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Firefly: Carnival–Tally another chapter for the expanded ‘Verse of Firefly’s first season

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March 28, 2022

Review by C.J. Bunce

I’ve reviewed all six Firefly novels here at borg, all by but the fourth by James Lovegrove (Firefly: Big Damn Hero reviewed here, Firefly: The Magnificent Nine reviewed here, Firefly: The Ghost Machine reviewed here, and Firefly: Life Signs reviewed here, with the fourth by Tim Lebbon, Firefly: Generations reviewed here). All make a good starting trajectory for Firefly to develop its own expanded universe beyond the first season. British writer Una McCormack has created the latest novel in the series, Firefly: Carnival (available now here at Amazon). Marking the sixth novel in the series, it seems like it’s time to find a way to up the stakes for these characters.

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Life Signs–Firefly novel takes on the prison escape trope and more

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March 23, 2022

Review by C.J. Bunce

It’s been 16 years since we last saw the Serenity crew on the big screen. If you’re like me, you’ve been enjoying every new Firefly tie-in novel since the first debuted in 2018, including Big Damn Hero (reviewed here), The Magnificent Nine (reviewed here), The Ghost Machine, reviewed here–all by James Lovegrove–and earlier this year Tim Lebbon’s Generations (reviewed here). Lovegrove is back again with the fifth novel in the series, Firefly: Life Signs, now available here at Amazon. Each novel in essence is a new hour-long episode of sorts that continues the story of Mal Reynolds and his crew after that first–and only–season of the TV series. Just like a TV series, Firefly: Life Signs is a play on tropes from decades sci-fi history.

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Life Signs–The next Firefly novel now available for pre-order

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August 28, 2020

Browncoat alert!

It’s been 15 years since we last saw the Serenity crew on the big screen. If you’re like me, you’ve been enjoying every new Firefly tie-in novel since the first debuted in 2018. Author James Lovegrove is a frequent mention on our borg annual best-of lists, and for the Firefly series he has penned Big Damn Hero (reviewed here), The Magnificent Nine (reviewed here), and The Ghost Machine, reviewed here earlier this year. Fan-favorite author Tim Lebbon (whose work has been frequently reviewed here at borg, and we interviewed Lebbon about his Alien tie-in novel here five years ago) is stepping in for the fourth book in the series, Generations, available now here for pre-order. And now we have a cover reveal below for the fifth Firefly novel. James Lovegrove’s Firefly: Life Signs is now available for pre-order here at Amazon.