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Second Firefly Novel from Titan Books Is Another Enjoyable Read for Browncoats
I recently flew out to Los Angeles and back on a bargain airline. I’m sure you know the type– the seats don’t recline, there is no such thing as free snacks on board, and the idea of “in-flight...
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Browncoat Ball Comes to Las Vegas this September
In 2004, the Chicagoland Browncoats decided to hold a one-night banquet that was planned as a formal Sino-Western ball like the one in the Firefly episode “Shindig.” The event was such a hit that...
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One Browncoat’s Opinion: Please DON’T Bring Back “Firefly!”
If you spend any time at all online, you’ve probably seen speculation every so often about a possible return of Joss Whedon’s space western Firefly, the Fox series that was cancelled in 2002 after only...
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“Dreamers learn to steer by the stars…” In Memoriam: Neil Peart 1952-2020
Here is how I’ll always remember hearing that the world had lost a superb writer, the greatest drummer in music history and an intelligent, inspiring human being who, by his own admission in the lyrics...
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A Rough Road Leads to the Stars
“Take me out to the black, tell ’em I ain’t comin’ back…” — Joss Whedon, The Ballad of Serenity On this date 53 years ago, a cabin fire during a launch rehearsal test at Cape Kennedy Air Force Station...
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“Firefly: The Sting” Original Graphic Novel Is a Tale That Didn’t Need Tellin’
If you are a fan of Joss Whedon who has been starved for more tales of the thrilling heroics of Captain Malcolm Reynolds and his crew, then the past few years have been a good time to be a Browncoat....
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The Browncoats Launch Party That Could Have Been
Even with the COVID-19 pandemic dominating the news these days, excitement and buzz continue to mount for the crewed demonstration flight of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon (DM-2), which is scheduled to launch on...
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“May Have Been the Losing Side…”
COMMANDER HARKEN: “Seems odd you’d name your ship after a battle you were on the wrong side of.” MALCOLM REYNOLDS: “May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.” —...
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Charting a Course
When Chris and I hatched this harebrained scheme, we didn’t know if anyone else would hop on board. After all, no one had really noticed when the Space Shuttle program ended in 2011, who’s to say...
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When Your Star Falls Right Out of the Sky
For eight years, we here at Take Back the Sky lobbied SpaceX to name their first Crew Dragon spacecraft after Serenity. While our campaign ultimately wasn’t successful, the process was a labor of love...
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