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How The Expanse is still putting humans at the heart of sci-fi

As sci-fi series The Expanse returns for a fourth season, on Amazon Prime, its authors (writing as James S.A. Corey) reveal how real physics and human frailty make for a rich world

By Simon Ings

20 November 2019

Dominique Tipper and Wes Chatham in TV show

Dominique Tipper (playing Naomi Nagata) and Wes Chatham (Amos Burton) in a tense moment from the new series

 

THE writers Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck (better known as the sci-fi writer James S. A. Corey), began collaborating on their epic, violent, yet uncommonly humane space opera The Expanse in 2011 with the book Leviathan Wakes. The series of novels pits the all-too-human crew of an ice-hauler from Ceres against the studied realpolitik of a far-from-peaceful solar system. The ninth and final book is due out next year.

Meanwhile, the TV series enters its fourth season, available on Amazon Prime…

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