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And there are still the books for the people that really want to follow. The divergence from the book are not big in season 1 and 2. I have not read the rest o

• oaiey 8y ago
  They are great. And it stays realistic. They even age significantly. Holden and the crew are in their fifties in the later books. However, IMHO the tone changes. But not from realistic to fantasy but from black noir to western to horror to military style story telling.
  • avian 8y ago
    I found weird alien physics tricks in later books well beyond realism. The “spaceship speed limit” thing in particular. My memory is a bit fuzzy, but I remember it was kind of inconsistent, applying to some objects and not the others as it fit the plot.
    • TeMPOraL 8y ago
      It was consistent AFAIR, though it dropped at least once during that book. For those who haven't read (spoiler), the "spaceship speed limit" refers to a particular region of artificial space, where there was an alien object whose defense mechanisms involved capturing everything moving faster than a set limit relative to it. That limit was adjusted by the object based on perceived danger, and if you happened to cross it, you'd be slowed down without any regard to what sudden high deceleration does to you. Personally, I liked the protomolecule stuff, and my biggest complain was that there's so little of it in the books. 90% of the writing involves bog-standard real physics, and the protomolecule trickery only shows up occasionally.