously I have no idea where the unpublished ones should go, so I've placed them chronologically.The Expanse series, by James S.A. It makes more sense and nothing happens which you need knowledge from another book that hasn't been read yet to understand. I personally think the second order is better as it makes a better read. And if you want to be pedantic, you could technically say that The Martian should be read first. Persepolis Rising - Novel to be published 2017Īlso note there are a few more being written, and several planned as well. Untitled Expanse Novella - Short story to be published Nemesis Games - Novel published June 2, 2015īabylon’s Ashes - Novel published December 6, 2016 The Vital Abyss - Short story published October 15, 2015Ĭibola Burn - Novel published June 17, 2014 Gods of Risk - Short story published September 15, 2012Ībaddon’s Gate - Novel published June 4, 2013 Leviathan Wakes - Novel published June 15, 2011Ĭaliban’s War - Novel published June 26, 2012 The Butcher of Anderson Station - Short story published October 17, 2011 The Churn - Short story published April 29, 2014 under one title 'short story'):ĭrive - Short story published November 27, 2012. However another good reading order, and IMO the better one, would be as follows (again main novels in bold, and note that I've jumbled short stories, novellas etc. Corey has suggested they are best read in publication order, (main novels in bold):
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