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The Killer Angels influenced Firefly
Added by Media Influence Map · 26 September 2026
The evidence
Joss Whedon has said Firefly began with reading Michael Shaara's The Killer Angels, and wanting to follow people on the losing side of a civil war after it was lost. Mal Reynolds is a veteran of the defeated Browncoats.
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