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!! ''Leviathan Wakes'' contains examples of:
* AllOfThem
--> '''Naomi''': We’ve got ships on their way from all over the system.
--> '''Holden''': How many are coming?
--> '''Naomi''': At a guess? All of them.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: When Miller is trying to find the ''Rocinante'' through data analysis, one of the ships he comes across is the freight hauler ''Badass Motherfucker'' owned by the Luna company "MYOFB Corporation" (the acronym likely means, judging by the name of the ship, "Mind Your Own Fucking Business"). In the same breath, however, Miller notes that it's AwesomeButImpractical since a ship with a name like that simply begging for a bored port official to bust their chops for kicks.
* BlobMonster: The first Protomolecule creature we see is one of these. It's sucking on the ''Scopuli'''s fusion reactor and [[AndIMustScream shrieking "help me!" over and over]] with the half-assimilated head floating in it. When it's seen later, freeze-dried, it's still got floaters—a colon and a spine are mentioned by name, showing that its an extreme case of BodyOfBodies.
* BrickJoke: The legal dispute over the colonization rights to Venus has been in the courts for over eighty years with no sign of resolution in sight. [[spoiler: Then the protomolecule-infected Eros is deliberately rammed into Venus, seeding that planet with alien life and making any further litigation over its fate moot. Holden's comments at the end of the book indicate that Venus may become [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Planet]] in the long run, but at least for now humanity is safe and can plan for that contingency.]]
%% * ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: The Nauvoo]]. When the [[spoiler:Protomolecule takes over Eros]] they try to use it to [[spoiler:ram Eros into its sun.]]
* CrapsackWorld: AllOfThem, to varying extents. Earth is severely overpopulated[[note]] A farm of a dozen acres is described as being the size of a national park; there is population control with "unlicensed" kids having no right to governmental support; and even most legal citizens are basically "surplus to society" and live on food stamps because there is no work for them; higher education is reseverved for those who prove that they ''will'' work in their profession afterwards and who can find an already working sponsor to write them a letter of recommendation.[[/note]] and recovering from the environmental damage of the 20th and 21st century. Mars is better by comparison but implied to be a military dictatorship in all but name, and the kids are put through ''enormous'' performance stress in school.[[note]]In the ''Gods of Risk'' novella, the teenage protagonist does such advanced and long-hour lab work in school that you only realize he's still in puberty (not a particularly immature [=PhD.=] student) when his age is stated towards the end. And he and his equally stressed classmates are not supposed to be exceptionally gifted special cases or anything.[[/note]] The exploitation of the people of the Belt and the outer worlds is severe enough to drive a revolutionary faction, the Outer Planets Alliance, to open violence against Earth and Mars interests. Living standards in the Belt are not much different than a developing country on Earth--with the exception that even developing countries don't need to worry about losing their air or water supply on a daily basis.
* DidYouJustHaveSex While the ''Rocinante'' crew are dining together in the galley, all it takes to clue Amos in on the fact that Holden and Naomi are sleeping together is the former asking the latter to pass the salt in an overly-formal manner.
* ForScience: [[spoiler: {{Enforced|Trope}} by Protogen on their science personnel by modifying them into high-functioning sociopaths. As long as they are given an interesting problem to solve, they will be [[TheUnfettered completely unfettered]], never running into moral crisis about the things they are asked to research.]]
%% * GenerationShip: the ''Nauvoo''.
%% * GeniusLoci: [[spoiler:Eros Station]] after it's turned into an incubator for the protomolecule.
%% * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Miller and Julie.]]
* HurlItIntoTheSun: [[spoiler:At Miller's suggestion, the OPA eventually adopts this plan for Eros to keep the Protomolecule out of everyone's hands, by crashing the ''Nauvoo'' into it unmanned on a long acceleration trajectory.]]
%% * HumanityIsInfectious: [[spoiler:How Julie is able to retain control over Eros]].
%% * IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight: [[spoiler:Miller to Julie]] at the end.
* ImaginaryFriend: [[spoiler:Miller starts having conversations with a hallucinatory Julie Mao.]]
* KansasCityShuffle: Holden's plan to intercept the missiles involves pulling this kind of con on the UN.
--> '''Holden''': We'll tell them we're going to trick them so they stop listening, and once they're not listening, we'll trick them.
* LaserGuidedKarma: The evil, corrupt MegaCorp Protogen, an NGOSuperpower with enough political connections to let them push Earth to [[spoiler: attack Mars]], is seemingly invincible. [[spoiler: Nope. They get outed as being responsible for Eros and go down almost ''immediately'']].
