Seven Seasons of Buffy: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Discuss Their Favorite Television ShowGlenn Yeffeth This collection of irreverent and surprising essays about the popular television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer includes pieces by leading science fiction and fantasy authors. Contributors include bestselling legend David Brin, critically acclaimed novelist Scott Westerfeld, cult-favorite vampire author Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, and award-winner Sarah Zettel. The show and its cast are the topics of such critical pieces as Lawrence Watt-Evans's "Matchmaking in Hellmouth" and Sherrilyn Kenyon's "The Search for Spike's Balls." An informed introduction for those not well acquainted with the show, and a source of further research for Buffy buffs, this book raises interesting questions concerning a much-loved program and future cult classic. |
Contents
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The Search For Spikes Balls | 25 |
A Slayer Comes to Town | 30 |
Skin Pale As Apple Blossom | 41 |
Lions Gazelles and Buffy | 48 |
The Good the Bad and the Ambivalent | 54 |
When Did the Scoobies Become Insiders? | 109 |
A Reflection on Ugliness | 116 |
Power of Becoming | 121 |
Unseen Horrors Shadowy Manipulations | 137 |
Innocence | 152 |
Wheres the Religion in Willows Wicca? | 159 |
Love Saves the World | 167 |
A World Without Shrimp | 176 |
For the Love of Riley | 65 |
A Buffy Confession | 72 |
Dating Death | 85 |
The Meaning of Buffy | 97 |
Matchmaking on the Hellmouth | 188 |
Slayers of the Last Arc | 195 |
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