Seven Seasons of Buffy Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Discuss Their Favorite Television Show

by Yeffeth, Glenn

• ISBN13: 9781932100082
• ISBN10: 1932100083
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-10
• Publisher: Smart Pop

Summary

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 best-selling legend David Brin, critically acclaimed novelist Scott Westerfield, cult-favourite 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 programme and future cult classic.

Author Biography

Glenn Yeffeth is the editor of Joss Whedon: The Genius Behind Buffy and Taking the Red Pill: Science, Philosophy and Religion in The Matrix. He lives in Dallas, Texas. Drew Goddard is a Buffy the Vampire screenwriter.

Table of Contents

FOREWORD: TASTE OUR STEEL
Drew Goddard	xi
BUFFY VS. THE OLD-FASHIONED "HERO"
David Brin	1	(4)
IS THAT YOUR FINAL ANSWER...?
Roxanne Longstreet Conrad	5	(14)
SEX AND THE, SINGLE SLAYER
Nancy Kilpatrick	19	(6)
THE SEARCH FOR SPIKE'S BALLS
Sherrilyn Kenyon	25	(5)
A SLAYER COMES TO TOWN
Scott Westerfeld	30	(11)
SKIN PALE AS APPLE BLOSSOM
Peg Aloi	41	(7)
LIONS, GAZELLES, AND BUFFY
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro	48	(6)
THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE AMBIVALENT
Laura Resnick	54	(11)
FOR THE LOVE OF RILEY
Michelle Sagaro West	65	(7)
A BUFFY CONFESSION
Justine Larbalestier	72	(13)
DATING DEATH
Jennifer Crusie	85	(12)
THE MEANING OF BUFFY
Marguerite Krause	97	(12)
WHEN DID THE SCOOBIES BECOME INSIDERS?
Sarah Zettel	109	(7)
A REFLECTION ON UGLINESS
Charlaine Harris	116	(5)
POWER OF BECOMING
Jacqueline Lichtenberg	121	(16)
UNSEEN HORRORS & SHADOWY MANIPULATIONS
Kevin Andrew Murphy	137	(15)
INNOCENCE
Carla Montgomery	152	(7)
WHERE'S THE RELIGION IN WILLOW'S WICCA?
Christie Golden	159	(8)
LOVE SAVES THE WORLD
Jean Lorrah	167	(9)
A WORLD WITHOUT SHRIMP
Margaret L. Carter	176	(12)
MATCHMAKING ON THE HELLMOUTH
Lawrence Watt-Evans	188	(7)
SLAYERS OF THE LAST ARC
Nancy Holder	195