%% * LawEnforcementInc: Star Helix Security.
%% * LoveBeforeFirstSight: Miller to Julie Mao.
* MeaningfulName: Several, to wit:
** Holden consciously names his ship ''Rocinante'' after Don Quixote's horse, and explains to Naomi that the choice was deliberate.
** Security on Eros is handled by an outfit called CPM (short for ''Carne Por La Machina'', or ''Meat For The Machine''). At first it just looks like a crude joke about the [[WeHaveReserves disposability of its personnel]], who are all former gang members recruited from throughout the Belt. [[spoiler: Given that the protomolecule devours them along with everyone else, the name turns out to be more than appropriate.]]
* NGOSuperpower: Protogen, having [[spoiler: enough firepower to bring down the Martian flagship with ease]]. But reality bites when [[spoiler: Earth and Mars learn they're responsible for Eros, and tear the company apart almost immediately.]]
* OnlyElectricSheepAreCheap: Miller relates a story to the crew about how he disbanded a cheese smuggling ring that was assassinating its rivals. While drugs, prostitution, and synthetic food substitutes are readily available, genuine cheese comes only from Earth or Mars and a single shipment can cost easily as much as the ship transporting it. A single block of Vermont cheddar is considered a sizeable bribe for a cop. Miller's remarks indicate that all non-synthetic food products are considered valuable luxury items in the Belt.
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: The protomolecule uses them to vomit brown goo to further spread the infection.
* PopulationControl: When being interrogated on the ''Donnager'', Holden says that Earth has a population of 30 billion and thus being the only child of an eight-person group marriage entitled them to enough tax credits for justify a 22-acre farm.[[note]]The average size of a North American farm today is 441 acres. Holden mentions that his family's holdings are considered 'practically a national park' by the standards of that era.[[/note]]
%% ** The Mormons' reason for building a GenerationShip.
%% * PottyFailure: Julie Mao in the prologue.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure:
** A nameless Martian officer who [[spoiler: learns about the protomolecule on Phoebe responds to it by immediately nuking the moon to atoms so no one else can use the damned thing]].
** The ''Donnager'' crew in general, but particularly Lieutenant Kelly, Holden's interrogator aboard the ''Donnager'', is a professional doing a job--he's not brutal at all, just asking questions, [[spoiler: and gives his life to make sure Holden and his people make it out with their information. His sacrifice--and those of his crewmates--is not unnoticed. Holden (via Fred Johnson) ensures that Kelly's body is returned to Mars and accorded full military honors]].
%% * SelfDestructMechanism: Used by the ''Donnager'' after it is boarded.
* ShoutOut:
** {{Film/Citizen Kane}}:
--->"''Razorback''", Naomi said. "What's that?"
--->"It's a sled," Miller replied.[[note]]This is a double shout-out. The term ''sled'' in racing circles is shortened from ''lead sled'', which denotes a very fast vehicle. What was the ''Razorback''? A racing star-ship.[[/note]]
** {{Franchise/Dune}}:
--->'''Julies's notes:''' ''Panic doesn't help. It never helps. Deep breaths, figure this out, make the right moves. Fear is the mind-killer. Ha. Geek.''
** {{Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy}}
---> The food dispensers aboard ship can give you something that is not entirely unlike coffee.
%% * TheSociopath: Several Protogen executives and staff are surgically altered into sociopaths to get past any thought of ethics when experimenting with the protomolecule.
* UselessSpleen: When Holden is performing a sustained high-g burn, he complains about his spleen.
--> '''Holden''': My spleen is collapsing. Hurry up.
%% * WhamLine: [[spoiler: Eros shouted.]]
* WhatTheHellHero:
** Holden gets these pretty often from just about everybody, as he tends to publically broadcast whatever everyone else is trying to keep secret and is personally responsible for two open conflicts as a result.
** Miller also gets one when he [[spoiler:shoots Dresden]], an act which results in Holden disliking and distrusting him for the remainder of the novel.
* ZombieApocalypse: [[spoiler:Breaks out in Eros following the introduction of the protomolecule and lots and lots of radiation to the general populace.]]
* ZombiePukeAttack: [[spoiler:The standard method in which the zombies spread the protomolecule to others]]
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Described as a SpaceOpera, ''Leviathan Wakes'' is a science fiction novel by "James S. A. Corey", actually a collaboration by Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck. Set a few hundred years in the future humanity is still limited to the solar system but large parts of it have been colonized. The three main powers are Earth, Mars, and the unorganized "Belters", who inhabit the asteroid belt and many of the outer moons. Those three groups have been in economic dependence and conflict for almost as long as they've existed, but now it seems that someone wants to push that conflict into outright war.
