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The Expanse is a science fiction series of novels written by James S. A. Corey, the pen name for a collaboration between Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck.
Currently, The Expanse consists of nine main novels and eight shorter works (two prequel short stories, one prequel novella, one interquel short story, and four interquel novellas). One more novella is planned.[Citation needed] The series will be will be complete at nine novels, unless something dramatic changes.[1][2]
A television series based on the books, also named The Expanse, completed production and started airing on the Syfy channel in December 2015, [3][4][5] where it ran for 3 seasons until it was picked up for 3 additional seasons by Amazon Prime Video.[6][7][8]
A digital comic book prequel miniseries The Expanse Origins was published in 2017 and an interquel 4-issue miniseries just called The Expanse will be released in late 2020 (probably all before Season 5 premiere).
Contents
Books
Books | ||||
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Novel # |
Name | Publication date | ||
1 | Leviathan Wakes | June 2, 2011 | ||
2 | Caliban's War | June 26, 2012 | ||
3 | Abaddon's Gate | June 4, 2013 | ||
4 | Cibola Burn | June 5, 2014 | ||
5 | Nemesis Games | June 2, 2015 | ||
6 | Babylon's Ashes | Dec 6, 2016 | ||
7 | Persepolis Rising | Dec 5, 2017 | ||
8 | Tiamat's Wrath | Mar 26, 2019 | ||
9 | Leviathan Falls | 2021 |
Publication order is generally regarded as the best order to read the series.
- The Expanse #1: Leviathan Wakes (June 2, 2011)
- "The Butcher of Anderson Station": A Story of The Expanse (Oct 17, 2011)
- The Expanse #2: Caliban's War (June 26, 2012)
- Gods of Risk: An Expanse Novella (Sept 15, 2012)
- "Drive" (online short story; Nov 27, 2012)
- The Expanse #3: Abaddon's Gate (June 4, 2013)
- The Churn: An Expanse Novella (April 29, 2014)
- The Expanse #4: Cibola Burn (June 5, 2014)
- The Expanse #5: Nemesis Games (June 2, 2015)
- The Vital Abyss: An Expanse Novella (Oct 15, 2015)
- The Expanse #6: Babylon's Ashes (Dec 6, 2016)
- Strange Dogs: An Expanse Novella (July 18, 2017)
- The Expanse #7: Persepolis Rising (Dec 5, 2017)
- The Expanse #8: Tiamat's Wrath (Mar 26, 2019)
- "The Last Flight of the Cassandra" (bonus short story in The Expanse Roleplaying Game; (May 14, 2019)
- Auberon: An Expanse Novella (Nov 12, 2019)
- The Expanse #9: Leviathan Falls (2021)
Novellas & Short Stories | ||||
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# relative to Novels | Name | Publication date | ||
1.5 | "The Butcher of Anderson Station" | Oct 17, 2011 | ||
2.5 | Gods of Risk novella | Sept 15, 2012 | ||
2.7 | "Drive" | Nov 27, 2012 | ||
3.5 | The Churn novella | April 29, 2014 | ||
5.5 | The Vital Abyss novella | Oct 15, 2015 | ||
6.5 | Strange Dogs novella | July 18, 2017 | ||
8.2 | "The Last Flight of the Cassandra" | May 14, 2019 | ||
8.5 | Auberon novella | Nov 12, 2019 |
An in-universe, chronological list of all works, with the main series of novels in bold:
- "Drive" (Nov 27, 2012)
- The Churn: An Expanse Novella (April 29, 2014)
- "The Butcher of Anderson Station": A Story of The Expanse (Oct 17, 2011)
- The Expanse #1: Leviathan Wakes (June 2, 2011)
- "The Last Flight of the Cassandra" (May 14, 2019)
- The Expanse #2: Caliban's War (June 26, 2012)
- Gods of Risk": An Expanse Novella (Sept 15, 2012)
- The Expanse #3: Abaddon's Gate (June 4, 2013)
- The Vital Abyss: An Expanse Novella (Oct 15, 2015)
- The Expanse #4: Cibola Burn (June 5, 2014)
- The Expanse #5: Nemesis Games (June 2, 2015)
- The Expanse #6: Babylon's Ashes (Dec 6, 2016)
- Strange Dogs: An Expanse Novella (July 18, 2017)
- The Expanse #7: Persepolis Rising (Dec 5, 2017)
- Auberon: An Expanse Novella (Nov 12, 2019)
- The Expanse #8: Tiamat's Wrath (Mar 26, 2019)
- The Expanse #9: Leviathan Falls (2021)
Book translations
Not all languages have all published books translated.
- Bulgarian
- Croatian
- Czech
- Dutch
- French
- German
- Hungarian
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Persian
- Polish
- Portuguese (Brazilian)
- Romanian
- Russian
- Serbian
- Simplified Chinese
- Spanish
- Turkish
Adaptations
Television
- The Expanse (December 14th, 2015)
Comics
- The Expanse Origins (2017)
Games
- The Expanse Board Game (2017)
- The Expanse Roleplaying Game (2018)
References
- ↑
newsweek.com: Tiamat's Wrath
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space.com: 'Tiamat's Wrath' Builds Up to Grand Finale for 'Expanse' Books
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variety.com: ‘Iron Man’ Writers Enter Sci-Fi Mystery TV Project for Alcon, ‘The Expanse’
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Internet Movie Database The Expanse
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www.syfy.com: The Expanse (only covers through S3)
- ↑ Deadline Hollywood - ‘The Expanse’ Picked Up By Amazon For Season 4 After Syfy Cancellation by Nellie Andreeva May 25, 2018 9:46pm
- ↑ Variety - ‘The Expanse’ Renewed for Season 5 at Amazon By Joe Otterson July 27, 2019 9:18AM PT
- ↑ Deadline Hollywood - 'The Expanse'Renewed For Sixth & Final Season By Amazon Ahead Of Season 5 Premiere by Nellie Andreeva November 24, 2020 9:00am
See also
External links
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Leviathan Falls -
Tiamat's Wrath -
Babylon's Ashes -
Persepolis Rising -
The Expanse (TV) -
Nemesis Games -
Abaddon's Gate -
Leviathan Wakes
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