The Expanse authors Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck return

Alt Shift X Podcast

Interview with the authors of The Expanse, Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck -- discussing The Expanse Season 6, Book 9 Leviathan Falls, sci fi, writing, storytelling.

The first half has spoilers up to Season 6 / Book 6. The second half (after 53:24) has spoilers up to Book 9.

0:00 Intro

0:47 Season 6 show vs book

10:12 Tribes

15:24 Bobbie & Amos

18:03 Drummer & Naomi

21:00 Representation

27:36 Actors vs characters

30:12 Monoliths, Star Wars

38:45 Minotaur

41:53 Alex's other child, Chekov's gun

47:01 Mars, megaprojects, space travel

53:24 ❗ Book 7 spoilers from here!

55:13 More Expanse, Clarissa

57:40 Strange dogs

59:12 ❗ Book 9 spoilers from here! Holden, change

1:04:26 Tanaka, 1984

1:10:32 Writing alien dreams, collaboration

1:18:08 Aliens, ambiguity, Duarte, life

1:28:10 Unity, hive minds, difference

1:35:00 ❗ Dune spoilers for Book 2 and Book 4!

1:38:10 Dune spoilers end, influences

1:39:45 Firefly, influences

1:42:34 New sci fi trilogy

1:47:00 Expanse Telltale game, video games

1:48:41 Daniel's genre rant

1:52:15 Covid and stories

1:55:52 Roci set lives?

1:59:31 Legacy of The Expanse

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