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For a TV series that died an unspectacular, mostly-unnoticed death at the hands of brain-dead Fox TV executives, Firefly is proving to have a remarkably lively corpse. First it sold millions of copies as a 13-episode DVD collection, then this show of interest prompted Universal to back a movie based on the series. The latest sign of Firefly's undeath is Finding Serenity, a collection of essays deconstructing the series' complex heroes, intriguing plot lines and philosophical foundation.