Being a fan of The Expanse this is really cool. It really puts the size of a lot of the moons and dwarf planets from the series into perspective. Ganymede for example, was used by pregnant mothers in the outer-system because it was large enough to still have an active core and thus a magnetosphere. Shielding the surface from a lot of radiation. Their main food crops were grown there for the same reason.

Io, Callisto, Europa, Eris, Titan, Ceres, and a few others all make appearances too. It's an amazing series, for those who haven't read/seen it, whether you read the books or watch the show.

[–] SorryQuick@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It’s generally a great series but it reminds me of Wheel of Time, in that some of the main characters are incredibly stupid and don’t seem to get any better. James Holden in particular is one whose stupidity is hard to withstand sometimes. I ended up not being able to finish both of those because of that.

[–] PleaseLetMeOut@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Yeah, most of James' issues are just him trying to do the right thing. He tends to jump in head first at that point.

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Like him walking into a clearly radioactive room, despite warning signs being everywhere and a literal siren going off. All because he saw some injured/sick people lying on the ground and he didn't hesitate to help.

Or flying the ship into a pile of ruble looking for the hybrid (that doesn't happen in the book).

[–] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 days ago

Holden's favourite book, if I recall correctly, is Don Quixote... but instead of seeing it as a satire of sixteenth century Spain and chivalric tradition he sees the antics of the evidently senile and deranged protagonist as a manual of how to act.

The whole series is Holden tilting at windmills.

They're quite well written and engaging windmills, though, and there's a lot of great Sancho Panzas to accompany and provide a contrast to our knight errand, so it's still a great series.