Kate Neville
Well-Known Member
EXPANSE SPOILERS AND END OF MOON SPOILERS
OK, right away I saw the influence of Moon on The Expanse series, first in the use of a patois for the outermost human civilization : the Moon/the Belt. Moon only has two political entities (Earth & Moon); Expanse has three (Earth, Mars & Belt). And I literally laughed out loud when I realized that both Loonies and Belters were throwing rocks at Earth! I don't know if anyone has asked the Expanse authors about this, but when I read Manny's words at the end about going to the Belt.... it just seems like The Expanse series is a sequel to Heinlein's Moon story.
OK, right away I saw the influence of Moon on The Expanse series, first in the use of a patois for the outermost human civilization : the Moon/the Belt. Moon only has two political entities (Earth & Moon); Expanse has three (Earth, Mars & Belt). And I literally laughed out loud when I realized that both Loonies and Belters were throwing rocks at Earth! I don't know if anyone has asked the Expanse authors about this, but when I read Manny's words at the end about going to the Belt.... it just seems like The Expanse series is a sequel to Heinlein's Moon story.