Talk:Shepherd Book

message: On the details of the novelisation, I do not believe that enough criticism is given to how canonical the novelisation is. On a Q&A session with Joss Whedon on:
http://www.fireflyfans.net/feature.asp?f=67
Joss Whedon says about the 'Serenity' novelisation: "I don't have much involvement. I just don't have time. If I started to read them I'd just get frustrated and have to write them myself. This would cause fewer movies and shows. I just whistle and look the other way. Hope ya like 'em!"
Wouldn't this mean that the novelisation is of less canonical importance then the series 'Firefly' or the film 'Serenity'?
Yes, Yes it would. ZODtheReaper (talk) 06:15, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Canonical nature of the 'Serenity' novelisation  

message: In the article:
"The only other identitiy card apearing in the series belongs to the Alliance mole and is used during his attempt to sign on to the Cortex, which may be a sign of past Alliance ties. After seeing the information on Book's card the commander immediately halts his admonishing of the Serenity crew. Upon return, Book states "It is good to be home.""
Maybe it's just me, but I get the feeling, the way this is written, that the last line sort of implies Book feeling at home on the Alliance ship, when it was actually about him being back on Serenity (I'm fairly certain at least). Anyone else think this should be made more clear in the article? Merc 2k 22:43, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Good to be home" 

message: "Pastor" is Latin for "shepherd." --Kizor 08:43, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Note to self for use in near future 

message: The following is completely unreferenced: the lead, "Production details" lead, last 2 paragraphs of "Character background", and "Character biography" except for bit from the script. Also, are the companion books (the only things footnoted) reliable, third-party publications, the way Serenity found is? -- Jeandré, 2007-12-09t19:06z
:I've done the refs you requested accept for the lead, since it's a summary of the article. The VCs are not 3rd party... I took a stab at Mal and Book in cleaning up what was there and adding what refs I had on hand to demonstrate it is possible for these articles to be notable and not fan-crufty. They do need more 3rd party sources, and more out-of-universe info, but it's definitely not a question of there not being any, but rather editor time in inserting them in here. I do not have a copy of Serenity Found so will have to leave it up to another editor to insert relevant material. --plange (talk) 21:14, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Forgot to mention that I did add 1 3rdparty source --plange (talk) 21:31, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: References.

message: Ron Glass has revealed that there will be a comic series coming out focussing on Book's past.  I've used the link to cite the info about Book's name from the Browncoat Cruise; I wasn't sure where to put the info about the comic. Anyone else wanna tackle it? --Sqrnookle (talk) 11:19, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Upcoming comic series 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:ShepherdBook.JPG

message: On TVtropes.org it is stated that Book used to be an operative, "according to supplementary material". Has anyone seen this, whatever it is? Leushenko (talk) 15:48, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Operative 

message: Why is this the only character with his own page?  Does he need one if the others don't?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by ZODtheReaper (talk • contribs) 06:17, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Malcolm Reynolds has his own page. kingdom2 (talk) 13:36, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  His Own Page 

message: I would have sworn he was in all 14 episodes.  Which wasn't he in? ~ 10nitro (talk) 20:39, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It's Ariel. As it's only 1 episode, I've added the name to the infobox. "Could've gotten off with Shepherd Book at the Bathgate Abbey. You could be meditating over the wonders of your rock garden right about now." I don't know if it's mentioned in any of the behind the scenes sources why he's not in it, though my guess is because he didn't have a place in the story and having Inara already bookends it. Having two do that would be redundant. (I know I'm half a year late. Just answering for future readers.) Revelian (talk) 00:42, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  only 13 episodes 

message: surely these can be merged to reduce the pronounced redundancy.  chris  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.34.58.180 (talk) 01:07, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  character background/character biography