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"A Buffy compendium-all one wants to know about this series"

The title says it all as this book provides the audience with a "guide to Buffy's World". For those who have been living in a cave for the past decade, Buffy is a typical teenager with the usual world shattering angst that confronts that super species. Except Buffy has a slight problem not involving hunks (that is normal human variety) as she is this age's Vampire Slayer forced to do her homework in between eradicating evil beings.

This tome provides fans with insight into the original movie, the TV series along with biographies of the key stars of the TV show, and a look at vampirism. The non- fiction is well written and "Buffyites" will enjoy biting into it. Perhaps the only setback is no references to the vast literature, especially the graphic novels that have added to the cult legend of Buffy.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted May 17, 2003

Buffy Summers is just your average teenager with everyday problems except for one teeny tiny thing-she's the Vampire Slayer. Balancing homework with her duties as the one chosen to rid the Earth of evil forces sometimes puts a crimp in Buffy's social life, but she manages. That the buff high schooler can annihilate vampires and other monsters while remaining fashionably dressed and cutely dressed illustrates the dichotomy that is Buffy.

This companion guide covers all aspects of the Buffy phenomena-from the 1992 feature film starring Kristy Swanson and Luke Perry, to the development and production of the current hit TV series starring Sarah Michelle Gellar. Based on interviews with the show's creator, producers and principal cast members, the book includes cast biographies, critical summaries of each episode, trivia, behind-the-scenes anecdotes, and more.

Like the series, the Buffy book combines the thoughtful (an essay on slayer mythology throughout history) with the frivolous for a frightfully good time.