Which brings me to the second reason I hesitated in reviewing this book.

By now, plenty has already been said about Firefly and by more informed and more qualified writers. My first real experience with Joss Whedon’s ’verse came Sept. I don’t sprinkle my speech with Firefly colloquialisms like “shiny” or “gorram,” or bastardized Chinese phrases. I wasn’t one of the legions of Browncoats who sweated blood, tears, and money to get the film into production. After all, I came late to the Firefly universe. I wondered for some time whether to submit this review, because by the time I’d read the book in question, millions of words about its subject had likely been written. This devoted following helped give the cancelled show a second life via DVD and the eventual release of the feature film Serenity. It had promise, intelligence, originality, and a small but fiercely loyal audience, who often called themselves Browncoats after the Independent forces in the show’s backstory. The series went through unrealistic network hurdles, ratings hell, and was finally dropped before it had barely begun. For those unfamiliar with the series, it combines the western and sci-fi / fantasy genres, and followed a mixed crew of anti-heroes aboard a Firefly class cargo ship called Serenity.

Finding Serenity is a collection of essays regarding Joss ( Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Angel) Whedon’s doomed TV series Firefly.

Finding Serenity by Jane Espenson