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The Expanse is definitely a space opera. But it works on many levels and does a thoughtful job of thinking through the logical implications and outcomes of current trends. And it only relies on one major technological advance that’s entirely fictional, like warp speed on Star Trek.

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Have you read The Expanse books or watched the Amazon series? If so, what’s your opinion? How would the storyline fit into your thinking above? It’s more pre-apocalypse than post, unless the playing out of global warming is post from a climate perspective. The belt is certainly urban in that people are packed into dystopian asteroid or space station communities. But then you have the unpopulated “expanse” in between it all. Thanks.

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