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Legion Wspomnień by James S.A. Corey

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badayka's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Memory's Legion
Written by James S.A. Corey (Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck)
Read by Jefferson Mays
Book 113/200
Genre: Sci-fi, Space Opera
Format: Audio
Pages: 432
Published: 2022
Rating: 9/10

“The only right you have with anyone in this life is the right to walk away."

The Expanse is some of the absolute best hard Sci-fi I have ever read. Combining real science, to high action and adventure is an absolute blast from beginning to end. Memory's Legion is a collection of short stories from the Expanse universe that goes a long way to help flesh out the world (for lack of a better term) of this series. This book is an absolute must read for any fans of the series!

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5.0

The duo that is James S.A. Corey has done it again. This is a page turner and a welcome trip back into The Expanse universe. I had never read any of the short stories in this compilation before, so it was all new to me, despite some being years old. It was a great series of snapshots of side stories that fit between the novels. Some fill in background for characters you know and love, others are little snippets of a wider world we didn't otherwise get to see. And while they are part of a wider story, each short story also tells a whole story in itself.

I enjoyed the author's notes about each story. They were short, but captured a bit more of the process of making the books and the literary experimentation involved in the shorter fiction.

It has been a long time since I read The Expanse novels, so there are definitely details I will have missed, but I thoroughly enjoyed the stories regardless. I'm a little sad now that it's the last of The Expanse books that I'm aware of, so there isn't more for me to read.

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4.0

I reviewed each individual story for more clarity, but overall this is a good read for any Expanse fan. The most important story is probably Sins of Our Fathers, which is now the true finale of the series (and a very compelling and satisfying story in its own right). Other notable stories included are Auberon, The Vital Abyss, and The Churn. The other 4 are good in their own ways, with some being more interesting than others, depending on your character preferences. I wish there were more authors' notes, however; that was the one part that separated this book from the individual novellas and short stories. There is one for each book, but they are so short that it's almost disheartening even starting the note, just to know it will be over as soon as it starts.