Leviathan Falls
Expanse, Book 9
by James S. A. Corey · first published 2021
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The biggest science fiction series of the decade comes to an incredible conclusion in the ninth and final novel in James S.A. Corey’s Hugo-award winning space opera that inspired the Prime Original series. “An all-time genre classic.” –Publishers Weekly (starred review) Hugo Award Winner for Best Series The Laconian Empire has fallen, setting the thirteen hundred solar systems free from the rule of Winston Duarte. But the ancient enemy that killed the gate builders is awake, and the war against our universe has begun again. In the dead system of Adro, Elvi Okoye leads a desperate
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…Shock by Neal Stephenson. Enjoyable and fun; though arguably not his finest work. I might pick up his earlier work for re-reading over Christmas. Anathem probably, which I would recommend to anyone. - Leviathan Falls (part 9 and the last one of the Expanse series). James S.A. Corey (the writer duo). The whole series was quite enjoyable and this is a fitting end to it.
on “Ask HN: What's the best book you read in 2021?” ↗…the characters are better. In particular, Ashford's character is massively improved (it helps that David Strathairn plays the role incredibly well). The books are very good though and I can't wait for Leviathan Falls. Also, it seems the series will stop at the end of Babylon's Ashes.
on “The Expanse UI Design” ↗…Went to War by Clark The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History by Mikaberidze An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp by Chassell The Girl from the Channel Islands by Lecoat Recently completed: Leviathan Falls by Corey Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600-1947 by Clark Showstopper! the Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft by Zachary Mercury Rising: John…
on “Ask HN: Which book are you reading, since when?” ↗…provide some very interesting answers regarding the nature of the cosmic dark forest and higher dimensional space in Death's End, the third book in the Three Body Problem trilogy. The Expanse book nine, Leviathan Falls, will probably explain the advanced alien conflict and unknown aggressors that proceeded human discovery in the distant past. Given how the authors have handled mysterious alien stuff so far in the first…
on “A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge (1992)” ↗…mysteries the author(s) set up. It doesn't mean providing a hard scientific explanation for something that supposed to be beyond our scientific knowledge. Who took out the protomolecule builders and why? Leviathan Falls will likely provide some answers. Same with Death's End giving more details about the Dark Forest. It's an exploration of an idea, not a documentary. Imagine criticizing Dune because the spice and sand…
on “A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge (1992)” ↗…based on one of the better books) and they aren’t adapting the last three books which are high fantasy. On a side note I felt the whole first 7 books were kind of just filler getting to Tiamats Wrath and Leviathan Falls (which comes out this month!)
on “When “Foundation” Gets the Blockbuster Treatment, Asimov’s Vision Gets Lost” ↗