Time Enough for Love and Firefly
Posted on December 19, 2005
It occured to me as I was watching the Firefly DVD #2 yesterday how much Firefly's old-west settlers, towns, etc remind me of a section of Time Enough for Love by Heinlein. In the section of the book, about midway through, where Lazarus is talking about Dora (name sake for his ship) and the world they lived on, including their trip to settle some land, he describes a very old-west setting well in the space travelling future. I can't help but wonder if this very book is Joss Whedon's inspiration for most every planet, dress, and speech in Firefly. Another similarity of note is that in Time Enough for Love prostitution was dealt with in a very similar way to Firefly's portrayal of “companions.”
