Joss Whedon and "1984", the movie plays like a critique of contemporary society, with the Alliance as Big Brother, enemy of discontent". The film received the 2005 Nebula Award for Best Script, the 2006 Prometheus Special Award, and was voted the best sci-fi movie of all time in a poll set up by SFX magazine. There have since been multiple rumors regarding sequel possibilities. The limited three-issue comic book series called "", the story of which was written by Whedon, was released in 2005 as a tie-in to "Serenity". Set between "Firefly" and the film, it was intended connect the two storylines.
The Science Fiction Radio Show fiction and fantasy. Included among the new class of interviewees were movie critic Roger Ebert; Muppet creator Jim Henson; agent Richard Curtis; Underwood Miller publishers Chuck Miller and Tim Underwood; award-winning science fiction and fantasy artist Michael Whelan; and scientist Robert Forward. In the spring of 1982 "The Science Fiction Radio Show" was back on the air, this time nationwide in its new syndicated format. The show’s remaining producers—Carson, Vernon, and Lane—formed the final team that carried the show through to its termination in 1983. Vernon and Lane conducted interviews and wrote the script for each show; Carson extracted selections