Shepherd Book Gets A Book, Serenity Fans Rejoice

[jayfish]

http://screenrant.com/sheperd-book-serenity-fans-rejoice-brusimm-3409/

Shepherd Book always had a calm bit of wisdom to bestow. An insightful man of experience seeming to know a lot more than maybe he should. Book could distill wisdom beyond his years, even if certain captains didn’t heed his words...

...Whedon already has the outline in his head and the book is going to be called The Shepherd’s Tale. The comic will outline Book’s entire history, covering some of the most asked questions about the character. It will be vignettes as you will of who he is and how he came to be on Serenity.

Fantastic!!! I'm not a big reader of sci-fi lit but I would most definitely read this. Book is one of my favorite sci-fi characters.

[Orrex]

1. I'm skeptical

I've seen very little of Firefly but really liked Serenity. My concern is that interesting characters seldom benefit from post hoc explorations of their early histories.

We'll see...

[phantom power]

2. I'm with you on that.

Fantasy and SF seem susceptible to the well-meaning urge to fill in all the details, in a never-ending stream of sequels, or prequels. The hardest thing is to quit while you're ahead.