only 1632 and 1633...
there was a serious tragic drop in quality after that. 1634 was a big drop from great to "ok" and then after that, it was horrendous...
only 1632 and 1633...
there was a serious tragic drop in quality after that. 1634 was a big drop from great to "ok" and then after that, it was horrendous...
I can't help but be consumed with a murderous rage when I think of Firefly getting cancelled.
I was late to the party, I had heard about this show called firefly, but never got around to watching it.
Then one day, I'm looking that discount bin at Frye's Electronics and I see the entire season for just $15 so I buy it. Take it home, and I binge watched it so hard I was late for work the next morning. After work I rushed back home and continued my marathon then finished and immediately went to Amazon.com to buy the next season. But the next season wasn't available. Why? What the hell? I searched the net and I saw posts like "Firefly cancelled, no season 2, will it be renewed??? etc etc" and my mind could not accept that a show so phenomenal could be cancelled.
Talk about a travesty of justice.
If I ever developed the means to jump across parallel Earths, I would go to one in which Firefly was not cancelled just so I could see the wonderful story play out the way it should have...
You do know they came back and did a movie, right? There is also a very funny derivative series called Con Man wherein Mal and Josh (I forget their real names) portray fictional versions of themselves going to cons. My own appreciation of Firefly/Serenity, video above, short essay below:
Sturgeon's Law hits film a lot harder than it does text. To my mind, Firefly & Serenity are the only significant examples of SF done well in film. For reference, I'm a fan of Heinlein, Pournelle, Niven, Dean Ing, Doctorow, & T. J. Martinel, I think …
Appreciate many of the already mentioned.
Also: Laundry Files - Charles Stross Dresden Files - Jim Butcher Old Man's War & Interdependency Universe - John Scalzi The First Law series - Joe Abercrombie Eight Worlds - John Varley Zones of Thought - Vernor Vinge
And already mentioned, but repeated due to particular affection:: Discworld - Pratchett Known Space - by Niven Uplift - Brin (particularly the first 3)
I also like some lighter stuff: Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch Mercyverse & Alpha & Omega - Patricia Briggs
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