I just finished A Slow Death: 83 Days of Radiation Sickness. The book is the more in-depth version of the Japanese documentary (according to the author, can't seem to find the documentary itself anywhere). It's about the first worker (Hisashi Ouchi) who died 83 days after receiving higher than lethal dose of radiation and the uphill battle he and the medical workers had to face trying to keep the man alive. It was a short read, but it's definitely worth it. It made me consider and appreciate the dilemma medical workers have to face when they're confronted with a terminal case as severe and relatively unknown (at the time) as this one. It's definitely one of those situations where if I had to make the decision to keep the man alive or let him pass away, I honestly wouldn't know what I would choose. Needless to say, I'm glad I'm not a doctor. I'm not sure I could handle the stress of such a decision (and I stress out real easy). I've also started on Voices of Chernobyl and finishing Leviathan Wakes (this is my fifth time reading it). I'm probably going to focus on Leviathan Wakes first. My boyfriend is almost done with Abaddon's Gate. I have some catching up to do before he reaches Nemesis Games!
5 times?! That's crazy! I've read each book in the series once and enjoyed all of them but haven't gone back to read any a second time. Have you read the character specific novellas at all? They've released them as ebooks in between each major book of the series.Leviathan Wakes (this is my fifth time reading it)
Yeah, I keep rereading all the books every time a new one comes out. I might have to stop doing that soon, don't have as much free time as I used to! I haven't gotten around to reading the character specific novellas. I'm not sure why, so I guess I'll have to put it on my to-read list :)
Just discovered this as well, it's a nice little bit of extra backstory. http://www.syfy.com/theexpanse/drive/