"Finding Serenity": Pretty Damn Hard To Find!
POSTED BY: FilmCritic3000
UPDATED: Thursday, April 28, 2005 14:41
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I think that most stores will not order a great many copies of the book to begin with. The best thing to do is ask for it. Take the ISBN # with you when you go in as the booksellers can more readily find it by this #. That # for those of you that wish is 1932100431. If the store does not have it, ask for it. As Embers said, if they think there is interest, they will order it. The more of these there are on the shelf, the better the level of buzz they will create.
I know when I went into the local Barnes and Noble they looked up the ISBN # and said they had two copies. The lady looked in the Tv/Entertainment section, but could not find it. We looked in the science fiction area and found it there in the "W's", probably for Joss Whedon, instead of being under Jane Espenson who edited it. It took some looking, but we found it and it has been more than worth the effort.
I have pointed all of my converts to the book and suggested Barnes & Noble or Amazon.
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"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."
Richmond, VA & surrounding area Firefly Meet Up:
http://firefly.meetup.com/9/boards/
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Of course there is going to be bits that have already been said, this is a collection of works which dates back from a couple of years to present day.
Um -- huh???? All the essays are new ones that were commissioned for this particular book.
Keith R.A. DeCandido
keith@decandido.net
www.DeCandido.net | www.AlbeShiloh.com
www.livejournal.com/~kradical
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Yes but some of what is said in those essays has been talked about before, don`t get me wrong, I am enjoying the book in this form, it`s nice to get this information in one place.
Darin (Zol.)
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I was prepared to actually dislike KRAD's entry about The Train Job. And, while I disagree with him about some of the things he said, its a work of opinion, and very objective. I ended up liking it a great deal in the frame of critical writing. To me, its a call to what if? What if Fox had left Firefly alone to develop as it should have? A different Mal, for instance. A less comical show. I mean, the pieces were there for an occasional bit of comedy, but it would have fallen less on our intrepid captain. (But, I thought his reaction on opening River's cryochamber was so very funny.)
Before I get too far and spoil something, what I mean to say is that if people are having trouble finding the book, they should order it from somewhere. Its worth it, I think.
God, I'm scatterbrained.
Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."
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The thing I often wonder is whether we would have loved the show so much if Fox hadn't messed with it. I mean the show is obviously a work of art. So what if it was different? Would it be better or worse? I guess the movie will be a good way to judge. Once that comes out, we'll know what Joss would have done if given free reign.
I look into picking up this book just to support Firefly in all it's forms, but I'm really not expecting much.
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Well gang, I found the book. A guy who works at Media Play who's as big a Firefly fan as me (okay, he's a Whedonite also) had told me that he ordered one for me last week. He comes in the video store I work at fairly frequently. My mother went down to Media Play while I was at work today and picked it up for me. He said the weekend people must have moved it because he'd put it on hold for me and she said he apologized, that they should have seen it.
In any case, I kept trying to sneak peeks at it at work today. I just started reading Jane's introduction and I can't wait to delve into this Firefly goodness! 
"The first thing I do in the morning is brush
my teeth and sharpen my tongue." -- Dorothy Parker
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I'm enjoying the book, but have to say with the title, I feel a bit like I'm reading a "self-help" book on public transport!
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Originally posted by Clarry:
I'm enjoying the book, but have to say with the title, I feel a bit like I'm reading a "self-help" book on public transport!
I'll say!
My manager gets it because we have Firefly for rent at work but other people must think that I'm reading a self-help tome! I'm finishing up Serenity and Bobby McGee. This book is awesome, very intelligent, literate, and quite passionate. I love it!
"The first thing I do in the morning is brush
my teeth and sharpen my tongue." -- Dorothy Parker
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Yep, I'll give a short criticism when I've finished.
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I just envy all of you guys in the US - I'm not even sure when the book will be released in Aus, and I don't have access to a credit card so I can't buy it online.
Until then, though, *waits (not so) patiently* :-D
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