Northwest UK Customer: Fans of space operas (Star Wars; Flash Gordon etc.) will be thoroughly entertained; science fiction aficionados will be engaged by the big ideas; romantics will be ensnared by the combination of realism and heart. If you’re all three, then this series won’t disappoint.
United Kingdom on Dec 30, 2023
CobraGuy:
I saw the TV show on Amazon, then decided to read the book. It filled some holes. I hope more of the series will be made.
Germany on Oct 31, 2023
CobraGuy: I saw the TV show on Amazon, then decided to read the book. It filled some holes. I hope more of the series will be made.
Germany on Oct 31, 2023
Luisa Arevalo:
If you like the TV series, read the books. It’s not really the same story. If the books are a chronicle of what actually happened, the series is the folk tale that evolved from it—compact, sensationalized, action packed, and contrived to serve a different narrative. After reading the whole story, the series feels like a multi-faceted disappointment. I’m glad that I watched the series first, because at least I was impressed with it for a while. If I had read the books first, the series would have been a disappointment from the start.
If the thought of reading nine 550-page books seems daunting, like it was to me, the rewards are worth the effort. I had not read a fiction book in more than 20 years. I’m reading the collected stories, Memory’s Legion, right now, so the story is still fresh in my mind.
The story is as good as science fiction gets. The setting is close to home, only a few hundred years in the future, and the premise is plausible. The world-building is thoroughly convincing and rich with detail. The character-building is equally as successful, which makes it a special treat for this genre. The story is masterfully...
United States on Oct 28, 2023
Randy:
I am a huge fan of the Expanse Series. It is awesome that the entire book collection is available for my kobo.
Canada on Oct 28, 2023
Luisa Arevalo: If you like the TV series, read the books. It’s not really the same story. If the books are a chronicle of what actually happened, the series is the folk tale that evolved from it—compact, sensationalized, action packed, and contrived to serve a different narrative. After reading the whole story, the series feels like a multi-faceted disappointment. I’m glad that I watched the series first, because at least I was impressed with it for a while. If I had read the books first, the series would have been a disappointment from the start.
If the thought of reading nine 550-page books seems daunting, like it was to me, the rewards are worth the effort. I had not read a fiction book in more than 20 years. I’m reading the collected stories, Memory’s Legion, right now, so the story is still fresh in my mind.
The story is as good as science fiction gets. The setting is close to home, only a few hundred years in the future, and the premise is plausible. The world-building is thoroughly convincing and rich with detail. The character-building is equally as successful, which makes it a special treat for this genre. The story is masterfully imaginative.
The TV...
United States on Oct 28, 2023
Randy: I am a huge fan of the Expanse Series. It is awesome that the entire book collection is available for my kobo.
Canada on Oct 28, 2023
Sophia:
Gave it to my brother for his birthday (he’s a huge fan of the Expanse universe) and he absolutely LOVED it. The color is vibrantly amazing and this book is definitely an edition worth buying.
Mexico on Dec 05, 2022
Sophia: Gave it to my brother for his birthday (he’s a huge fan of the Expanse universe) and he absolutely LOVED it. The color is vibrantly amazing and this book is definitely an edition worth buying.
Mexico on Dec 05, 2022
Alessandro Takeo:
Se você está lendo este comentário parabéns, você acaba de se interessar por um livro ótimo, que segue a narrativa da série porém, seduz muito mais o leitor com detalhes que passam desapercebidos na tela. É daquele tipo de leitura que não te cansa.
Brazil on Nov 28, 2022
Alessandro Takeo: Se você está lendo este comentário parabéns, você acaba de se interessar por um livro ótimo, que segue a narrativa da série porém, seduz muito mais o leitor com detalhes que passam desapercebidos na tela. É daquele tipo de leitura que não te cansa.
Brazil on Nov 28, 2022
H. Grove (errantdreams):
For some reason I just up and decided to read James S.A. Corey’s Leviathan Wakes (Book One of The Expanse) even though my TBR stack is sky-high already. I’m so glad I did.
Julie Mao, of the ship Scopuli, was captured along with her shipmates by some sort of invader. When everything falls silent she escapes the locker she was thrown into and looks for her crew. What she finds is inexplicable and horrific–they’ve been transformed into something else. When XO Jim Holden comes with his ship the Canterbury in response to Scopuli’s distress signal, they find it’s a trap. While Jim and several other crew members check out the Scopuli, stealthed ships blow up the Canterbury. Preliminary evidence would make it seem that the Martian Congressional Republic Navy is to blame–but why? As tensions in the solar system escalate–between Earth, Mars, the Belt, and the OPA (Outer Planets Alliance)–Holden and his crew find themselves manipulated from side to side. Meanwhile, Detective Miller, a cop on Ceres station (part of the Belt) is tasked with looking for Julie, the missing girl whose parents are wealthy and influential. As conditions on the station...
