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Title: Reading the Vampire Slayer : The Unofficial Critical Companion to Buffy and Angel by Roz Kaveney ISBN: 1-86064-762-6 Publisher: I.B. Tauris Pub. Date: 12 January, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.64 (14 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Occasionally interesting, but nothing too special
Comment: The essays in Reading the Vampire range from interesting, to silly, to obvious.
She Saved the World a Lot is a tedious summary of the plots and characters of Buffy and Angel. While it might be a good introduction to new viewers who don't have the time to watch 7 seasons worth of television, it seems redundant to include it in a book aimed at avid Buffy fans. Staking a Claim is a essay about slash that hardly talks about slash. Entropy as Demon talks a lot about the weather in southern California, because obviously this is such an interesting topic when related back to Buffy.
While other essays like What You Are, What's to Come are interesting and intelligent, they can't redeem the pointlessness of Concentrate on the Kicking Movie and it's fellow bore-fests. Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel are wonderful shows that deserve thoughtful critical analysis, but this isn't it. People are better off buying the far superior Fighting the Forces.
Rating: 5
Summary: Must have if you like talking and thinking...
Comment: I can't begin to describe what it was like to get this as a Christmas present a couple of years ago. As a confirmed Buffy addict and a modern lit major, there were times where the "watch Buffy" parties lasted much longer than my friends could stand because I wanted to TALK ABOUT THE SHOW. Finally here was a volume of people who were just like me - well, maybe better educated and clear spoken, but you get the idea.
If you're new to a show that's was on the air for 7 or so seasons, and like a little light theory, I'd advocate getting this book simply to put in perspective what all of those crazies are talking about. While every essay may not strike a chord, some of them will begin the painful process of explaining just why there are a number of fanatics out there who will watch this silly main character fulfill improbably plot lines till the very end. Read She saved the world. A lot. - An introduction to the themes and structures of Buffy and Angel. Don't skip it. It's the most important one for you.
And for those of you who loved the show in the good old days but can't watch it past season three (because that's when it started to get bad), there's plenty of material here for you as well. Most of the discussions center around the early years - with good reason. That's when the identity of the show was forming itself and so many of the characteristics that make it so exciting were created. And they do talk about them, with abandon.
Then for everyone who's like me, and watched the show till the bitter end, not just because you didn't have anything else to do on Tuesday nights, but because the characters (even when they were developed badly) and the sequences (even when they become overly dramatic) still had an almost inexpressible draw - you'll love this book because it whets your appetite for more. Each essay will call up just as many memories of watching the show as it does ask some of those questions your non-lit friends just don't want to entertain (or your het friends just don't want to discuss - see Staking a Claim #9).
But in a very real sense, these essays seem like introductions to topics that can be discussed at greater length. Maybe it's simply wishful thinking on my part, but I think almost every chapter could begin it's own book. Maybe someday?
Rating: 5
Summary: Great, but WARNING!!!!!
Comment: This is a really great collections of essays about Buffy and Angel, but PLEASE NOTE THAT A NEW EDITION IS COMING OUT IN JANUARY 2004. I have been trying to find out more about it, and right now it isn't clear whether they are changing the contents completely, or just allowing the authors to revise their articles. At any rate, I would strongly recommend checking out the contents of the newer volume before getting this earlier edition.
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Title: Fighting The Forces: What's At Stake In Buffy The Vampire Slayer? by Rhonda V. Wilcox, David Lavery ISBN: 0742516814 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield (Non NBN) Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy: Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale (Popular Culture and Philosophy Series) by James B. South ISBN: 0812695313 Publisher: Open Court Publishing Company Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Seven Seasons of Buffy: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Discuss Their Favorite Television Show by Glenn Yeffeth, David Brin, Jennifer Crusie, Drew Goddard ISBN: 1932100083 Publisher: BenBella Books Pub. Date: 03 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Slayer Slang: A Buffy The Vampire Slayer Lexicon by Michael Adams, Jane Espenson ISBN: 0195160339 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title:Angel - Season Two ASIN: B00008YGRT Publisher: Twentieth Century Fox Home Video Pub. Date: 02 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $59.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $38.99 |
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