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Eclectic reader - switching between genres, styles, periods and languages. Mostly here to discover

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Ted Chiang: Arrival (2016, Vintage)
Laurent Gaudé: Chien 51 (Paperback, French language, 2022, Actes Sud)
Kazuo Ishiguro, Anne Rabinovitch: Klara et le Soleil (Paperback, French language, 2021, GALLIMARD)

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Lianke Yan: The Explosion Chronicles (Hardcover, 2016, Grove Press)
James S.A. Corey: Leviathan Wakes (Paperback, 2011, Orbit)
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Christian Jungersen: Undtagelsen (in Danish) (2006, Gyldendal)

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reviewed Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey (The Expanse, #1)

James S.A. Corey: Leviathan Wakes (Paperback, 2011, Orbit) 4 stars

Humanity has colonized the solar system—Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond—but the stars …

Not very exciting...

2 stars

For me, this was a frontier western story in space, and I was not sure why I should be interested. It made me question the whole premise of 'humanity conquers the solar system/universe' science fiction. Why would humanity settle Mars and the Asteroid Belt to begin with, and why would society change so little in that process?

If you like mystery, violence, horror and want it set in space, this might just be your thing; it did not appeal to me.