The Expanse | James S.A.Corey | Talks at Google

In conversation with James S.A. Corey at Google.

James S.A. Corey is the pen name of fantasy author Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck.

Daniel James Abraham is an American science fiction and fantasy author who lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is a graduate of Clarion West, and sometimes collaborates with George R. R. Martin, another New Mexico resident.

Daniel is the author of the critically-acclaimed Long Price Quartet. His short stories have appeared in numerous publications and anthologies. His novelette Flat Diane was nominated for the Nebula Award and won the International Horror Guild award. His novelette, The Cambist and Lord Iron: A Fairytale of Economics, was nominated for the Hugo Award in 2008, and was also nominated for a World Fantasy award.

Daniel also writes under the pseudonym M.L.N. Hanover, and he writes as James S. A. Corey with Ty Franck.

Ty Franck has spent most of his life in the West and Southwest. He developed the world of The Expanse series as the setting for a massively multiplayer online role-playing game.

He has broken rocks at a quarry, built masts for sailboats, sold newspaper and radio ads, worked as a reporter, renovated high-rises, served as director of operations for Northgate Computers, and co-founded a financial software consulting firm.

Franck began publishing SF with the story ''Audience'' in Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show. This qualified him to join the professional writing group Critical Mass, where he met Daniel Abraham. He also has contributed several stories to the recent Wild Cards series created by George R. R. Martin.

Franck lives in New Mexico with his wife Jayné.

Actually, they both live in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

[barrymantelli]

Imagine if these guys only knew, that in 2021 they would be working on Season 6 and have an eager, and voracious audience for their story. One of the greatest stories ever told, and we're not done.

[SpaceMonke]

My favourite sci-fi series of all time. Waiting with bated breath for the 9th book and very much looking forward to seeing what they do next.

[RYk]

A lot of great stuff has happened since this talk :D
They made a great show, Syfy cancelled it, fans saved it... guess we're a team now ;-)

[AMITAWAGHADE]

Here after season 5 finale. What an amazing feat of our time are both books and tv show.

[EveyJamo]

My one complaint about the show: Avasarala doesn't swear enough. That's it.

[AnthonyPenningsPhD]

Clarke didn't guess about satellites, he figured it out. Great interview!

[seankelly]

This sci-if is written in today’s standards. That’s what makes it so brilliant. The economics is the driving force that draws me so strongly. It’s the exact future we’re trying to avoid. But that we are definitely moving towards if we can’t get over our current economic norms.

[prasun]

38:17 finally realised why I love science fiction the most?

[gillianrosheuvel]

Really love hearing them talk about their writing process.

[elfboy]

Very interesting discussion, especially on how they put together a book. Just started reading it and it's great.

[rosiek]

30:53 - and it shows. Avasarala and Amos are my favorite characters in the series. When they met in _Nemesis Games_ I was all like

[SpaceCaseZ]

Ted Chiang's *_"Stories of My Life"_* is the basis upon which the Movie *_"Arrival"_* was based on! 2016 Denis Villeneuve
So love it.

[prayonkreutz]

Amazing Author(s) that ACTUALLY finish books!! (Yes...I'm talking about you GRRM!)

[gswovoka]

There was some great SciFi written during the time period mentioned - post cyberpunk. Try Neal Stephenson for example The Diamond Age. The problem in that time period was the lack of the WWW. The number of Authors had exploded and the means to find them stayed the same. We still relied on book stores to find new authors, and book stores tended to carry what sold the most. There would always be more fantasy than SciFi. because Fantasy covered a wider audience. Just my $.02

[steevidrums]

Years ago there as a game for PS1 called Colony Wars developed by a UK company called Psygosis. There was at least 3 games if I remember. I loved them being a Star Wars kid.
As well as being a great 1st person shooter, with lots of ground and space missions it contained a very rich and detailed encyclopaedia about the history and relationships between the Sol system, its navy and ruling Tzar and all the colonies and their resistances.

As soon as I started the watching expanse I wondered if the writers were influenced by these games.

[daddyleon]

42:36 it's not [inaudiable], it's "MMORPG"

[seas]

And here we are now with the books done and the TV show with so much potential ending 3 books short and what a ride it was.
Maybe someday we might more from the expanse universe if we are lucky enough

[heather-linbrannon]

I guess I'll need to come back to this after I've read at least the third book. Book 1 was so good, I don't want any spoilers!

[TurnerRentz]

University of New Mexico helped bring the Expanse into existence. Nice.

[grealalal]

28:14 is that a stab at almost human? lol