Glad that I found this novella on Goodreads instead of just the entry for Memory’s Legion, which made it seem like I’d re-read all of the Expanse novellas instead of doing what I did, which is run immediately to the end of that book to read this new entry, which ties up the last loose thread (or, one of the final loose threads) of the extended universe. To be clear, I wouldn’t say to skip Memory’s Legion–Corey writes out some short author notes after each […]

These books are just a hair too short to really get your mind into the Expanse mode. They’re almost best read rapidly after finishing the novel that directly precedes it, so that you’re already ‘there’ and don’t waste any time. In that sense, I read it in the wrong order, because I didn’t realize that it existed until after I finished Leviathan Falls. That being said, knowing the ending of that book makes the story of Auberon (and every other Ring Gate world) that much more resonant, in […]

A quick story from my childhood: when I was a kid, right after I saw Pokemon: the First Movie, I was super taken with the story of Mewtwo. Now, I think anyone with half a heart can empathize with Mewtwo, who was basically minding his own business with his clone friends before they all DIED and DECOMPOSED and he was woken up to be a sentient weapon. This is relevant because I then wrote a story in a space-y alternate universe in which I was […]