The Expanse Book Club

The fifth episode of the Expanse Book Club, in which we cover chapters 32-38of Leviathan Wakes.   "The World Around Us" contains an analysis of medicine and healthcare in The Expanse - how so much has changed but so much has also stayed the same.

The fourth episode of the Expanse Book Club, in which we cover chapters 23-31 of Leviathan Wakes.   "The World Around Us" contains an analysis of law enforcement and crime in The Expanse - how policing and criminality differ and are the same then from how they are now. 

The third episode of the Expanse Book Club, in which we cover chapters 17-22 of Leviathan Wakes.   "The World Around Us" contains an overview of Gravity - specifically the different levels of gravity that one experiences on different planets, moons, and asteroids, as well as the means of generating artificial gravity. 

The second episode of the Expanse Book Club, in which we cover chapters 9-16 of Leviathan Wakes.   "The World Around Us" contains an overview of Combat in Space - specifically what ship to ship combat looks like in the Expanse. Links: Phalanx CIWS (PDC analog) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZTeAOPx2Hk Land variant of the Phalanx CIWS - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMFzlwzFgKw

The first episode, in which we cover the Prologue and first 8 chapters of Leviathan Wakes.   "The World Around Us" focusing on the colonized Solar System - where people live do and don't live and why.   Links: 'What If' Articles: https://what-if.xkcd.com/30/ https://what-if.xkcd.com/138/ Maps of the Solar System https://i.redd.it/cnb9um8blf651.png https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/expanse/images/7/7b/RPG_sol_system_map.jpg/ 

The Expanse Book Club is a podcast for those who have read or are reading the Expanse novels by James S.A. Corey.  Each episode will cover 8-10 chapters or about 1/5 of a book.  Though each episode will begin with a brief summary of what has happened, much of the focus will be on breaking down the fascinating detail in these books.  Everything ranging from how different economies work to what technology has changed.  From the role in society of religion and culture to crime, patriotism, and social norms.   So, I hope that you'll subscribe to the Expanse Book Club wherever you listen to podcasts and follow along as we go through each novel and short story in the series.  Together, we will leave no stone unturned as we analyze these works and - I hope - discover even more of the authors' genius and detail than we might have found on our own.