Questions for James SA Corey

[Tom, Supreme Laser]

ON Sunday at BayCon we'll be interviewing Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck who make up James S.A. Corey. What questions should we ask them?!

PSsst. If you're coming to BayCon you might get to ask your question in person! Be here Sunday May 28 at 1 PM
Convene 1 (San Mateo Marriott)

[Joetekcor]

This might have already been answered somewhere but do they have an end game for the Expanse series or do they plan on writing books indefinitely? Do they already have the stories for the next couple of books mapped out?

[Rob, Roberator]

Joetekcor wrote: "This might have already been answered somewhere but do they have an end game for the Expanse series or do they plan on writing books indefinitely? Do they already have the stories for the next coup..."

They are planning 9 books, so 3 more including Persepolis Rising this December.

[Rob, Roberator]

I'm sure this has been asked in other Q&A's, but I havent seen much on the subject. How much has TV show influenced the writing of the books? Are you doing things differently based on what you found worked well for TV or what didn't when adapting the previous books?

In Babylon's Ashes in particular I noticed a few things like numerous minor character POVs that hadn't been done in the books before.

[Mark]

I enjoy the short fiction set in the Expanse. How do the authors decide what will be included in the novels and what will be published separately as a short.

[Silvana]

Oh joy! Well I just want to know what do they think the name of the Expanse fandom should be. I asked Ty once via Twitter and he didn't answer (maybe he didn't know yet, usually he's really responsive).

My friends came up with a suggestion: Expansionistas.
Yeah I know. Nope.

[Stephen]

Ask about how being active on Twitter with a political view ( Which I love) , but do you ever ask is it worth the grief you get from some quarters?

[John (Taloni)]

If this one hasn't been asked to death...

What made you decide on a space opera / noir detective mashup?

[Silvana]

And are there any recent books they read that they want to recommend to us?

[Alex]

What is someone that has only seen the show missing from the story, characters and universe in the books?

[Rush]

I find the way that the background minutia of the vessels and stations that everyone lives in and around is presented to be fascinating. What kind of articles and people did you guys pull in for research that had the most influence on your decisions on how vessels and space travel were to function in your stories?