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The Expanse is already written to 7 or 8 books. Plus, as you mention, they take the “solution” from the prior work and turn it into the “problem” for the next.
by coredog64 6y ago
The Expanse is already written to 7 or 8 books. Plus, as you mention, they take the “solution” from the prior work and turn it into the “problem” for the next. The authors of the original content did a bunch of background work ahead of time as they were planning on turning it into an RPG.
- theshrike79 6y agoAFAIK they actually played in the world as a tabletop RPG.
- WorldMaker 6y agoFor better and worse, sometimes it still feels too much like very little in the world of The Expanse actually happens outside of the "campaign PCs" and it makes it feel like a smaller world than it should that much doesn't actually seem to happen until just the moment when the "campaign PCs" show up. The show tries to make up for it some of the time, but that still feels like the core of things. (I have not tried reading the books yet.)
- theshrike79 6y agoIt's a bit of a trope in the books that Holden has a need to get involved in everything. They even lampshade it with Avasarala.