Questions tagged [the-expanse-novels]
The Expanse is a series of science fiction novels and short stories by James S. A. Corey (a pseudonym used by Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham). Please use [the-expanse-2015] for the 2015 TV series by the same name which is based on the book series.
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Why was the Donnager boarded?
In the novel as well as the TV show, the Donnager is self-destructed after being successfully boarded by enemy marines. Even taking into account the later development, the attacker seemed to commit a ...
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What do spacecraft travel paths in The Expanse look like? [closed]
In The Expanse, spacecraft use magical technology called Epstein Drives to travel at constant 1g acceleration (and deceleration), subject to real world physical constraints. This is in contrast to the ...
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What are the reasons for presumed military tech advantage for Mars in Expanse?
In the series it is stated numerous times that Mars has more advanced military technology, while Earth has numerical superiority.
Tech advantage for Mars seems counter–intuitive to me:
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How much fuel does a ship use in the Expanse?
So, I've been binge watching The Expanse on Syfy, and I love how much detail the screenwriters and authors put into making the ships and the physics as real as possible in the show. But, there was one ...
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Why does Miller appear in different timings between series and book?
This questions contains spoilers for the book Leviathan Wakes and the first season of The Expanse.
In the book Miller joins the crew of the Rocinante before they get to the Anubis, in the series he ...
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Why is water so rare in The Expanse?
I recently started watching the TV series "The Expanse", which is based on a series of books (I haven't read). The central premise of the show is that water is a scarce commodity. The Ceres settlement ...
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Food availability in The Expanse novel series
A few times, at the beginning of Leviathan Wakes, the food and drinks available on the Belt are incidentally described. For example in this scene with Miller:
He stretched, ate his last bite of ...
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Why is Holden the only one to go for the transponder codes (end of Caliban's War, The Expanse II)
I just finished Caliban's War. I liked it, but it has a lot of issues that, at least, did not convince me. I may ask about them here as they come back to my memory.
I'm about to ask something about ...
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Leviathan Wakes - Protogen experiment on Eros
Why did they have to make the experiment on humans? Couldn't they have done it with animals first?
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