r/TheExpanse:

u/DirectorBiggs

Read the books and novellas OP.
u/DirectorBiggs

Bear Head and DoW are same series and tbh I’m still waiting for my library to get me DoW and Bee Speaker (3rd in series). I’m really judging the series by book 2, Bear Head and I thought it was fantastic and very original. I loved Bear Head even though it’s dark af. It strikes a deep chord, especially with the current politics in the states. Written in 2019 AT nailed our current figurehead and political climate, I was floored. One of my favorites as well. As far as comparing fan appeal to Expanse, that’s up to each individual. Of all the AT works I’ve read the Final Architecture filled the space opera void but each work of AT’s doesn’t need to be judged in comparison to the Expanse.
u/DirectorBiggs

You’re still missing some of his best works, Dogs of War trilogy and Shroud.
u/DirectorBiggs

Bear Head is next and then Bee Speaker Honestly I’m still on the waiting list for DoW and BS to arrive from my library. I didn’t know it was a series either and read Bear Head a month or so ago. I was blown away, then found out it’s the second book in the series. That’s why I said it’s flying under the radar, most fans don’t know about it and many readers didn’t realize it’s a series.
u/DirectorBiggs

AT is my hands down favorite contemporary author who’s work is wide ranging and prolific. Now JSAC is running a very tight second to AT but man this guy puts out some seriously great books at a pace I’m in awe of. I began to read AT after my first reading of the Expanse and started with the Final Architecture trilogy, it’s a rompus space opera that filled my Expanse void. Then read the Children of Time series and that when I learned just how vast AT’s works are. I cannot recommend him enough; Shroud is fantastic, Cage of Souls awesome, Alien Clay pretty good. His Dogs of War series is flying way under the radar and it’s also top tier, so much fun and really dark stuff. He’s got a blend of horror baked into his writing and his sci-fi is visionary af, he takes deep dives into his research for the books. And I haven’t even touched his catalogue of fantasy, which I hear is also great.
u/DirectorBiggs

Sins, then the rest. And then youre going to want read all the books again but with short stories in the correct order. Give it a year or so.
u/DirectorBiggs

Yes
u/DirectorBiggs

I agree, judging an authors vast catalogue by only one book is akin to judging a book by the cover. To each their own but that’s not a way to live or be a reader, imo.
u/DirectorBiggs

and the story is just getting better. I hope Corey sticks to this quality.
u/DirectorBiggs

Exactly, start at book one then make a comment about the whole. You’re missing major story and character development, the show needs to take certain shortcuts and enact various edits which changes things. In some cases quite dramatically and others are more subtle. Either way complaining about quality while comparing the volume measured of .5 to 9 is unfounded and nonsensical.