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  • Firefly: Generations

  • The Firefly Series, Book 4
  • By: Tim Lebbon
  • Narrated by: James Anderson Foster
  • Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (372 ratings)
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Firefly: Generations

By: Tim Lebbon
Narrated by: James Anderson Foster
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Summary

The fourth original novel from the much-loved space Western Firefly, produced with Joss Whedon as consulting editor, set between the TV series and the movie Serenity.

A mysterious star map

On an Outer Rim moon, Captain Malcolm Reynolds ends a card game the lucky winner of an old map covered in mysterious symbols. The former owner insists it’s worthless; back on Serenity, River Tam is able to interpret it.

An ancient legend

River claims the map points the way to one of the Arks: legendary generation ships that brought humans from Earth-That-Was to the ’Verse. The salvage potential alone is staggering.

A drifting relic

As the crew approach the aged floating ship, they find it isn’t quite as dead as it first seemed. The closer they get, the more agitated River becomes. She claims something is waiting on board, something powerful, and very angry....

©2020 Tim Lebbon (P)2020 Blackstone Publishing

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He said she said

Love Firefly however this is awful writing to listen to. He said , she said , Simon said, Wash said …. Said said said said …… detracts the listener from the interesting story and actually grates.

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Into the Black

Much darker than the other novels in the series. I enjoyed the expansion of the verse again, with more from the Alliance and Rivers tale. That said, this is chronologically book 3 in the run and doesn’t sit the best in the overall history of the characters. Still a lovely return to beloved characters and a good stand alone story. As ever, beautifully performed by Foster.

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Shiny

Always great to continue flying through the black. More Firefly stories please - that'll be shiny!

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Enjoyable listen

I became so engrossed in this audiobook that the time seemed to pass quickly. I finished it in two days. I thoroughly enjoyed it, especially where it fleshes out the verse and explains its history and creation.
Thoroughly recommend listening.

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An unexpected reading order

The other books in the series so far have all taken place between the series and the film, whereas this one is much more within the timeline of the series, with Inara and Book both present and absent.

Always interesting to have more of the ‘Verse and the wider backstory revealed, and creating more questions than answers … in a good way.

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Great story, well read, badly written

There is a recurring amount of "he said", "she said" which grates throughout the book. I was left wondering if this book was lifted from a storyboard or screen play. Shame. In spite of this the story is well read. These Firefly books are still an excellent return to the Verse.

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Fascinating

I felt like this was a really great delve into the history of the verse and a great way of typing up a couple of loose ends. Excellent performance as already, thoroughly enjoyed it.

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Shiny caper

Really great to follow these wonderful characters again. An interesting story with excellent narration.

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Bad writing

While the story is quite good, and also the overall performance of the reader, the actual script is bad. You end up with back and forth of “he said…she said…he said”.
Ruins it.

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Firefly fans will appreciate...

If you're not expecting literature, and you're a firefly fan, you'll enjoy this. Not the best in the new series but it made a long night pass quickly.

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