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Title: The Sunnydale High Yearbook Buffy The Vampire Slayer by Christopher Golden, Nancy Holder ISBN: 067103541X Publisher: Pocket Star Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.56
Rating: 4
Summary: Fun, frivolous, and quite pointless
Comment: Ideal for the Buffy fanatic who will understand all the in-jokes, appreciate the comments within, and recognise every single reference within the book. If you're looking for an episode guide, this is not it. It's a cute scrapbook of Buffy: the High School Years laid out like the Sunnydale High Yearbook, and includes plenty of pictures as well as articles about various school events and societies, with comments from the characters scrawled in (Oz's apology to Buffy for chattering on is hilarious) including a must-read poem by Cordelia and Snyder's remark that at least he can be sure that the school will remain standing long after she leaves it. The pictures near the end include information about each of the characters, ranging from the central figures like Buffy, Willow, Xander, etc to Jonathan and Harmony, to the once-off characters from Season 1 that we'd forgotten about, under headings like interests, activities, and a quote from each of them, as well as their memories. This is possibly the most detailed, for-the-most-obsessive-of-fans section, with characters' shout-outs to one another about various events. My favourite part of the book is one of the ads near the end, placed by a student who has a secret crush on Jonathan and hopes one day to tell him. Very sweet. For die-hard fans, a fun read.
Rating: 5
Summary: You Can Own Buffy's Senior Yearbook
Comment: Ok, so it's not quite identical to the one we see at the end of "Graduation Day Pt. 2", but this is one of the most interesting and unusual keepsake books to come down the pike in a long time.
No argument -- Nancy Holder and Christopher Golden know the Buffyverse as only Joss Whedon would, and it reflects in everything they do. And the Sunnydale High Yearbook is a prime example.
Now, how to classify it -- it's not a reference manual for the show (that would be The Monster Book or The Watchers Guides, which Holder and Golden also worked on), but it is chock full of interesting tidbits. And it's not a fiction work; this is borrowed straight from the show itself.
Frankly, imagine if you somehow got your hands on Buffy Summers' senior yearbook, complete with signatures in the magins and even extra photos taped in covering the moments that the yearbook editor probably would have preferred stayed out. Now you have an idea of what this is.
There's a section on the sports programs, senior photos, an extensive "in memoriam" section, even ads posted in the back from places like The Bronze or the Espresso Pump. In a way, this book is neat because Holder and Golden put in a lot of thought as to what the other students might have been doing when they weren't interacting with Buffy and the Scoobies. Like, when they weren't picking on Lance or being possessed by hyenas, what activities might Kyle and his friends been involved in? Did Owen Thurman belong to any clubs? How about Jonathan Levenson? Harmony Kendall?
The Sunnydale High Yearbook fleshes out some of the backstory in a very believable way, making the whole world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer seem that much more real. Oh, and as an added treat, while most of the pages are obviously from Buffy's yearbook (with signatures and comments mostly from Willow and Xander, but also others like Giles, Cordelia, Oz and Angel), the very last pages must have been borrowed from Marcy Ross' yearbook -- it's all a bunch of signatures that say, "Have a nice summer."
Anyhow, this is definite addition to any Buffy fan's collection, and makes a great gift for someone who lives in the Buffyverse.
Rating: 5
Summary: Preserve your High School memories of Buffy and the Scoobies
Comment: If you were going to try to pull off a Sunnydale High Yearbook, Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder are the people you want doing it. As the main authors of "The Watcher's Guide" they know the background on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" as well as anyone this side of Joss Whedon. The least realistic parts of the yearbook are the "32 pages of full-color photos," but that is no big deal. You have sections on "The Prom" and "Homecoming," "Band Candy" and "A Message from Some Concerned Parents" (Mothers Opposed to the Occult, remember them?), events like "Halloween" and "The Talent Show," messages from Principal Snyder and the Faculty, and since this is Sunnydale several pages "In Memoriam." Be sure to check out the sponsorship ads in the back. Buffy and the Scooby Gang have signed the front piece and their comments appear throughout the book. The only part that is somewhat disappointing is the "Student" section where a good portion of the photographs are silhouettes. But to be fair, how many ordinary students do you think they have actually named during the show? Part of the fun is to go through this section and match the "student" (Michelle Blake, Scott Hope, Amy Madison, etc.) with the correct episodes. Test your Buffy trivia knowledge. A nice addition for the Buffy devotee this volume looks more like a real high school yearbook than I would have thought they could carry off.
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Title: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Watcher's Guide (Buffy, the Vampire Slayer) by Christopher Golden, Nancy Holder, Keith R. A. Decandido ISBN: 0671024337 Publisher: Simon Pulse Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Watcher's Guide 2 by Nancy Holder, Jeff Mariotte, Maryelizabeth Hart ISBN: 0671042602 Publisher: Simon Pulse Pub. Date: 31 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Monster Book by Christopher Golden, Thomas Sniegoski, Stephen Bissette ISBN: 0671042599 Publisher: Simon Pulse Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title:Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Once More, with Feeling ASIN: B00006J3WH Publisher: Rounder / Pgd Pub. Date: 24 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $13.49 |
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Title:Buffy the Vampire Slayer - The Complete Third Season ASIN: B00006RCNX Publisher: Fox Home Entertainme Pub. Date: 07 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $59.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $44.99 |
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