Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

This only made me want book nine more. But still no release date.

Auberon (The Expanse, #8.5) by James S.A. Corey

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As with all of these Expanse novellas, I had a bit of a hard time getting into it (new characters, new setting, very discombobulating), but it had me by the end. Auberon was published after the eighth book, but it takes place right after book seven, when Duarte’s empire is just getting started. The Laconians have installed a brand new Governor on Auberon, one of the many colonized worlds of the gate system that will be instrumental in feeding the empire, and he’s our main POV […]

Where It All Started – the first Expanse novel

Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey

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I’ve been reading more sci-fi this year, and I figured I should finally get involved with this Expanse thing everyone is talking about.  I’d tried watching the show earlier in the year but it didn’t pull me in, so I figured I’d try the novels first. Leviathan Wakes takes place in the near future – Mars have been colonized, and there are stations further out supporting millions of humans in the Belt.  There are tensions between the Belters and the inner planets, and a political/terrorist […]

Penultimate Expanse Feelings

Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8) by James S.A. Corey

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One of these days I’m going to have to do a full-series Expanse re-read. Probably not until after next year, when the last book is published. But whenever that happens, I feel like this book might be worth five stars. Maybe the last one, too. I actually finished it when it was first published over two months ago, but I’m so far behind in my reviews, this one isn’t going to super informative. I remember it traumatizing me, but in a good way. All that […]

More Expanse Side Plot

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As I write this and extol the virtues of the Expanse series, I have a tinge of guilt.  I recommend the show to friends, in addition to the books, but I am part of the reason it, the show, was cancelled.  ScyFy owned the rights to only the first run of the show and I don’t watch any scripted shows at airtime, I am part of the cause for the cancellation.  That said, it has officially been picked up by Amazon, apparently Jeff Bezos is […]

Burden in My Hand

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Prior to getting into this book, I should point out that this is a review of the fifth book in an ongoing series called The Expanse. I’ll just summarize for you by saying t’s an awesome, space opera series that I’d recommend to anyone. I will try not to spoil anything from this or previous books, but I’m only human, sasa ke?  While the predecessor to this book, Cibola Burn, was dark, this book is really dark. A problem with an ongoing series is that you […]

Another 5-star review from this Expanse stan

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This series has become essentially un-reviewable for me. I give every installment either four or five stars, and I have the same good things to say about every one. Without digging deeper into more specific plot points, which I don’t tend to do in my reviews, there aren’t a lot of new ways to praise overall themes or achievement in character development. However, Persepolis Rising is actually a bit different from its predecessors, particularly in that last respect. It opens after a considerable time-jump from […]



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