#caliban's war

[luulapants]

They can't do this to me.

#bobbie x chrisjen #bobbie draper #chrisjen avasarala #caliban's war #the expanse

[miminmimikyu]

I'm reading Caliban's War and god I've missed Avasarala.

#also: the hague mentioned!! (points) i've been there! #i'm reading this book specifically because i really want to rewatch the expanse (and watch s5-6) #and am avoiding re-binging a show by reading the books the show is based on #if that isn't the stupidest logic i don't know what it is #caliban's war #the expanse

[pitaenigma]

Holden had spent a month at the Diamond Head Electronic Warfare Lab on Oahu as his first posting after officer candidate school. During that time, he’d learned he had no desire to be a naval intelligence wonk, really disliked poi, and really liked Polynesian women. He’d been far too busy at the time to actively chase one, but he’d thoroughly enjoyed spending his few spare moments down at the beach looking at them. He’d had a thing for curvy women with long black hair ever since.

The Martian Marine was like one of those cute little beach bunnies that someone had used editing software on and blown up to 150 percent normal size. The proportions, the black hair, the dark eyes, everything was the same. Only, giant. It short-circuited his neural wiring. The lizard living at the back of his brain kept jumping back and forth between Mate with it! and Flee from it! What was worse, she knew it. She seemed to have sized him up and decided he was only worth a tired smirk within moments of their meeting.

#caliban's war #james holden #that man is a lesbian #honestly same though #didnt realize frankie adams was one of the best actors in a show for a very long time because my brain went “mommy”

[spursthatjinglejanglejingle]

Almost finished with caliban's war and the fact that men wrote it is really setting in, why is it so weirdly horny all of the sudden

#come up with a good reading tag and replace this one with it later #caliban's war #it's still good and i can ignore it but 😑 come on dude #this was my least favorite arc in the tv show anyways though so my expectations were low lol #having the protomolecule monster thing 'grope' Bobby was the final straw that shit was so unnecessary

[kenaran]

2x13 "Caliban's War"

Holden's decided not to be all crazy anymore. Good. It's not going to last very long, but still.

They discover that the protobeing has gotten onboard somehow. And just straight up call it a killing machine. So, okay, these are probably my Star Trek roots talking more than anything, but could we at least try and figure out what that creature might want?

I guess not because before we do any more thinking or talking we'd rather barge inside there and confront the killing thing which, funny that, isn't amused. Holden gets pinned to the wall. Near the end of the episode he's this close to biting the dust and again I'm all, "Dude, what have you got to lose? Just try and say hi maybe? It's probably not going to get you anything, but again, how much worse are things likely to get?"

The crew of the Roci is killing me. They've got Holden trapped in that room with the "killing machine" and they just merrily stroll all over the place with no one watching the monitors so that he has to holler at them, when something's up.

They figure out a plan to lure it of the ship. And, sorry, I like Meng, but why on earth do you require a botanist to solve that riddle? It wants food, give it food. Killing machine dies in perfect Gollum style.

Bobbie figures out an escape route. (Really nice of the bad guy to let her take a calm look at the diagrams.) Chrisjen has objections.

Bobbie, to Chrisjen: "You'd never make that climb." Chrisjen: "Jesus Christ! Not because I'm old. He's been shot." Ghazi: "Plus, she's really old."

Snorts. Love it.

Bobbie goes on to rescue Chrisjen and Ghazi like a knight in shining armor. That power suit sure is something. (Did she meet electrician yet? I think so. That was fun.)

And Naomi has handed over the proto molecule to Fred Johnson. Um. Yeah. You can do that. I'm not sure what you're hoping to gain there, especially considering the power structure in the Belt, but... whatever. It may just be me being dense, but I would have appreciated a tiny bit more reasoning than just "everyone needs to have it". Because just "having it" is going to gain you shit.

Anyway... Not too convinced by the last few episodes. But I'm liking Chrisjen and Bobbie a lot. So there's that :D

Jump to next episode

#kenaran watches the expanse #the expanse #2x13 #caliban's war

[a-tiny-flower]

Books I got today! It'll take me a few months to get them tho but I'm super excited!

