Nick Farmer knows dozens of languages, so he invented one for the Expanse
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I hope they don't fall into the traps of keeping it going long after their ideas have run out and abandoning ongoing story lines to deal with 'notes' and casting.
Donkey Balls!
I've thoroughly enjoyed it. It's a wonderfully constructed world and they're doing justice to the complex characters too.
I like the general lack of magic (hyperspace, etc), for example spinning Ceres for gravity. But see: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheExpanse/comments/40rv49/could_we...
There is a bit of magic: the Epstein Drive, allowing for 1G continuous acceleration 'torch ships'. IIRC if they're gone I don't think it breaks the plot much, but without them it's hard to imagine that there'd be quite such a thriving solar system society; it'd be much less interconnected and a much smaller economy without the ability to support large-scale stations by shipping large volumes of necessary supplies (e.g. ice) around easily.
I bought the first year of the Expanse series on Google Play and have been enjoying it.
He's a very inquisitive guy, wide range of interests, very hard-working. He deserves this success, for sure. I've been watching the media fanfare unfold since he started promoting the show earlier in 2015 and it's been very exciting for me to see the show explode in popularity after its release.