Worlds of Farscape

Sherry Ginn is a retired educator currently living in North Carolina. She has authored books examining female characters on science fiction television series as well as the multiple television worlds of Joss Whedon. Edited collections have examined sex in science fiction, time travel, the apocalypse, and the award-winning series Farscape, Doctor Who, and Fringe.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Through the Wormhole and What Crichton Found There (Sherry Ginn)Farscape, the Impossible and the Accident (J. P. Telotte)War and Peace by Woody Allen or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Wormhole Weapon (Ensley F. Guffey)Into the Uncharted Territories: Exploring the Nature of Evil (Robert L. Lively) The Emperor’s New Farts: Socioeconomic Disenfranchisement and “Colonic Miasma” (Michael G. Cornelius)’Scaping the Mythic Triad into Uncharted Territories: Hero, Antihero and Villain (Billie Jo Mason)Friends, Enemies, Partners, Mates: Examining Relationships in the Uncharted Territories (Sherry Ginn)Joining the Conversation: Ben Browder Writes John Crichton (Jessie Carty)Friend ... Enemy ... Alien ... Ally: Female Community Aboard Moya (Sherry Ginn) Sentient Space: Moya as Homeplace (Michael G. Cornelius) Of Big Blue Butts and Bias: The Problem Body (Elizabeth Leigh Scherman)The Ballad of John and Aeryn (Sherry Ginn)“Winona has been very reliable”: Female Gendering of Weapons in Fiction and Fact (Ensley F. Guffey)A Legendary Tale: Scapers and the Myth of Fan Power (Tanya R. Cochran)Primal Scream—With Accompaniment (Jessie Carty) Appendix A: Farscape Character ListAppendix B: Series Episode ListAppendix C: Farscape Bibliography and FilmographyAbout the ContributorsIndex

“If you want to be reminded of just how good Farscape was and anything you missed, then you’ll find that here.”—SFCrowsnest