BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: THE WATCHER'S GUIDE VOLUME 2

NANCY HOLDER with JEFF MARIOTTE AND MARYELIZABETH HART

ISBN 10: 0671042602 / ISBN 13: 9780671042608

Published by POCKET BOOKS, New York, 2000

About this Item

3rd printing. Large square format soft cover. Official companion book to 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' TV series. Features cast interviews. Episode guides, merchandising etc. Colour and black and white illustration. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions.

Seller Inventory # 004808

Bibliographic Details

• Title: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: THE WATCHER'S GUIDE VOLUME 2
• Publisher: POCKET BOOKS, New York
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0671042602
• ISBN 13: 9780671042608
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: :
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued
• Seller catalogs:
  • FILM AND TV BOOKS

About this title

Synopsis

A TV series companion, the complete official episode guide to Buffy series 3 and 4. This volume picks up where the original "Watcher's Guide" left off, complete with behind-the-scenes secrets and interviews with writers, crew and actors.

Review

Packed with information, photos and hundreds of great quotes from seasons three and four of Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Watcher's Guide Volume 2 is just as comprehensive as the first Watcher's Guide. For newcomers, the background to the Slayer, her Watcher and their duties to fight the forces of darkness are sketched in, then the book moves rapidly on to character profiles and brief episode guides for seasons three and four, all liberally sprinkled with chunks of razor-sharp dialogue and explanations of pop culture references. An insightful section, "The Pain", focuses on the doomed relationships, deaths of loved ones, experiences of betrayal and lack of trust that have forced the characters to develop and change. These are the serious stories about growing up that have always been at the heart of Buffy.

Having thoroughly dissected the characters, the book then goes behind the scenes with profiles of the actors, an in-depth look at the many aspects of production, listings of featured bands and songs and a brief section on merchandising. The main omission is any focus on monsters--for that, turn to the excellent Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Monster Book, which goes into encyclopaedic detail on all the monsters to have appeared on the show. This book is a more general companion, and performs its duties as well, and as sassily, as the Slayer herself. --Elizabeth Sourbut