Book #214 of 2018: Caliban’s War by James S. A. Corey (The Expanse #2) This second novel in the Expanse series has some of the same issues as the first — like exoticizing and sexualizing the characters who aren’t white men — and a very similar plot, right down to the girl kidnapped by a …
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Book #184 of 2018: Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey (The Expanse #1) I like the setting and plot of this sci-fi thriller, which blends the creepy deep-space body horror of Event Horizon with a less-fantastical version of Red Rising‘s interplanetary political tensions. Author “James S. A. Corey” (actually a collaboration between Daniel Abraham …
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