How The Expanse Transformed the Space Opera Genre For a New Generation of Sci-Fi Stories
Elaine Chung When Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham started to collaborate, turning Franck's long-running role-playing game into a novel called Still Franck and Abraham persevered, selling Leviathan Wakes to Orbit Books under the pen name James S.A. Corey. When the book was published, the front cover sported a quote from George R.R. Martin: "It's been too long since we've had a really kickass space opera." Now, of course, Leviathan Wakes has been followed by eight sequels and a TV show, The Expanse, whose fifth season ends tonight. And the shelves at your local bookstore are crammed with kick...