United States on Jun 17, 2021
H. Grove (errantdreams): For some reason I just up and decided to read James S.A. Corey’s Leviathan Wakes (Book One of The Expanse) even though my TBR stack is sky-high already. I’m so glad I did.
Julie Mao, of the ship Scopuli, was captured along with her shipmates by some sort of invader. When everything falls silent she escapes the locker she was thrown into and looks for her crew. What she finds is inexplicable and horrific–they’ve been transformed into something else. When XO Jim Holden comes with his ship the Canterbury in response to Scopuli’s distress signal, they find it’s a trap. While Jim and several other crew members check out the Scopuli, stealthed ships blow up the Canterbury. Preliminary evidence would make it seem that the Martian Congressional Republic Navy is to blame–but why? As tensions in the solar system escalate–between Earth, Mars, the Belt, and the OPA (Outer Planets Alliance)–Holden and his crew find themselves manipulated from side to side. Meanwhile, Detective Miller, a cop on Ceres station (part of the Belt) is tasked with looking for Julie, the missing girl whose parents are wealthy and influential. As conditions on the station deteriorate, he...
United States on Jun 17, 2021
Jon L.:
"Leviathan Wakes" is the first novel in a series dubbed "The Expanse", which takes place in a future where mankind has colonized the star system, but nothing beyond. The author, James S. A. Corey, is the pen name of fantasy author Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, often better known as George R. R. Martin's assistant, though with this work he has started to carve out a name all his own.
The story of "Leviathan Wakes" follows a series of events that introduces the reader to three main groups of people (Earthers, Martians, and "Belters", who live in the asteroid belt and have evolved to be taller and ganglier in lower-gravity environs) in the future as a series of events changes the political landscape while nudging mankind towards the interstellar future. Aside from the prologue and epilogue, the story is told entirely in alternating point of view chapters, switching from idealist do-gooder James Holden to rumpled, weary privatized police officer Joe Miller. Alternating point of views have become more popular in speculative fiction over the last decade or so, but this rigid adherence to just the two main points of view gives the limited third-person perspective...
United States on Aug 03, 2011
Jon L.: "Leviathan Wakes" is the first novel in a series dubbed "The Expanse", which takes place in a future where mankind has colonized the star system, but nothing beyond. The author, James S. A. Corey, is the pen name of fantasy author Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, often better known as George R. R. Martin's assistant, though with this work he has started to carve out a name all his own.
The story of "Leviathan Wakes" follows a series of events that introduces the reader to three main groups of people (Earthers, Martians, and "Belters", who live in the asteroid belt and have evolved to be taller and ganglier in lower-gravity environs) in the future as a series of events changes the political landscape while nudging mankind towards the interstellar future. Aside from the prologue and epilogue, the story is told entirely in alternating point of view chapters, switching from idealist do-gooder James Holden to rumpled, weary privatized police officer Joe Miller. Alternating point of views have become more popular in speculative fiction over the last decade or so, but this rigid adherence to just the two main points of view gives the limited third-person perspective its own flavor....
United States on Aug 03, 2011
| Leviathan Wakes: The First Book in James S.A. Corey's Epic Sci-Fi Series, The Expanse | Murderbot Diaries #5: Network Effect - A Novel by Martha Wells | Andy Weir's Novel "The Martian" | |
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| Sale off | $4 OFF | $7 OFF | |
| Total Reviews | 358 reviews | 390 reviews | 165 reviews |
| ISBN-10 | 0356517160 | 1250229855 | |
| Dimensions | 6.3 x 2.05 x 9.37 inches | 5.4 x 1 x 8.2 inches | |
| Language | English | English | |
| Hardcover | 0 pages | ||
| Publisher | Orbit | Tordotcom; Reprint edition | |
| Item Weight | 2.25 pounds | 10.4 ounces | |
| Space Operas | Space Operas | ||
| ISBN-13 | 978-0356517162 | 978-1250229854 | |
| Science Fiction Adventures | Science Fiction Adventures | Science Fiction Adventures | Science Fiction Adventures |
| Hard Science Fiction (Books) | Hard Science Fiction | Hard Science Fiction | Hard Science Fiction |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6/5 stars of 49,889 ratings | 4.7/5 stars of 22,060 ratings | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 172,024 ratings var dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction; P.when.execute { if { dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction = true; A.declarative { if { ue.count || 0) + 1); } } ); } }); P.when.execute { A.declarative{ if { ue.count || 0) + 1); } }); }); |
| Best Sellers Rank | #5,522 in Hard Science Fiction #16,809 in Space Operas#27,243 in Science Fiction Adventures | #346 in Hard Science Fiction #1,444 in Science Fiction Adventures | #50 in Hard Science Fiction #175 in Science Fiction Adventures #684 in Suspense Thrillers |
United Kingdom on Dec 30, 2023