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The Expanse Book Club

Sep 14, 2023

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.


Feb 12, 2023

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. 


Dec 31, 2022

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...


Nov 9, 2022

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...


Oct 1, 2022

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