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Jerry Pournelle plugs Serenity Day

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Monday, June 12, 2006 8:28 AM

REDNAX


In his byte column, SF author & PC guru Jerry Pournelle has put in a plug for buying Serenity DVDs on June 23rd.
http://www.byte.com/documents/s=9959/byt1149535237218/0606a_pournelle.
htm

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Buy Serenity on June 23!
I make no secret of being a fan of Joss Whedon's Firefly/Serenity series. Firefly was the TV series, which for some reason I missed until after it had been cancelled. I have since bought all the episodes on DVD and, with perhaps one exception, I very much enjoyed every one of them. The stories take place in a small but dense planetary system colonized by generation ships; there is no faster than light travel, but they do have very efficient interplanetary ships. The atmosphere is that of the old west with spaceships; an odd combination of genres, but one which appealed to me.

Serenity is the movie made after the series was cancelled. It has the series cast and tells much of the story that the TV series was working its way toward, and was my movie of the month.

There is a movement afoot to save Firefly/Serenity by having as many people as possible buy a copy of the movie DVD, or the TV series DVDs, on June 23, 2006, also called "Save Firefly and Serenity Day." For more information see http://www.ericolsenphd.com/fireflytalk/viewtopic.php?p=2643&sid=43724
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. I own both the movie and the TV series, but I'll buy another copy to give as a present.



This should get us some publicity in the wider SF & Tech comunity!

For more info see www.serenityday.org

Rednax.

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Tuesday, June 13, 2006 4:35 AM

BROWNCOAT1

May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.


Great article! Thanks for the link Rednax. I hope that it gets some attention and draws in some more new fans.

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Tuesday, June 13, 2006 6:02 AM

FOLLOWMAL



Rednax,

I saw this over on the Serenity Day site and I'm so glad you posted it here.

More speading the word!

"You hold. Hold 'til I get back." Mal

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Wednesday, June 14, 2006 12:41 PM

MORWEN112


Haha! Our influence spreads! *leans back and taps fingers together* Eeeeeexcellent.

Thanks for the heads up, Rednax!


Mine is an evil sugar high laugh! Bwahahahaha!

Morwen

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Wednesday, June 14, 2006 1:45 PM

ALIENZOOKEEPER


I reread Lucifer's Hammer from time to time. In it, is one of my favorite bits, to paraphrase-

"There's no cause like a lost cause. And the Taxpayers' cause is as lost as it gets."

Or something like that. Lucifer's Hammer is a disaster novel, where the heroes survive by being lucky (always a prime survival trait), and rebuilding as best they can after multiple comet impacts. The bad guys include a cannibal army 8-)

Vince

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Wednesday, June 14, 2006 1:46 PM

DAVESHAYNE


Forgive me dragging this a bit off topic but this sentence intrigued me.

Quote:

I have since bought all the episodes on DVD and, with perhaps one exception, I very much enjoyed every one of them.


I'm curious now as to which episode he didn't like and why? A semidedicated stroll through his site didn't turn up any clues.

David

"Not completely as well as the series of Firefly..." - From a review of Serenity at amazon.de

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Thursday, June 15, 2006 12:16 PM

REDNAX


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I'm curious now as to which episode he didn't like and why?


This intrigued me too. You can always email him see www.jerrypournelle.com for 'email me' link.
He'll be at Worldcon 2006in LA www.laconiv.org - perhaps any browncoats that attend can ask him in person?


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