Halloween Rain

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name = Halloween Rain
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image_caption = First edition cover
author = Christopher Golden, Nancy Holder
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country = United States
language = English
series = Buffy the Vampire Slayer
genre = Horror novel
publisher = Pocket Books
release_date = November 1, 1997
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media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 176
isbn = ISBN 0-671-01713-6
preceded_by = Blackout
followed_by = Night of the Living Rerun

"Halloween Rain" is an original novel based on the U.S. television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer".

Plot summary

The novel is set during Halloween in Sunnydale. Xander and Willow warn Buffy not to go out on Halloween if it's raining. According to the premise of the book, the rain in Sunnydale is magical on Halloween, and if it lands on a scarecrow it will animate and hunt down the slayer. While at a Halloween party at the Bronze, Buffy is forced to go to the cemetery to fight vampires. She eventually encounters the reanimated scarecrow.

Continuity

Golden revealed in an interview that the book was written before the "Halloween" episode which contradicted elements of the novel "Halloween Rain". [http://websites.cable.ntl.com/~fraxis/the_ww/old/features/golden.html Interview with Christopher Golden at "Watcher's Web]

External links

Reviews

* [http://slayerlit.us/reviews/review1.htm "Slayerlit.us" - Review of this book.]
* [http://litefoot1969.bravepages.com/buffy/reviews/fiction/halloween_rain.htm "Litefoot1969.bravepages.com" - Review of this book by Litefoot]
* [http://www.teen-books.com/Halloween_Rain__Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer_0671017136.html "Teen-books.com" - Reviews of this book]
* [http://www.nika-summers.com/Library/novelhalloweenrain.php "Nika-summers.com" - Review of this book by Nika Summers]
* [http://www.shadowcat.name/book0107.html "Shadowcat.name" - Review of this book]

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