{"id":124,"date":"2008-02-06T17:21:25","date_gmt":"2008-02-07T01:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=124"},"modified":"2008-02-06T17:21:26","modified_gmt":"2008-02-07T01:21:26","slug":"an-aside-steven-burst-writes-a-firefly-novel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/news\/an-aside-steven-burst-writes-a-firefly-novel\/","title":{"rendered":"An Aside | Steven Burst Writes&#8230; a Firefly novel?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aidanmoher.com\/blog\/random-pictures\/firefly_logo.gif\" height=\"268px\" width=\"400px\" alt=\"Joss Whedon's Firefly\" class=\"author_pic_right\" \/>Alright, this is just too crazy\/awesome not to make mention of. As a huge <strong>Firefly<\/strong> fan (seriously, check it out, it&#8217;s Bonanza meets Star Trek meets pure, unadulterated Awesomeness) I&#8217;m always stoked to find other Brown Coats&#8230; especially when they&#8217;re well known, prolific authors who are writing their own stories set in that universe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dreamcafe.com\/words\/\">Steven Brust<\/a>, best known for his Vlad Taltos novels, has just released his very own <strong>Firefly<\/strong> novel, titled <strong>My Own Kind of Freedom<\/strong> under the creative commons license. Though it&#8217;s not associated officially with Joss Whedon or the owners of the <strong>Firefly<\/strong> copyright, essentially making it nothing more than well-written (by all accounts of those who have read it) fan-fiction, it&#8217;s still a cool little treat for fans of the sadly debunked show.<\/p>\n<p>You can find more discussion and information about it on <a href=\"http:\/\/whedonesque.com\/comments\/8600\">Whedonesque<\/a> and you can download the short novel <a href=\"http:\/\/dreamcafe.com\/firefly.html\">HERE<\/a>. Browncoats should surely check it out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alright, this is just too crazy\/awesome not to make mention of. As a huge Firefly fan (seriously, check it out, it&#8217;s Bonanza meets Star Trek meets pure, unadulterated Awesomeness) I&#8217;m always stoked to find other Brown Coats&#8230; especially when they&#8217;re well known, prolific authors who are writing their own stories set in that universe. 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