Firefly (TV series)

2002 television series created by Joss Whedon. Followed by a comic book, Serenity: Those Left Behind, and a film, Serenity.

Regular characters include:

• Malcolm Reynolds, ship's captain (played by Nathan Fillion)
• Inara Serra, Companion (played by Morena Baccarin)
• Zoe Alleyne, first mate (played by Gina Torres)
• Hoban Washburne, pilot (played by Alan Tudyk)
• Jayne Cobb, mercenary/security (played by Adam Baldwin)
• Kaylee Frye, ship's engineer (played by Jewel Staite)
• Dr. Simon Tam, ship's doctor (played by Sean Maher)
• River Tam, doctor's sister and psychic/kick-ass genius (played by Summer Glau)
• Shepherd Derrial Book, preacher with a mysterious past (played by Ron Glass)

Further reading

• List of Firefly episodes
• Scholarship and criticism on Firefly and Serenity

Canonical sources

• Firefly: Official Companion, Volume One

Databases

• See FireflyWiki.org

Criticism, reviews, reference, etc.

• Fred Erisman, "Stagecoach in Space: The Legacy of Firefly" (essay), Extrapolation June 2006
• Laura Quilter, "Joss Whedon & race", FSF blog, July 6, 2007.
• Jennifer Spirko, "Body of Work: Sex, Prostitution, and the Women of Firefly", WisCon 30 (referenced at fsf blog by vito_excalibur)
• Ariel Wetzel, Agency, Chivalry, and Self-Replicating Men: Another Look at Gender in the ‘Verse, FSF blog, Oct. 24, 2006.

• allecto, A Rapist's View of the World: Joss Whedon and Firefly, allecto livejournal, 2007/12/15 (plus, see ensuing blog storm)
• allecto, A Rapist’s View of the World: Our Mrs. Reynolds: Part One, Gorgon Poisons (allecto), 2008/4/6
• Tallis_ryhope, Firefly, Tallis_ryhope (LJ), 2008/4/14
• thene, I'll be in my bunk, at Aaru Tuesday, July 20, 2007
• vito_exaclibur, Wicked Whedon, vito_excalibur, Feminist SF blog, 2008/4/2 - linking to a fanvid by y-fish about the women of Firefly, set to "Defying Gravity" from Wicked (musical)