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Crossings 
First edition coverAuthor(s) Mel Odom Country United States Language English Series Buffy the Vampire Slayer Genre(s) Horror novel Publisher Pocket Books Publication date June 2002 Media type Print (paperback) Pages 243 ISBN 0-7434-4964-9 OCLC Number 49395735 Preceded by Little Things Followed by Sweet Sixteen Crossings is an original novel based on the U.S. television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Contents
Plot summary
While at the theater for a Star Trek marathon with Anya, Xander recognizes a friend of his, from the arcade, enter the theater and begin threatening and beating humans in a very demonic way. Upon further inspection, Xander learns that his friend, Robby, was involved in total immersion VR video game beta testing. But the testing was a little too secretive, according to Robby's girlfriend. Meanwhile, Buffy and Dawn are having issues with one another, and Buffy doesn't know how to deal with being Dawn's new "mom" after the recent death of their own mother. After much research concerning the bizarre video game tests, and the appearance of a man named Bobby Lee Tooker, the group discovers that the video game isn't so much a video game, as much as it is another dimensional portal while the human bodies are being taken over by demons. Buffy needs to find a way to get these beta testers (including a very reluctant Xander) back into the real world and destroy the evil demon who's using the testers to conjure a powerful being.
Continuity
- Supposed to be set in Buffy season 5.
Canonical issues
Main article: Buffyverse canonBuffy books such as this one are not usually considered by fans as canonical. Some fans consider them stories from the imaginations of authors and artists, while other fans consider them as taking place in an alternative fictional reality. However unlike fan fiction, overviews summarising their story, written early in the writing process, were 'approved' by both Fox and Joss Whedon (or his office), and the books were therefore later published as official Buffy/Angel merchandise.
External links
Reviews
- Litefoot1969.bravepages.com - Review of this book by Litefoot
- Teen-books.com - Reviews of this book
- Nika-summers.com - Review of this book by Nika Summers
- Shadowcat.name - Review of this book
Buffy novels Buffy books in order of Buffyverse chronologyTales of the Slayer · Pretty Maids All in a Row · Blackout · Halloween Rain · Coyote Moon · Night of the Living Rerun · How I Survived My Summer Vacation · Keep Me In Mind · The Suicide King · Colony · Night Terrors · Portal Through Time · After Image · Carnival of Souls · Blooded · Go Ask Malice: A Slayer's Diary · Sins of the Father · Child of the Hunt · Ghoul Trouble · Paleo · The Evil That Men Do · The Deathless · Doomsday Deck · Immortal · Prime Evil · Power of Persuasion · Revenant · The Gatekeeper · Resurrecting Ravana · Return to Chaos · Visitors · Unnatural Selection · Obsidian Fate · Deep Water · Here Be Monsters · The Book of Fours · Sunnydale High Yearbook · Lost Slayer · Oz · These Our Actors · Unseen · Tempted Champions · Little Things · Crossings · Sweet Sixteen · Wisdom of War · Cursed · Blood and Fog · Monster Island · Wicked Willow · Seven Crows · Apocalypse Memories · Mortal Fear · Spark and Burn · Heat · Queen of the Slayers · Dark CongressBuffy the Vampire Slayer Canon • Index • Joss WhedonSeries Main characters Major villains Spin-offs Expanded universe Novels • Undeveloped productions • Video gamesAuxiliary Universe Categories:- 2002 novels
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