The technology used is [[MohsScaleOfSciFiHardness hard]] but not described in detail. An unexplained breakthrough in fusion drive technology has made interplanetary travel possible but no FTL drive has been discovered and no interstellar voyages have been attempted... yet.
''Leviathan Wakes'' is the first book in a planned series called ''The Expanse'':
* ''Leviathan Wakes''
* ''Caliban's War''
* ''Abaddon's Gate'' (forthcoming)
!!Provides Examples Of:
* TheAlcoholic: Miller describes himself as a functioning alcoholic.
* AllOfThem
--> '''Naomi''': We’ve got ships on their way from all over the system.
--> '''Holden''': How many are coming?
--> '''Naomi''': At a guess? All of them.
* AsteroidMiners - A lot of this goes on in the belt though it doesn't directly impact the plot much.
* BodyHorror - The effects of the protomolecule.
* CasualInterplanetaryTravel - Acquiring a small ship capable of interplanetary travel seems to be about as difficult as acquiring a house is now. With all the attendant risks of defaulting on your loans and having it seized by bank.
* ColonyDrop - Never actually used, but discussed a lot. Asteroid drops are the new Mutually Assured Destruction.
* CoolStarship - Both present and averted. It is noted that the lack of atmosphere to deal with combined with efficient designs has resulted in mostly ugly, blocky looking ships. Some of them very large and impressive but still looking like a simple warty skyscraper laid on its side. Some of the ships however, as exemplified by the Rocinante, are very cool on the inside.
* DramaticGunCock: Prax accidentally turns a MexicanStandoff into a BlastOut by cocking his gun, which he just thought was the appropriate thing to do in the situation from what he'd seen in movies.
* DomedHometown - It is mentioned that Martian cities are under domes.
* EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse - Mars is in some ways more technologically advanced and both Mars and the Belt view themselves as independent of the home planet, but more educated people are pretty sure that they couldn't survive without access to the resources of the home planet.
* ExplosiveLeash: The protomolecule-monsters in ''Caliban's War'' are fitted with them. However, after the first one explodes, the others figure out how to remove them.
* FantasticRacism - Earthers vs. Belters.
* GenerationShips - None have been used yet, but there is one under construction.
* HumanityIsInfectious - [[spoiler:How Julie is able to retain control over Eros]].
* IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight - [[spoiler:Miller to Julie at the end]]
* ImaginaryFriend: Miller starts having conversations with a hallucinatory Julie Mao.
* ImmuneToBullets: The protomolecule-monsters. Bullets pass right through them, and they heal immediately afterwards.
* KansasCityShuffle - Holden's plan to intercept the missiles involves pulling this kind of con on the UN.
--> '''Holden''': We'll tell them we're going to trick them so they stop listening, and once they're not listening, we'll trick them.
* MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness: 4.
** Hardness: slower-than-light travel, no StealthInSpace, generally excellent physics where described.
** Softness: ships powered by AppliedPhlebotinum fusion reactors, almost everything about the protomolecule.
* PottyFailure - Julie Mao in the prologue.
* PoweredArmor: Bobbie's Goliath suit.
* SelfDestructMechanism - Used by the ''Donnager'' after it is boarded.
* SirSwearsALot: Avasarala in ''Caliban's War''. When she gets through an entire phone conversation with her boss without swearing, [[OoCIsSeriousBusiness he knows something is badly wrong]].
* TheSociopath - Dresden. And he had all his employees clinically altered to be sociopaths, too.
* SonOfAWhore: Amos
* SpacePirates
* StealthInSpace: Earth and Mars both have stealth ships. It's a hard sci-fi version of stealth is based on not radiating any heat, which means that firing the engines gives them away.
* {{Terraform}} - A project to terraform Mars is ongoing, but it is currently still reliant on imports from Earth.
* ThrownOutTheAirlock - Happens at least once and is mentioned numerous times as appropriate punishment for especially unpleasant people.
* TheVirus - The protomolecule
* TheWarOfEarthlyAggression - This is one of the things that the Belters are worried about, although they're more immediately worried about a War Of Martian Aggression. Mars itself has also prepared for war with Earth, both in terms of military buildup and running elaborate battle simulations.
