The Expanse authors Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck return

Listen to this episode from Alt Shift X Podcast on Spotify. Interview with the authors of The Expanse, Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck -- discussing The Expanse Season 6, Book 9 Leviathan Falls, sci fi, writing, storytelling.The first half has spoilers up to Season 6 / Book 6. The second half (after 53:24) has spoilers up to Book 9.0:00 Intro0:47 Season 6 show vs book10:12 Tribes15:24 Bobbie & Amos18:03 Drummer & Naomi21:00 Representation27:36 Actors vs characters30:12 Monoliths, Star Wars38:45 Minotaur41:53 Alex's other child, Chekov's gun47:01 Mars, megaprojects, space travel53:24 ❗ Book 7 spoilers from here!55:13 More Expanse, Clarissa57:40 Strange dogs59:12 ❗ Book 9 spoilers from here! Holden, change1:04:26 Tanaka, 19841:10:32 Writing alien dreams, collaboration1:18:08 Aliens, ambiguity, Duarte, life1:28:10 Unity, hive minds, difference1:35:00 ❗ Dune spoilers for Book 2 and Book 4!1:38:10 Dune spoilers end, influences1:39:45 Firefly, influences1:42:34 New sci fi trilogy1:47:00 Expanse Telltale game, video games1:48:41 Daniel's genre rant1:52:15 Covid and stories1:55:52 Roci set lives?1:59:31 Legacy of The ExpanseYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdFuzR6byXcSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/77vubQGd6CsuespWT2Wqa0Twitter: https://twitter.com/AltShiftXPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/AltShiftXSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.