Finding Serenity: Anti-Heroes, Lost Shepherds and Space Hookers in Joss Whedon's Firefly

Firefly’s early demise left fans with a deep sense of loss and plenty of unanswered questions. From what was wrong with the pilot to what was right with the Reavers, from the use of Chinese to how correspondence between Joss and network executives might have gone, from a philosopher’s perspective on “Objects in Space” to a sex therapist’s analysis of Inara, Finding Serenity is filled with writing as exciting, funny and enthralling as the show itself.Contents:• Introduction / Jane Espenson• The Reward, the Details, the Devils, the Due / Larry Dixon• The Heirs of Sawney Beane / Lawrence Watt-Evans• Asian Objects in Space / Leigh Adams Wright• The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of Firefly / Glenn Yeffeth• Who Killed Firefly? / Ginjer Buchanan• The Train Job Didn't Do the Job / Keith R.A. DeCandido• Serenity and Bobby McGee / Mercedes Lackey• Firefly vs. the Tick / Don DeBrandt• We're All Just Floating in Space / Lyle Zynda• More Than a Marriage of Convenience / Michelle Sagara West• "Thanks for the re-enactment, sir." / Tanya Huff• Whores and Goddesses / Joy Davidson• The Captain May Wear the Tight Pants, But It's the Gals Who Make Serenity Soar / Robert B. Taylor• I Want Your Sex / Nancy Holder• Just Shove Him in the Engine, or The Role of Chivalry in Joss Whedon's Firefly / John C. Wright• Mirror/Mirror: A Parody / Roxanne Longstreet Conrad• Star Truck / David Gerrold• Chinese Words in the 'Verse / Kevin M. Sullivan• Listening to Firefly / Jennifer Goltz• Kaylee Speaks: Jewel Staite on Firefly / Jewel Staite• Unofficial Glossary of Firefly Chinese / Kevin M. Sullivan