"There is much pleasure in useless knowledge." — Bertrand Russell
Orson Scott Card, author of two of the finest science fiction books I’ve ever read (and no, Ender’s Game isn’t among those two) has a pretty strong review of Serenity. Better than I ever could, Card expresses why I agree with him: Serenity is certainly among the best science fiction movies ever made. I find it hard to claim that it would be number one.
But Card doesn’t.
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