Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.
Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.
Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.
Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.
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Cibola Burn: Book 4 of the Expanse (now a major TV series on Netflix) Hardcover – 5 June 2014
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Cibola Burn Corey, James S. A. [Used - Good] [Hardcover]
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originally posted on booktopia.com.au
Not quite as exciting as the preceding entry but that one was an aberration. This pushes the story along well with fascinating sci fi entwining returning and new characters you'll know and love plus some new ones you'll love to hate. Not short on its own excitement by any means.
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The authors keep the action going. Have characters with compelling motives - mostly. The time frame is off. It will likely be thousands of years -not hundreds- before we live in the regions they describe. (We don't live on the Earths poles, we don't live on the Earths ocean Floor) Every story has flaws. There are no shape shifting aliens, no vampires, no unicorns, no mystic pretend'y manure. Good news there. It is hard core Science Fiction. It relies on probable but undiscovered science.
originally posted on booksamillion.com
It follows the Expanse series formula: grounded sci-fi exploration, until unknowable alien macguffins are fiddled with by us grubby desperate monkeys. Enter James Holden, exhausted Marty Stu savior, badly in need of coffee and his alien pooka, Harvey- I mean Miller.Other books in the series better embody its strengths: the horror and wonder of the scientific frontier. This entry depicts a hard scrabble pioneer life, with occasional salient insights made by its token scientist character. How would an alien biome interact with ours? (Without relying on space bears and death stars)Where it rings hollow is the villain of the piece. Antagonists in the series often have rigid monomaniac ideologies that don't seem realistic. They're bad guys in opposition to the good ... MoreIt follows the Expanse series formula: grounded sci-fi exploration, until unknowable alien macguffins are fiddled with by us grubby desperate monkeys. Enter James Holden, exhausted Marty Stu savior, badly in need of coffee and his alien pooka, Harvey- I mean Miller.Other books in the series better embody its strengths: the horror and wonder of the scientific frontier. This entry depicts a hard scrabble pioneer life, with occasional salient insights made by its token scientist character. How would an alien biome interact with ours? (Without relying on space bears and death stars)Where it rings hollow is the villain of the piece. Antagonists in the series often have rigid monomaniac ideologies that don't seem realistic. They're bad guys in opposition to the good guys, and that's about as deep as their character goes. This book's villain is more of the same. How many unyielding sociopaths can the Expanse universe hold? Perhaps these human villains should be considered secondary to the overarching threat of the series: the simple near-impossiblity of human life on the edge of space.I'll keep reading the series, but maybe you should read a summary of this one and skip to the next book in The Expanse.
Cibola Burn: Book 4 of the Expanse (now a major TV series on Netflix) Hardcover – 5 June 2014
Affiliate Disclosure: We may receive a small commission for purchases made through this link at no extra cost to you. This helps support our site. Thank you!
Cibola Burn Corey, James S. A. [Used - Good] [Hardcover]
Delivery $9.34
Not quite as exciting as the preceding entry but that one was an aberration. This pushes the story along well with fascinating sci fi entwining returning and new characters you'll know and love plus some new ones you'll love to hate. Not short on its own excitement by any means.
The authors keep the action going. Have characters with compelling motives - mostly. The time frame is off. It will likely be thousands of years -not hundreds- before we live in the regions they describe. (We don't live on the Earths poles, we don't live on the Earths ocean Floor) Every story has flaws. There are no shape shifting aliens, no vampires, no unicorns, no mystic pretend'y manure. Good news there. It is hard core Science Fiction. It relies on probable but undiscovered science.
It follows the Expanse series formula: grounded sci-fi exploration, until unknowable alien macguffins are fiddled with by us grubby desperate monkeys. Enter James Holden, exhausted Marty Stu savior, badly in need of coffee and his alien pooka, Harvey- I mean Miller.Other books in the series better embody its strengths: the horror and wonder of the scientific frontier. This entry depicts a hard scrabble pioneer life, with occasional salient insights made by its token scientist character. How would an alien biome interact with ours? (Without relying on space bears and death stars)Where it rings hollow is the villain of the piece. Antagonists in the series often have rigid monomaniac ideologies that don't seem realistic. They're bad guys in opposition to the good ... MoreIt follows the Expanse series formula: grounded sci-fi exploration, until unknowable alien macguffins are fiddled with by us grubby desperate monkeys. Enter James Holden, exhausted Marty Stu savior, badly in need of coffee and his alien pooka, Harvey- I mean Miller.Other books in the series better embody its strengths: the horror and wonder of the scientific frontier. This entry depicts a hard scrabble pioneer life, with occasional salient insights made by its token scientist character. How would an alien biome interact with ours? (Without relying on space bears and death stars)Where it rings hollow is the villain of the piece. Antagonists in the series often have rigid monomaniac ideologies that don't seem realistic. They're bad guys in opposition to the good guys, and that's about as deep as their character goes. This book's villain is more of the same. How many unyielding sociopaths can the Expanse universe hold? Perhaps these human villains should be considered secondary to the overarching threat of the series: the simple near-impossiblity of human life on the edge of space.I'll keep reading the series, but maybe you should read a summary of this one and skip to the next book in The Expanse.
I like Expanse because it repeatedly reminds me at how humans would/might behave when new opportunities arise. It took some time for setting the story background, but pretty fast a lot of interesting things were happening. I liked the storylines of both new and old characters. This book is on the level of the first two, but maybe a bit below the third one. In general, the books are good but the TV series is - amazingly - better.
There are about 100* of these in the The Expanse series. I've read 99* of them and confess that I lost the plot at about 47*. The first 3 are very good, I think. But the series drags on a bit past its use by date. (*slight exaggeration)
This book was missing around 80 pages. Never seen this before in a book. Send an email to amazon about it. No response. Very disappointing because this is a fantastic series.
Great book and continues the story of a good man uniting people in a broken world. Its both a heart warming and action filled saga with great details of what human life could be like in 200 years time. Essential reading for Expanse fans
I LOVE Subterranean Books' quality (but you *have* to be a bit on the crazy collector side to find them "a good value" when purchased second hand. My copy of Cibola Burn had been damaged, and I really wanted another. This was the best price I'd found in a while, and it's just as beautiful as the rest of the series.
Wonderful. Quality outstanding
very exciting book. i have the books leading up to this one. love the collection, good reading.
