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Why is it so good?

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[-] Adm_Drummer@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

I'm currently listening to Livesuit by James SA Corey. It's part of their new series that released this year called The Captives War. It's a Novella/Interquel pretty typical of their release style.

It takes place in an incredibly unknowably distant future for humanity. We follow a squad of Livesuit infantry who have fused their bodies with technology to fight an unfathomable legion of alien conquerors. An enemy that has never lost a war then uses the best traits of conquered races to continue their war.

Why it's so good is because the author(s) have an incredible way of describing people and the world they interact with. Images are vivd and believable. While being so alien, and futuristic Corey manages to write a world you can imagine yourself in.

Additionally, their novellas always take place in the same world, but are completely stand alone stories from the main series so the depth of world building is just... chef's kiss

Both writers were originally working on writing RPGs and TTRPGs so their style just brings me back to sitting at a table with friends, some drinks and a Character Sheet for a hopeful lvl 3 wizard.

[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

The narration of The Expanse audiobook series was really well done.

[-] Adm_Drummer@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

In a wonderful turn of events: Captive's War is narrated by the cery same narrator!

[-] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Read the first book, wasn't impressed yet, I think it's just so different than the expanse.

Also not a lot of room for setting, they're kind of stuck until the plot shifts. Overall depressing too.

[-] mr_stank@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Just read this. Was great. Looking forward to the rest of the series.

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