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Title: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER by Richie Tankersley Cusick (Adapter), Joss Whedon ISBN: 0-671-01700-4 Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment Pub. Date: 01 April, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.43 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Classic
Comment: Okay, the movie was admittedly campy, but that and this book introduced us to Buffy and her destiny. I first received this book in 1994 (long after I saw the movie) and was really psyched to hear there would be a TV show (and more opportunites) for books.
Anybody who wants to be introducted to the Buffy series still should start at this book. Although both it an the screen play list her as a senior (when the TV series debuted, she was a Junior) it is still worth the purchase. I still read the book to this day and the plot's attraction remains strong.
Rating: 3
Summary: Better than the Movie
Comment: While the movie had a clever premise I was bored by the MTV look. But this book is witty and introduces the characters that have now become legendary. I am glad I read this. The author does an excellent job of setting the atmosphere and presenting the action. If I had read this instead of seeing the movie I might have started watching the first year.
Rating: 5
Summary: Better Late Than Never
Comment: I came about five years later to the story of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I did manage to see the original film on videotape before the series started, but just barely. I offer no excuses other than a mental inability to believe that the story of valley girl meets vampire might have more to it than the usual trashy horror flick. Okay, I admit I was badly mistaken. The dialog was far better than I expected, Buffy's character was complex and interesting, and the film turned out to be both funny and spooky. Nor can one fault Joss Whedon's new take on vampire mythology.
I picked up this novelization of the film, the first real Buffy book, to have as a reference. It has been long enough so that I no longer remember the film. I had just read the graphic novel version that retells the tale with Sarah Michele Gellar instead of Kristy Swanson and suspected that it had taken a few liberties with the script (it did). At fewer than 200 pages, the book actually takes less time to read than it does to watch the film. Moreover, I thought it would be fun. And so it was.
The plot is now so well known it hardly bears repeating. Girl cheerleads and shops, girl meets watcher, watcher trains girl, vampires try to eat high school, girl kills vampires. The girl is unusual in that, under the disguise of a young woman who makes shallowness an art, we find someone who is unexpectedly bright, has a strong personality and a surprising sense of duty. In fact, the film questions many of our images of Buffy's lifestyle, from geeks to basketball stars, and does it well.
Richie Cusick does a great job of turning a script into a novel, which it the difficult matter of turning atmosphere and scene into meaningful words. As I have already indicated, this is a quick, enjoyable read, and is surprisingly hard to put down. I you are an aficionado, or simply want to find out what all the excitement has been about, this is a good book to have.
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Title: Halloween Rain (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) by Christopher Golden, Nancy Holder, Joss Whedon ISBN: 0671017136 Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment Pub. Date: 01 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Coyote Moon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Book 3) by John Vornholt ISBN: 0671017144 Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment Pub. Date: 01 January, 1998 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Night of the Living Rerun (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Book 4) by Arthur Byron Cover ISBN: 0671017152 Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment Pub. Date: 01 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: The Harvest (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) by Richie Tankersley Cusick, Joss Whedon ISBN: 0671017128 Publisher: Unknown Pub. Date: 01 September, 1997 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Visitors (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) by Josepha Sherman, Laura Anne Gilman ISBN: 0671026283 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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