* WeaponizedExhaust: Used by the ''Rocinante'' in ''Caliban's War''.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman - In universe example - "real" Belters who grew up under low gravity are tall and skinny and look slightly deformed to people who grew up on Earth or Mars (apparently Mars' 1/3rd g is enough to avoid this effect?) They also have their own dialect that can make it difficult for "Inners" to understand what they're saying even when theoretically speaking the same language. It is speculated that many Inners don't even view Belters as real humans anymore and that is part of the reason why conflict has developed between them.
The technology used is [[MohsScaleOfSciFiHardness hard]] but not described in detail. An unexplained breakthrough in fusion drive technology has made interplanetary travel possible but no FTL drive has been discovered and no interstellar voyages have been attempted... yet.
''Leviathan Wakes'' is the first book in a planned series called ''The Expanse'':
* ''Leviathan Wakes''
* ''Caliban's War''
* ''Abaddon's Gate'' (forthcoming)
!!Provides Examples Of:
* TheAlcoholic: Miller describes himself as a functioning alcoholic.
* AllOfThem
--> '''Naomi''': We’ve got ships on their way from all over the system.
--> '''Holden''': How many are coming?
--> '''Naomi''': At a guess? All of them.
* AsteroidMiners - A lot of this goes on in the belt though it doesn't directly impact the plot much.
* BodyHorror - The effects of the protomolecule.
* CasualInterplanetaryTravel - Acquiring a small ship capable of interplanetary travel seems to be about as difficult as acquiring a house is now. With all the attendant risks of defaulting on your loans and having it seized by bank.
* ColonyDrop - Never actually used, but discussed a lot. Asteroid drops are the new Mutually Assured Destruction.
* CoolStarship - Both present and averted. It is noted that the lack of atmosphere to deal with combined with efficient designs has resulted in mostly ugly, blocky looking ships. Some of them very large and impressive but still looking like a simple warty skyscraper laid on its side. Some of the ships however, as exemplified by the Rocinante, are very cool on the inside.
* DramaticGunCock: Prax accidentally turns a MexicanStandoff into a BlastOut by cocking his gun, which he just thought was the appropriate thing to do in the situation from what he'd seen in movies.
* DomedHometown - It is mentioned that Martian cities are under domes.
* EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse - Mars is in some ways more technologically advanced and both Mars and the Belt view themselves as independent of the home planet, but more educated people are pretty sure that they couldn't survive without access to the resources of the home planet.
* ExplosiveLeash: The protomolecule-monsters in ''Caliban's War'' are fitted with them. However, after the first one explodes, the others figure out how to remove them.
* FantasticRacism - Earthers vs. Belters.
* GenerationShips - None have been used yet, but there is one under construction.
* HumanityIsInfectious - [[spoiler:How Julie is able to retain control over Eros]].
* IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight - [[spoiler:Miller to Julie at the end]]
* ImaginaryFriend: Miller starts having conversations with a hallucinatory Julie Mao.
* ImmuneToBullets: The protomolecule-monsters. Bullets pass right through them, and they heal immediately afterwards.
* KansasCityShuffle - Holden's plan to intercept the missiles involves pulling this kind of con on the UN.
--> '''Holden''': We'll tell them we're going to trick them so they stop listening, and once they're not listening, we'll trick them.
* MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness: 4.
** Hardness: slower-than-light travel, no StealthInSpace, generally excellent physics where described.
** Softness: ships powered by AppliedPhlebotinum fusion reactors, almost everything about the protomolecule.
* PottyFailure - Julie Mao in the prologue.
* PoweredArmor: Bobbie's Goliath suit.
* SelfDestructMechanism - Used by the ''Donnager'' after it is boarded.
* SirSwearsALot: Avasarala in ''Caliban's War''. When she gets through an entire phone conversation with her boss without swearing, [[OoCIsSeriousBusiness he knows something is badly wrong]].
* TheSociopath - Dresden. And he had all his employees clinically altered to be sociopaths, too.
* SonOfAWhore: Amos
* SpacePirates
* StealthInSpace: Earth and Mars both have stealth ships. It's a hard sci-fi version of stealth is based on not radiating any heat, which means that firing the engines gives them away.
* {{Terraform}} - A project to terraform Mars is ongoing, but it is currently still reliant on imports from Earth.
* ThrownOutTheAirlock - Happens at least once and is mentioned numerous times as appropriate punishment for especially unpleasant people.
