Exploring The Orville

<p> This is the first book to take a deep dive into the philosophical social moral political and religious issues tackled by Seth MacFarlane's marvelous space adventure <I>The Orville</I>.</p><p> These new essays explore what <I>The Orville</I> has to say on everything from climate change artificial intelligence and sexual assault to gender feminism love and care. Divided into six acts (just like every episode of<I>The Orville</I>) with the show as its backdrop the book asks questions about the dangers of democracy and social media the show's relationship to <I>Star Trek</I> and the puzzle of time travel. </p>