Existential Joss Whedon Due Out Sept 30th by Mavourneen

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Existential Joss Whedon Due Out Sept 30th

POSTED BY: MAVOURNEEN
UPDATED: Friday, September 1, 2006 04:26
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Thursday, August 31, 2006 10:10 AM

McFarland Press has just announced their book, The Existential Joss Whedon will be available on Sept 30th. Before today, it just was "Fall/Winter 2006"

http://www.amazon.com/Existential-Joss-Whedon-Freedom-Serenity/dp/0786
427817/sr=1-1/qid=1157054701/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-3633528-8315239?ie=UTF8&s=books

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This study examines the major works of contemporary American television and film screenwriter Joss Whedon. The authors argue that these works are part of an existentialist tradition that stretches back from the French atheistic existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre, through the Danish Christian existentialist Søren Kierkegaard, to the Russian novelist and existentialist Fyodor Dostoevsky. Whedon and Dostoevsky, for example, seem preoccupied with the problem of evil and human freedom. Both argue that in each and every one of us “a demon lies hidden.” Whedon personifies these demons and has them wandering about and causing havoc. Dostoevsky treats the subject only slightly more seriously.

Chapters cover such topics as Russian existentialism and vampire slayage; moral choices; ethics; faith and bad faith; constructing reality through existential choice; some limitations of science and technology; love and self-sacrifice; love, witchcraft, and vengeance; soul mates and moral responsibility; love and moral choice; forms of freedom; and Whedon as moral philosopher.

"Have you ever been with a Warrior Woman?"

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Thursday, August 31, 2006 10:35 AM

HERA

Oh, this looks like a good read.

I like the synchronization with the Big Damn Anniversary of Serenity hitting the big screen.

*gallops off virtually to pre-order*

-db

"Wanna?" – Mal to Kaylee, Out of Gas

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Thursday, August 31, 2006 10:48 AM

MAVOURNEEN

Ha! It didn't click that the 30th is the BDA!
Someone at McFarland MUST be a Browncoat.

"Have you ever been with a Warrior Woman?"

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Thursday, August 31, 2006 11:16 AM

CYBERSNARK

I like that cover portrait. The facial expression is awesome.

"Yeah, if you're gonna buy the book, you already know what I look like. If you're not gonna buy the book, putting my face on it isn't gonna make much difference, is it?"

Also, the pose looks like a RealLife reference (check the way Greg always stands with his arms crossed), and we know Joss reads Real Life.
http://www.reallifecomics.com/

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Thursday, August 31, 2006 7:16 PM

FLORALBUNNY

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Chapters cover such topics as Russian existentialism and vampire slayage; moral choices; ethics; faith and bad faith; constructing reality through existential choice; some limitations of science and technology; love and self-sacrifice; love, witchcraft, and vengeance; soul mates and moral responsibility; love and moral choice; forms of freedom; and Whedon as moral philosopher.
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"Vampire slayage?" Slayage???

This looks like fun...
Agree about the photo on the cover.
He heeeeeeeee!

whole wheat bun
9/19 Talk like a pirate
9/20 Happy Birthday, Captain Mal
9/30 Happy Birthday, BDM
==We aim to exponentiate==

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Thursday, August 31, 2006 7:27 PM

PHOENIXROSE

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

That should be an interesting read.

Where did you get this, Mav?!?! SHINY!!!
I want those dolls.

Where's Kaylee, though? Or is it Inara that's missing? The one to the far right looks like Inara but is dressed like Kaylee...

A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another the home will be as beautiful as a flower garden. But if these minds get out of harmony with one another it is like a storm that plays havoc with them. - Gautama Siddharta

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Friday, September 1, 2006 2:32 AM

MAVOURNEEN

Found this while surfing some Firefly sites. Google "Firefly Barbies" and you'll find it. Her Inara Barbie is lower on the page, lounging on a chaise. They're pretty funny.
I'm pretty sure the one on the far right is Kaylee.

"Have you ever been with a Warrior Woman?"

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Friday, September 1, 2006 4:26 AM

MAVOURNEEN

Haken:

Can you please link this book so that we can support this worthy site through Amazon?

As always...Thank You!

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