* TheVirus - The protomolecule
* TheWarOfEarthlyAggression - This is one of the things that the Belters are worried about, although they're more immediately worried about a War Of Martian Aggression. Mars itself has also prepared for war with Earth, both in terms of military buildup and running elaborate battle simulations.
* WeaponizedExhaust: Used by the ''Rocinante'' in ''Caliban's War''.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman - In universe example - "real" Belters who grew up under low gravity are tall and skinny and look slightly deformed to people who grew up on Earth or Mars (apparently Mars' 1/3rd g is enough to avoid this effect?) They also have their own dialect that can make it difficult for "Inners" to understand what they're saying even when theoretically speaking the same language. It is speculated that many Inners don't even view Belters as real humans anymore and that is part of the reason why conflict has developed between them.
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The technology used is [[MohsScaleOfSciFiHardness hard]] but not described in detail. An unexplained breakthrough in fusion drive technology has made interplanetary travel possible but no FTL drive has been discovered and no interstellar voyages have been attempted... yet.
''Leviathan Wakes'' is the first book in a planned series called ''The Expanse'':
* ''Leviathan Wakes''
* ''Caliban's War''
* ''Abaddon's Gate'' (forthcoming)
!!Provides Examples Of:
* TheAlcoholic: Miller describes himself as a functioning alcoholic.
* AllOfThem
--> '''Naomi''': We’ve got ships on their way from all over the system.
--> '''Holden''': How many are coming?
--> '''Naomi''': At a guess? All of them.
* AsteroidMiners - A lot of this goes on in the belt though it doesn't directly impact the plot much.
* BodyHorror - The effects of the protomolecule.
* CasualInterplanetaryTravel - Acquiring a small ship capable of interplanetary travel seems to be about as difficult as acquiring a house is now. With all the attendant risks of defaulting on your loans and having it seized by bank.
* ColonyDrop - Never actually used, but discussed a lot. Asteroid drops are the new Mutually Assured Destruction.
* CoolStarship - Both present and averted. It is noted that the lack of atmosphere to deal with combined with efficient designs has resulted in mostly ugly, blocky looking ships. Some of them very large and impressive but still looking like a simple warty skyscraper laid on its side. Some of the ships however, as exemplified by the Rocinante, are very cool on the inside.
* DramaticGunCock: Prax accidentally turns a MexicanStandoff into a BlastOut by cocking his gun, which he just thought was the appropriate thing to do in the situation from what he'd seen in movies.
* DomedHometown - It is mentioned that Martian cities are under domes.
* EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse - Mars is in some ways more technologically advanced and both Mars and the Belt view themselves as independent of the home planet, but more educated people are pretty sure that they couldn't survive without access to the resources of the home planet.
* ExplosiveLeash: The protomolecule-monsters in ''Caliban's War'' are fitted with them. However, after the first one explodes, the others figure out how to remove them.
* FantasticRacism - Earthers vs. Belters.
* GenerationShips - None have been used yet, but there is one under construction.
* HumanityIsInfectious - [[spoiler:How Julie is able to retain control over Eros]].
* IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight - [[spoiler:Miller to Julie at the end]]
* ImaginaryFriend: Miller starts having conversations with a hallucinatory Julie Mao.
* ImmuneToBullets: The protomolecule-monsters. Bullets pass right through them, and they heal immediately afterwards.
* KansasCityShuffle - Holden's plan to intercept the missiles involves pulling this kind of con on the UN.
--> '''Holden''': We'll tell them we're going to trick them so they stop listening, and once they're not listening, we'll trick them.
* MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness: 4.
** Hardness: slower-than-light travel, no StealthInSpace, generally excellent physics where described.
** Softness: ships powered by AppliedPhlebotinum fusion reactors, almost everything about the protomolecule.
* PottyFailure - Julie Mao in the prologue.
* PoweredArmor: Bobbie's Goliath suit.
* SelfDestructMechanism - Used by the ''Donnager'' after it is boarded.
* SirSwearsALot: Avasarala in ''Caliban's War''. When she gets through an entire phone conversation with her boss without swearing, [[OoCIsSeriousBusiness he knows something is badly wrong]].
* TheSociopath - Dresden. And he had all his employees clinically altered to be sociopaths, too.
* SonOfAWhore: Amos
* SpacePirates
* StealthInSpace: Earth and Mars both have stealth ships. It's a hard sci-fi version of stealth is based on not radiating any heat, which means that firing the engines gives them away.
* {{Terraform}} - A project to terraform Mars is ongoing, but it is currently still reliant on imports from Earth.
