The Space Western Canon

Critical and exploratory essays about the Firefly/Serenity ’verse written by David Gerrold, Mercedes Lackey, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Jewel Staite, and many others.

The year is 2210. The universe is overrun with hundreds of vampire species that prey upon humans in brutal, surprise attacks. That’s when intergalactic Vampire Sanitation teams are called upon to lay waste to these vile predators.

The legendary Pirate King Bruce has been killed. His daughter’s inheritance is hidden somewhere on the planet Graceland. However, Graceland is now in such a state of civil war that the president of the Milky Way Federation threatens to blow up the planet in a week. Mister, a notorious space outlaw, his sidekicks Bishop and Katana, and his longtime rival Swamp must help Franca get to her inheritance before they’re captured or killed.

Over the last half-century, science fiction has witnessed increasing complexity in its treatments of future homesteading, community building, mining, and other themes familiar to western historians. Considering these common threads, this is the first book to explore the ways that science fiction writers have drawn directly on narratives of the American West to frame their visions of the future.

All that the original Widowmaker really wanted to do and that was retire on a far away planet and raise a garden. There were still two clones of him to keep the peace and carry on his legend. Unfortunately for him, his two clones have come to a disagreement. When a widowmaker takes on a widowmaker everyone runs for cover. There is only one man who can stand up to the clones of the Widowmaker… the Widowmaker himself.

In the Old West, settlers and Native Americans wage a bloody battle for control of the land. But when the Earth is threatened by conquerors from the stars, these sworn enemies must work together to save all humanity.

The fourth studio album by English rock band Muse with political and sci-fi undertones which ranges in style from alternative hard rock to spaced-out intergalactic epic and features themes from alien invasion to rebellious paranoia. Especially noted for its closing track “Knights of Cydonia.”

A follow-up to Finding Serenity addressing the events of the film Serenity as well as offering additional essays on the Firefly ’verse.

A mysterious stranger from another planet crash lands on Earth and he has until sundown to save the planet from another far more fearsome alien menace. The two aliens battle over the future of the Human race – one is their protector, and the other wants to see their complete domination.

Charlie Farmer is an ex-airforce pilot whose dream is to be an astronaut. Faced with the foreclosure of his ranch, neighborhood naysayers, and a government alarmed by his huge purchase of high-grade fuel, he’s ready to blast into space inside the homemade rocket he built in his barn.