The Space Western Canon

Samuel Curtis, an interplanetary trader, is approached by an acqaintance of his, the Blueberry Pirate, with a mission. He is to provide the women of Venus with a new king to mate with. In exchange for this new stud, they will relinquish their currently deceased king, for whose body his family is offering a reward. Curtis sets off in search for the perfect replacement but is unaware of the fact that his old nemesis, Professor Hess, is hot on his trail.

Mars, 2176 AD. Long colonized by human settlers, the Red Planet has become the manifest destiny of an over-populated Earth. 640,000 people now live and work at far-flung outposts all over Mars, mining the planet for its abundant natural resources. But one of those mining operations has uncovered a deadly mother lode: a long-dormant Martian civilization whose warriors, now unleashed and apparently unstoppable, are systematically taking over the bodies of human intruders, bent on ridding the planet of the invaders from Earth.

The Interspace Tunnel has collapsed, trapping hundreds of thousands of colonists on Banshee, a harsh world filled with hostile anouks and sorcerous aliens.

500 years in the future, Firefly centers around Mal Reynolds, captain of the ship-for-hire Serenity and its eclectic crew of galactic misfits. When he takes on two passengers, a young doctor and his mysterious, telepathic sister, he gets much more than he bargained for.

The Cylons nearly annihilate the human inhabitants of 12 colonial worlds. Thus begins the epic battle and eventual retreat of a ragtag fleet of humans, searching for the mythical planet Earth under the military command of Adama and the political leadership of Laura Roslin, rising to the occasion of her unexpected Presidency.

Science fiction and westerns come together in this book documenting the first-ever art show devoted to this novel mix of past and future fantasies.

More than a century after the disappearance of legendary outlaw Santiago, Danny Briggs stumbles across the manuscript of an epic poem that chronicles the deeds of the scourge and savior of the galaxy’s Inner Frontier. Recognizing Santiago’s true nature, Danny struggles to resurrect the revolutionary whose crimes masked a scheme to protect the lawless Frontier from the corruption of the Democracy, the major human state.

What should be the routine capture of a two-bit hacker by Faye escalates into a deadly game of cat and mouse, as Spike and the gang struggle to prevent the evil Vincent Volaju from murdering every human on Mars. The climactic duel between Spike and Vincent plays against innocent yet eerie images of a Halloween carnival.

The Alliance is closing their grasp around the fugitive River Tam, hoping to contain the government secrets hidden away in her brain.

On the planet of Endless Illusion, a lone man adorned in a tuxedo roams the wild and lawless frontier… Armed with a shape-shifting sword and a powerful Armor, Van’s sole purpose in life is to find the mysterious clawed man who had murdered his bride. After saving a town from vicious outlaws, he reluctantly takes on a travel companion — the young Wendy Garrett.