* ThrownOutTheAirlock - Happens at least once and is mentioned numerous times as appropriate punishment for especially unpleasant people.
* TheVirus - The protomolecule
* TheWarOfEarthlyAggression - This is one of the things that the Belters are worried about, although they're more immediately worried about a War Of Martian Aggression. Mars itself has also prepared for war with Earth, both in terms of military buildup and running elaborate battle simulations.
* WeaponizedExhaust: Used by the ''Rocinante'' in ''Caliban's War''.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman - In universe example - "real" Belters who grew up under low gravity are tall and skinny and look slightly deformed to people who grew up on Earth or Mars (apparently Mars' 1/3rd g is enough to avoid this effect?) They also have their own dialect that can make it difficult for "Inners" to understand what they're saying even when theoretically speaking the same language. It is speculated that many Inners don't even view Belters as real humans anymore and that is part of the reason why conflict has developed between them.
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* SirSwearsALot: Avasarala in ''Caliban's War''. When she gets through an entire phone conversation with her boss without swearing, [[OoCIsSeriousBusiness he knows something is badly wrong]].
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''Leviathan Wakes'' is the first book in a planned series called ''The Expanse''. The second book will be titled ''Caliban's War''.
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''Leviathan Wakes'' is the first book in a planned series called ''The Expanse''. The second book will be titled Expanse'':
* ''Leviathan Wakes''
* ''Caliban'sWar''.
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* ImaginaryFriend: Miller starts having conversations with a hallucinatory Julie Mao.
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* WeaponizedExhaust: Used by the ''Rocinante'' in ''Caliban's War''.
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* CoolStarship - Both present and averted. It is noted that the lack of atmosphere to deal with combined with efficient designs as resulted in mostly ugly, blocky looking ships. Some of them very large and impressive but still looking like a simple warty skyscraper laid on its side. Some of the ships however, as exemplified by the Rocinante, are very cool on the inside.
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* CoolStarship - Both present and averted. It is noted that the lack of atmosphere to deal with combined with efficient designs as has resulted in mostly ugly, blocky looking ships. Some of them very large and impressive but still looking like a simple warty skyscraper laid on its side. Some of the ships however, as exemplified by the Rocinante, are very cool on the inside.
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* MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness: 4.
** Hardness: slower-than-light travel, no StealthInSpace, generally excellent physics where described.
** Softness: ships powered by AppliedPhlebotinum fusion reactors, almost everything about the protomolecule.
** Hardness: slower-than-light travel, no StealthInSpace, generally excellent physics where described.
** Softness: ships powered by AppliedPhlebotinum fusion reactors, almost everything about the protomolecule.
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** I was struck by the multipurpose design of the blocky ships. Rather than have spin or some magic gravity technology allow people to have gravity, he turned the people on their side so that the G forces caused by acceleration hold people down (your head is pointed to the destination rather than standing like you would in a traditional ship (NEWS is the same plane as you are standing in, you can face where you are moving towards)
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* DomedHometown - It is mentioned that Martian cities are under domes.
* IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight - [[spoiler:Miller to Julie at the end]]
* KansasCityShuffle - Holden's plan to intercept the missiles involves pulling this kind of con on the UN.
--> '''Holden''': We'll tell them we're going to trick them so they stop listening, and once they're not listening, we'll trick them.
* KansasCityShuffle - Holden's plan to intercept the missiles involves pulling this kind of con on the UN.
--> '''Holden''': We'll tell them we're going to trick them so they stop listening, and once they're not listening, we'll trick them.
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* {{Terraform}} - A project to terraform Mars is ongoing, but it is currently still reliant on imports from Earth.
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* TheVirus - The protomolecule
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''Leviathan Wakes'' is the first book in a planned series called ''The Expanse''. The second book will be titled ''Caliban's War''.
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* BodyHorror - The effects of the protomolecule.
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* ColonyDrop - Never actually used, but discussed a lot. Asteroid drops are the new Mutually Assured Destruction.
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* FantasticRacism - Earthers vs. Belters.
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* HumanityIsInfectious - [[spoiler:How Julie is able to retain control over Eros]].
* PottyFailure - Julie Mao in the prologue.
* SelfDestructMechanism - Used by the ''Donnager'' after its borded.
* TheSociopath - Dresden. And he had all his employees clinically altered to be sociopaths, too.
* PottyFailure - Julie Mao in the prologue.
* SelfDestructMechanism - Used by the ''Donnager'' after its borded.
* TheSociopath - Dresden. And he had all his employees clinically altered to be sociopaths, too.
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