Abaddon’s Gate – #3 of The Expanse

I enjoyed watching The Expanse, which now continues on Amazon Prime.  It was because of that show that I decided to subscribe to Prime and kept it on because there are several good shows to watch.  Especially with the Covid-19 Pandemic, you are stuck in the house longer than you ever imagined – whether you’re working or have been laid off.

In any case, I decided to read the series since many are stating that the books are just as good. Written by two authors – the joint pen name of authors Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck. When I read each book, I think back to the similarities and their are only minor differences from the books and the show.  In the third book, Abaddon’s Gate, a ring has formed that sends many curious factions to investigate – Belters, Martians and Earthers, as well as the religious factions.  James Holden is at the forefront and with the help of the manifestation of Miller, he tries to talk everyone down from killing themselves so they can save the universe.  

The alien lifeform that created the ring feels threatened and if the other ships don’t power down, they seem like a threat.  Well, like anything else that is threatened, it’s going to lash out.  In this case, it means the destruction of everything – inside and outside of the ring.  Ashford doesn’t believe that and he was willing to take the chance of destroying the ring before it had a chance to destroy them all.

To me, the biggest difference in the books from the series is the inclusion of Bobbie Draper.  When Holden touches the core, “his consciousness ascends and he learns about the creators, who were a galaxy-spanning hive consciousness.  He realizes the creators were sending fire through the Rings and blowing up entire star systems to try and quarantine something from coming through. The station has been waiting two billion years for the all-clear to re-open the wormhole network. Miller says the station is in “war mode.”” When the Martians show up in the series, Bobbie is there with them to take Holden away, when Martians show up to try to take down the broadcast on the Behemoth, Bobbie is there as one of the gunners.  I like Bobbie in the books and I’m glad they wrote her character in more of the episodes in the series.

For the love of science fiction and reading, The Expanse series is a must read as it is creative, exciting, intelligent plot, diverse characters and factions to explore and filled with mystery, drama and in-depth character development.

 

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Project Blue Book

This series is on the History Channel, if you have Rogers Cable.  It’s similar to X-Files but most of the stories are based on true events.  It is inspired by Dr. J Allen Hynek’s investigations for the U.S. Air Force into the existence of UFO’s.

Each episode has an investigation that sends Dr. Hynek and his associate from the Air Force in an attempt to discredit the sightings made by townsfolk.  The series starts in the year 1947 and visit live stories and investigations up to 1970.

Dr. Hynek is the main character who has been hired by the U.S. Air Force to travel with Captain Quinn to areas of the United States.  Their mission is to ensure there isn’t a panic over stories of aliens and visitations from outer space.  Dr. Hynek is intrigued but starts to realize that there may be some realism to the stories.  Each time Captain Quinn tries his hardest to convince the Dr. that his findings are just fake or misconceived, Dr. Hynek looks that much closer to the evidence before him.

The first episode is when Dr. Hynek is tasked to take on the challenge and he almost gets himself killed by trying to recreate the events of an incident experienced from one of the fighter pilots.

Second episode happens in Flatwoods, West Virginia where a mother and her two children sees what they believe is a spaceship crashing down from the sky.  After witnessing looking straight into the eyes of an alien they take off and almost immediately Dr. Hynek and Captain Quinn are sent on the scene.  With every investigation he encounters, it seems the government hides a little more.

Dr. Hynek is played by the actor in Game of Thrones (Aidan Gillen) “Littlefinger” Baelish.  He plays the character very well.  I like the investigative mystery of the show and how it tries to discount the extraterestrial findings while at the same time, trying to see the truth.

What do you believe?

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