Finding Serenity: Anti-heroes, Lost Shepherds, and Space Hookers in Joss Whedon’s Firefly Edited by Jane Espenson
The second fan book I read in a row. A series of essays by random people (including one by the Kaylee actress), written before the movie came out.
There was a funny parody of how Fox decided to cancel the series, told through a fictional series of memos sent to Joss.
There was a somewhat interesting history of westerns and sci-fi, and how Gene Roddenberry, while doing great things, also ruined it for everyone else.
Jewel Staite just wrote a piece about her favorite bits from the episodes. Bleh.
A little bit about the story behind Firefly creation and production.
All in all, I’m just going to stop reading books about TV series. I’m not a hardcore fanboy at heart.
Jewel Staite just wrote a piece about her favorite bits from the episodes. Bleh.
I saw Jewel, Adam Baldwin, and Summer Glau on a panel at Dragon*Con sharing remembrances like that.
It’s fun when it’s a panel at a convention, but I can’t imagine wanting to read something like that.
Most of it was just lines of dialog she particularly liked. I can read a quote board any time I want to.
Speaking of TV, I read about the Harmony remote somewhere in a comment or thread involving you– and since the dog ate two of our remotes recently (he’s a puppy), I ordered one of the older models– a 550, I think. Hasn’t arrived yet, but thanks for the tip. I tried to look up their database of 175,000 devices, just to be sure, but for one thing I couldn’t access it. For another, our devices are fairly mainstream brands, if mostly older, so I’m not too worried.
I have every faith you’ll be completely satisfied. The thing even controls air conditioners, for goodness sakes.
My biggest challenge will be remembering to put it up higher than a dog’s nose when I leave the room, though I am starting to remember that type of thing.