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Here’s the conversation with Daniel Abraham, co-author of The Expanse. We talk mostly about the specifics of The Expanse’s worldbuilding, but also more generally about his career and writing (from 1hr:16m in the audio). This is being released just for Patrons (:

The Essos video is underway – so we’re researching all the weirdest places in ASOIAF, like Asshai, the Five Forts, and Sothoryos. May also include Yi Ti, Ib, the Thousand Islands, the Jogos Nhai, the Bones… what places do you most want to hear about?

The Leviathan Wakes video will be an analysis of The Expanse Book 1 and Season 1, exploring the plot intricacies, characters and themes. We’ll also look at the differences between books and tv.

Have you guys seen Maniac on Netflix? It’s a really strange stylish drama, kinda reminiscent of The OA. I haven’t finished the season yet, but thinking it might be worth a video – what do you think?

Not sure what order these videos will come in… but they’re all pretty exciting – thanks for your support this month!

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Comments

Adva Lanciano

Yes, please, I would love to hear your thoughts on Maniac! -Sidenote: I subtitled it into Hebrew, so I watched it out of order. Not sure if it was more or less clear that way.

Mazzy

Maniac is fascinating and strange, I would love to watch your analysis

Bikes, Books & Buildings

Really looking forward to the video about weird places, especially Sothoryos, which is weird and rad and cool and horrifying. Also not a fan of Maniac, tbh, would rather have ASOIAF videos than that.

Samantha K Enriquez

YES to Maniac. Definitely loved it because of its similarity to The OA, and if that's as close as I'm going to get to an OA video, then I'll take it!

Settlers of Natan

How did you connect with Daniel Abraham? Really enjoyed listening to the conversation!!

The Mad Jay Woman

Maniac was stellar - the art design alone was amazing, you could spend days pouring over all the details

Rikke Holmberg

Thank you for sharing this conversation, Shift. That was immensely enjoyable.

Alex Felix

I would love to get into Daniel Abraham's head and find out what the last lines of A Dream of Spring are. Maybe I'll find out in a decade or two.

Kelly Theobald

........are you telling me Daniel Abraham got to see your face? 🤨

The Jon Smith

An Alt Shift X video on Maniac is a MUST, please and thank you. You guys and dolls are so amazing, I'm glad I finally joined your patreon community.

Alt Shift X

Awesome! Have always been curious about the subtitling process, because we use the GOT and Expanse subtitles to source quotes. What kind of guidance did you get from the Maniac creators? What do you do when the dialogue is unclear, or you're unsure how to spell Mantleray?

Harrison Hughes

I never knew there were podcasts this is great