James S.A. Corey Quote

We’re not people, he said. We’re the stories that people tell each other about us. Belters are crazy terrorists. Earthers are lazy gluttons. Martians are cogs in a great big machine. Men are fighters, Naomi said, and then, her voice growing bleak. Women are nurturing and sweet and they stay home with the kids. It’s always been like that. We always react to the stories about people, not who they really are. And look where it got us, Holden said.

James S.A. Corey

We’re not people, he said. We’re the stories that people tell each other about us. Belters are crazy terrorists. Earthers are lazy gluttons. Martians are cogs in a great big machine. Men are fighters, Naomi said, and then, her voice growing bleak. Women are nurturing and sweet and they stay home with the kids. It’s always been like that. We always react to the stories about people, not who they really are. And look where it got us, Holden said.

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About James S.A. Corey

James S. A. Corey is the pen name used by collaborators Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, authors of the science fiction series The Expanse. The first and last name are taken from Abraham's and Franck's middle names, respectively, and S. A. are the initials of Abraham's daughter. The name is also meant to emulate many of the space opera writers of the 1970s. In Germany, their books are published under the name James Corey with the middle initials omitted.