#the atlas six #caliban's war #zachary ying #the girl who fell beneath the sea #books #my posts

[libertyreads]

I decided to take a photo of the book I rated the highest in each month so far this year. Tell me you're hyper fixating without telling me you're hyper fixating.

The January book *would* be Leviathan Wakes if I didn't include rereads and March's book has the same rating as Abaddon's Gate, but I felt like I needed a different book instead. So...this could have been 5 books from The Expanse series and a children's graphic novel. 😬

#best books of the year #so far #the expanse series #the expanse #books read in 2022 #house of earth and blood #sarah j. maas #caliban's war #james s.a. corey #the last laugh #mindy mcginnis #kodi #jared cullum #nemesis games #babylon's ashes #books #bookstagram #bookish #book #goodreads #goodreads challenge #book recommendations #bookstack

[penstrokes]

Book! Holden is so...

#the expanse #caliban's war #the expanse spoilers

[duplicitousdamsel]

I cannot put it down! I'm seeing frigates and torpedoes and protomolecule in my dreams!

#love it #this is exactly what i wanted #books #reading #reader problems #the expanse #caliban's war #my thoughts #ramblings

[luulapants]

"If life transcends death,

then I will seek for you there.

If not, then there too."

- Arjun Avasarala, Caliban's War by S. A. Corey

#the expanse #caliban's war #arjun avasarala #poetry

[whisperofthewaves]

I have liked bobbie in the show (as much as I watched it which wasn't all seasons), but encountering her in the books I can understand why people weren't happy with the runners' choices

#nothing important #over 2m tall?? 100kg???? #we /were/ robbed tbh #caliban's war #the expanse

[coconuttrunk]

Read Caliban's War.

I liked it.

Some notes

The show definitely did a better job with the story. The battle escalations and villains were done a lot better on the show. Here the villains were under developed to the point of being cartoonish. Also Admiral Souther is a cool guy, wished I could have read more of his POV.

Avasarala and Bobbie's POV portions were the best in the book. I can read whole books about the intricacies of space tech and travels. So their chapters were the most enjoyable. Avasarala figuring out how to be a politician in space was delightful to read.

#Caliban's War #James SA Corey #The Expanse #Reading 2024

[number63liveblogs]

Thoughts on Caliban’s War

I liked this book more than the previous one. I think it’s mostly that the new point of view characters were better than what was introduced in the previous book. Avasarala was my favourite, I really jived with her personality and it’s nice to see powerful older women in fiction. Bobbie was nice, I guess, her character arc was pretty nice if basic. I liked the way Prax’s internal narration and the way he spoke was very distinct, he’s a specific kind of a nerd.

Holden had some good points, but it still felt like he’s the writer’s Special Little Boy and I just don’t jive with it. It felt like his conflict with Naomi went nowhere and just happened because can’t have two working romantic relationships in one book, I guess.

I did also like how the world opened up, and we got point of view characters from several different polities, and more of a look into how the different societies work. It was especially interesting to first see the propaganda that Bobbie had heard about earthlings, and then in contrast some of how real earthlings live.

The biggest things I want to see in the next book is a meeting between Avasarala and Fred. I think they would play beautifully against each other.

#caliban's war #the expanse #Wrap Up #liveblog #number 63

[ips-n-caliban]

DID MASSIF PRESS NAME THE CALIBAN AFTER THIS SHITTY BOOK

#owen's opinions #caliban's war #lancer

[spursthatjinglejanglejingle]

#the silly #caliban's war #come up with a good reading tag and replace this one with it later

[souldagger]

i'm rereading the expanse and it's absolutely wild how james essay corey can write some of the most interesting+compelling female characters in fiction and then turn around and be like 'ok now let me fetishize her for a second tho'

#like. i just finished caliban's war. #and btwn naomi bobbie and avasarala the only one who doesn't get a nasty fetishized description at some point is avasarala #and u KNOW its only cause she's a 90yo gradma. #CAN YOU BE NORMAL ABT WOC. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD. #i love the expanse but james sa corey is my no1 enemy. #.txt #the expanse #u know how sometimes u return to a piece of media #and some of the shine of the parts u loved has worn off and the flaws r so much more glaring? yeah #the shitty parts like these get sparser with each book iirc but Man it is a pain #anyway. avasarala my beloved <333333 ive missed youuuuuu