HomeHas anyone read any of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer books? I'm working on a project and know nothing about them and want to get a few words from someone who is familiar with them (and not just a wikipedia page or amazon description).
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Books
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Books Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:22 pm
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2 Re: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Books Tue Aug 25, 2009 12:16 am
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Eh, the handful I've read were okay. Nothing fantastic. The Gatekeeper Trilogy was probably my favorite of the ones I've read.
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rwe1138 wrote:Eh, the handful I've read were okay. Nothing fantastic. The Gatekeeper Trilogy was probably my favorite of the ones I've read.
I haven't found any that I've actively disliked. Like the TV episodes, when they're on, they're really on and when they're off, they can really be stinkers.
That being said, I've enjoyed:
The Gatekeeper Trilogy
The Wicked Willow Chronicles
How I Survived My Summer Vacation
Child of the Hunt
Portal Through Time
Chaos Bleeds
Monster Island
Heat
Queen of the Slayers
4 Re: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Books Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:29 pm
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Are these books just companion pieces to the series or do they offer extra insight?
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Pretty much the former. To my knowledge, absolutely nothing introduced in the books was ever used on the show.
6 Re: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Books Thu Aug 27, 2009 10:51 am
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yeah the nearest an outside source has introduced something to the show was the fray comic book and even then that was written by joss
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shining knight wrote:yeah the nearest an outside source has introduced something to the show was the fray comic book and even then that was written by jossrwe1138 wrote:Pretty much the former. To my knowledge, absolutely nothing introduced in the books was ever used on the show.
Yeah...the only thing that came from outside the show was the Slayer's Scythe, which came from Fray.
8 Re: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Books Mon Sep 21, 2009 4:54 pm
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Only book I've read from the Buffy books was this one about her killing a wolf in sheep's clothing and just about causing the Bible ending.
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I've read a few. There not that bad.
10 Re: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Books Sat May 22, 2010 12:27 pm
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I read a few and they are typical short novellas that don't really move the character along any. Not bad, mind you. Just not great.
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