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Leviathan Wakes

Ty Franck & Daniel Abraham


By James S.A. Corey. It turns out this is the pen name for Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck.

This is the first of 9 books that was the basis of the Expanse TV show, which I've seen.

There's a handy dandy wiki for the Expanse universe.

If I read 18 pages a day, I can read the novel in a month before my book club meets.

I wonder their writing process. Do they write a few chapters, and send it to each other, and then talk about how to order the chapters? 



The outer belt is kind of the wild west. Humans have colonized the solar system, and are all over the place. The division of culture aren't between Manhattanites and New Jersey dwellers, it's between outter rims and inner dwellers. 

There are great distances, and you knock yourself out for high g travel. 

I was a long way out when I started reading this book and it was only 18 pages a day I needed to do, but I didn't follow the pace, and so now I need to burn 41 pages a day to make it for the book club. 

It's the day of the book club and I'm only 287 out of 561. I didn't love it enough to finish, but I'll see if I can focus today and get most of the way.

I have to return the book, and I've only gotten to 292. 


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Selective effect (p62)

So I'm reading online and I don't know if it's true, but it says the book covers 1.5 seasons of the Expanse TV show. 


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