Introducing Cortázar into the story earlier let viewers experience his story from a new angle, and allowed him to interact with characters he didn't get to meet in the books. "The thing that really stuck out to me was in the second season, when we got to include Paolo Cortázar, who's from a novella called The Vital Abyss and doesn't really come into his own in the series until pretty late in the game."įor those of you who need a quick refresher, Cortázar was the character played by Carlos Gonzalez-Vio, who studied The Expanse's mysterious protomolecule and had his empathy surgically removed. "There were a bunch of things that the retelling allowed that were fascinating," Abraham shares. Honestly? This is what EBR has to compete against in the SEO world? I can’t say that I’ve ever actually read a review from either of those sites before, and now I doubt that I ever will again.īut no worries.In fact, Abraham thinks there are a few things that worked even better in the TV series than they did in the books, thanks to both the show's tweaks to the timeline as well as the unique opportunity to tell a story for a second time. Not only did they post their “reviews” better than two months early, but their “reviews” consist of what amounts to a book-cover blurb and two sentences of something that might be vaguely interpreted as a “review”. I’m not going to link them because I’m kind of perturbed by both of them right now. And you know what I found? Pages up with “reviews” from both Kirkus and Publishers Weekly. I was curious though as to how many people listened to the request of the publisher, and so I went searching for any sign of preemptive book reviews. The book is slated to be released on March 26th, and so this review is absolutely within that deadline. When I received the eARC of this book, it came with a request that reviews not go up more than two weeks before the publication date. Cause I really should be reading the next book in my queue. Just… you know… don’t tell my boss or anything. In fact, I may just have to start reading this one again. So am I over-exaggerating at all when I tell you I’m even more excited to get my actual book in the mail later tonight, on the date of “publication”, than I was to get the eARC I actually read? Not in the slightest. For some reason, ebooks just make a story seem somehow… easier than they should. When I can see it on my shelf, sitting there staring back at me. It all just seems a bit MORE when I get the physical book. The feel of the paper in my fingers, the visual cue of the turning of the page, the smell of it. I mean, YES, I was uber-excited to get the story early, but there’s just something that I miss about being able to turn the actual pages of a real book. …and so here I am, writing a review for a book that I haven’t even received in the mail yet, and I realize just how upside-down the world has turned. ![]() But who am I kidding, the story is really the part that matters anyhow and it was freaking awesome. A good sign for the authors and publishers, agreed just not such a great deal for those of us that like to look at the complete series on our bookshelves and see continuity. Although I was just the teensiest bit perturbed at the fact that the initial release for new books in this series have been switched to hardbacks. ![]() ![]() ![]() In addition, the series is under contract through book 9. Looks like it’s going to be absolutely fabulous too. Not only is the series really good, the SyFy channel picked it up for a TV series and they’re spending oodles of money on it (more than they’ve spent on any other series before). Abraham and Franck really have a good thing going for them with this series. Couldn’t wait to get back to Jim Holden and the crew of the Rocinante. I was really excited when I got this book in the mail (which was forever ago, granted.
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