38: The Expanse – Show Notes
First Segment
- Gravity
- Inertial Thrust
- Maintain constant acceleration
- 9.8 meters per second = 1G
- Spin
- Centripetal Force
- Common use in hard sci-fi
- Smaller radius requires quicker rotation
- Exaggerates Coriolis Effect
- Wells
- Planet mass effects characters
Second Segment
- James S.A. Corey = Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck
- Ty Franck’s Early Career
- Franck’s Ideas for a Space Epic
- Based on Alfred Bester’s My Stars My Destination
- Massive Multiplayer Opportunity
- Post-To-Play Forum
- Early storyline and characters inspiration
- Daniel Abraham’s Early Career
- The Long Price Quartet and Black Sun’s Daughter
- The New Mexico Critical Mass
- Abraham’s Realizing Frank’s RPG Would Be a Great Novel
- The Writing Process
- Pitching to Publishers
- Orbit Books
- The Release and Reception of Leviathan Awakes
- TV in 2012
- Changed by Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead
- Ben Cook and Jason Brown
- Hired Mark Fergus and Hawk Otsby – From Children of Men and Iron Man
- Pitching to Franck and Abraham
- ScyFy’s Interest
- ScyFy Channels Resurgence
- Returning to the Battlestar Galactica mode
- Investment from Comcast
- Scyfy’s Plan for The Expanse
- Stats
Third Segment
- Diversity of the Cast
- Book v Show
- Claire’s Excitement
- Favorite Characters
- James S.A. Corey’s Involvement in the TV Show
- Caltech and JPL panel and woman and diversity