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‘The Martian’ (2015) one of century’s elite hard SF films

The story of “The Martian’s” publication is as good as the book itself, maybe even better. Computer programmer and amateur author Andy Weir published it

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Lovegrove steps up game in ‘Firefly: The Ghost Machine’

After leaning into the Western side of sci-fi/Western in his first two “Firefly” novels, James Lovegrove uses sci-fi to good effect in “The Ghost Machine”

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‘Firefly’ side trips: ‘Bad Company,’ ‘Boss Moon’ and ‘The Outlaw Ma Reynolds’ (2019-20)

As comic companies are wont to do, Boom! Studios has accompanied its regular “Firefly” series with a handful of one-shots throughout the early part of

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Paranoia reigns in PKD’s ‘A Maze of Death’ (1970)

I really liked “A Maze of Death” (written in 1968, published in 1970) on my first read. I enjoyed it when religions were made fun

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‘Firefly’ starts with a Boom! in ‘Unification War’ (2018-19)

When talking about the first arc of Boom! Studios’ “Firefly” comics, we have to address the elephant in the room: Despite being titled “The Unification

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Saffron, ‘Firefly’s’ women star in ‘The Sting’ (2019)

“Firefly: The Sting” (November 2019) is an ambitious hardcover graphic novel centered on Saffron, from writer Delilah S. Dawson and a team of artists. But

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‘Firefly’ flies into novels with ‘Big Damn Hero’ (2018)

A line of “Firefly” novels was advertised in the back of the “Serenity” novelization in 2005, but it wasn’t until 13 years later that we

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‘Firefly’ Dark Horse era impressively wraps with ‘No Power in the ’Verse’ (2016-17)

The Dark Horse Comics era of “Firefly” closes out in admirable fashion with the six-issue “Serenity: No Power in the ‘Verse” (October 2016-March 2017), which

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‘Virus’ (1999) is derivative but endearing

I was gung-ho for “Virus” in 1998; I gobbled up the 1992 comic series by Chuck Pfarrer (who co-writes the screenplay), and I recall the

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PKD’s ‘Solar Lottery’ (1955) a messy, fascinating SF debut

“Solar Lottery” (written in 1954, published in 1955) isn’t too bad considering it’s Philip K. Dick’s first-published sci-fi novel, and it’s fun to see early

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