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how closely does The Expanse tv serie follow the books? (self.sciencefiction)
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I'm currently reading the books for the first time, just finished callibans war. I was wondering, should I watch the serie along with reading the books? Does each season represent a book?

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[–] FlightyPenguin 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

100% agree. Excellent, tasteful adaptation. It keeps the feel, the most important characters, stories, science, etc. It's my favorite show of all time, and the books are just perfect.

I'm a Chrisjen Avasarala fan myself. Amos's conversations with "Chrissy" are some of the best dialogue ever written.

[–] thegreatgarbo 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The first time around, I lived, ate and breathed seasons 1-5 in the space of maybe 2 months. I WAS beltalowda. I've never had such an immersive life experience in my 58 years. Maybe I lead a boring life, and my husband loved the show along with me, but he says he didn't think in belter like I did. Beratna, sasa, pensa. I was fucking using belter in my head those 2 months. I came out of that period mourning not being able to watch anymore for a year. And I was so lost without that world and those characters that when season 6 came out it was like looking at a photo album of a lost close friend, knowing it would end after season 6 made me hate it. I swear I'm a relatively emotionally healthy individual with a real life...! Really...I swear! Lolol.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And at no point in that wild ride did you think about reading the books or their novellas?

[–] thegreatgarbo 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh I did, and probably will.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Do it! They are truly great reads, or listens even, Jefferson Mays does a great job with it in my opinion