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Preview Buffy, Angel and Serenity Books!
Smart Pop Books has PDF previews of 'Finding Serenity', 'Five Seasons of Angel', 'Seven Seasons of Buffy' and 'Joss Whedon: The Genius Behind Buffy. |
1) Finding Serenity: Anti-heroes, Lost Shepherds and Space Hookers in Joss Whedon’s Firefly
Smart Pop Price: $14.36 US | $19.96 CAN
Firefly’s early demise left fans with a deep sense of loss and plenty of unanswered questions. From what was wrong with the pilot to what was right with the Reavers, from the use of Chinese to how correspondence between Joss and network executives might have gone, from a philosopher’s perspective on “Objects in Space” to a sex therapist’s analysis of Inara, Finding Serenity is filled with writing as exciting, funny and enthralling as the show itself.
Finding Serenity includes:
Mercedes Lackey on the nature of freedom in Firefly
Roxanne Longstreet Conrad on how the crew of Serenity could kick the Enterprise crew’s butts any day
Leigh Adams Wright on the fate of the ’verse’s Chinese people
Tanya Huff on Zoe as the ultimate warrior woman
Michelle Sagara West on television finally getting marriage right
Kevin M. Sullivan's unofficial glossary of Firefly Chinese
And Jewel Staite (“Kaylee”) offers a behind-the-scenes insider look and talks about her favorite episodes.
Other contributors include: Ginjer Buchanan, Joy Davidson, Don Debrandt, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Larry Dixon, David Gerrold, Jennifer Goltz, Nancy Holder, Robert B. Taylor, John C. Wright and Lyle Zynda.
 2) Five Seasons of Angel: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Discuss Their Favorite Vampire
Smart Pop Price: $14.36 US | $19.96 CAN
This collection of essays from fans who also happen to be big name authors and specialists in their fields (including New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Crusie, Last Unicorn author Peter Beagle, Buffy author Nancy Holder, Angel gaffer Dan Kerns, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro and many others) explore the constellation of characters and themes created in the popular Buffy the Vampire Slayer spin-off. Topics include Angelus as the prototypical high school bully, Angel as victim, how Spike fits into Angel, why Jasmine was so scary, a sex expert's take on Angel's psyche and Lindsey's moral center.
3) Seven Seasons of Buffy: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Discuss Their Favorite Television Show
Smart Pop Price: $12.76 US | $18.36 CAN
Science fiction and fantasy authors, typically immune to the appeal of television science fiction, cannot resist the charms of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Seven Seasons of Buffy is a collection of fun, irreverent and surprising essays on Buffy by some of science fiction and fantasy's most important authors, including David Brin, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Sherrilyn Kenyon and Jennifer Crusie.
4) Joss Whedon: The Genius Behind Buffy
Special Smart Pop Price: $12.76 US | $18.36 CAN
“You take people, you put them on a journey, you give them peril, you find out who they really are. If there’s any kind of fiction better than that, I don’t know what it is.”
 "Possibly the finest book of the century. It's exactly like A Tale of Two Cities but with 30 percent more me." - Joss Whedon
From Booklist: Writers, actors, and fans often call Joss Whedon a genius. It's easy to see why. Whedon, who got his start writing for Roseanne, dreamed of writing movie screenplays. He got his shot when he sold his script for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but the movie fell far short of his hopes for it. After a few years of working as a script doctor, Whedon got the chance to do Buffy again, this time as a TV show.
Few expected it to succeed, but Whedon's humor and intelligence shone through in the scripts, and viewers quickly became attached to the engaging, witty characters. Buffy kept getting better: each season of the show featured a complex story arc possessed of a real sense of danger and further developed the characters. The last few years have brought the Buffy spin-off Angel, the lamentably cancelled Firefly (a space western), and the comic book Fray. Engaging and filled with fun quotes, this is a must-read for Whedon's many fans. Kristine Huntley, Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Joss Whedon is a biography of Joss Whedon, the wunderkind creator of television shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly. Whedon was also the screenwriter for Speed, Toy Story (for which he was nominated for an Oscar) and Alien Resurrection and is the writer and creator of the immensely popular Fray comic book.
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