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Question for those who have read them: is the whole The Expanse series good? (lemmy.world)
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I've read the first two books and enjoyed them both. I enjoyed the TV series. But I see there are nine novels and eight novellas in the series, and I know the book series goes on longer than the TV series. I'm curious: is the quality fairly consistent or, like a lot of longer book series, does it degrade over time?

Edit: Thanks everyone! Sounds like the vast majority of folks enjoyed all of the books - enough that I'll probably read them all. I have other books on my reading list, so I might take breaks and read some of those in between.

I really appreciate all the responses. Thank you all. Upvotes all around!

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[–] faintwhenfree@lemmus.org 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I'd say that's unpopular, no one can keep the same amount of "new Sci fi" concepts continously. And for me it's still worth a read, because they created a universe with a set of rules (keep protomolecule aside for now) that apply to all humans everywhere. And they never forgot that, not in any books, no stupid gravity generators, no ships appearing magically from somewhere, and they were consistent with that to the end.

That in my mind will always have a special place. And I'll always keep recommending expanse for anyone that cares about a bit sensible physics in their fantasy.

[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Hey, that's great. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Different readers are looking for different things.

I think a good example of sci-fi that can keep up the "new sci-fi concepts continuously" is the Three Body Problem trilogy, if you haven't read it yet.

[–] faintwhenfree@lemmus.org 1 points 11 months ago

I have read rememberance of earth's past trilogy. Well continously here meant for 9 books, If a series wanted to stop at 3 books a lot easier to manage new sci-fi topics. But if you are looking for something that is going for a while, I don't think there are any good ones other than expanse.

Happy to be proven wrong.