List of Buffyverse guidebooks

The success of the TV series, "Buffy" and "Angel" have led to a number of published guidebooks both official and unofficial. Such books are used as sources of information, and opinions on the two TV series.

Official guidebooks

"Watcher's Guides"

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author = Christopher Golden, Nancy Holder
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release_date = October 1, 1998
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name = Watcher's Guides Vol. 2


author = Nancy Holder, Jeff Mariotte, Maryelizabeth Hart
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release_date = October 31, 2000
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name = Watcher's Guides Vol. 3


author = Paul Ruditis
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release_date = July 6, 2004
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The Official guides to Buffy the Vampire Slayer offer a comprehensive guide to the show. The episode guides include synopses, lines from the shooting scripts that were deleted, biographies, interviews, music listings, monster listings, special notes, pictures, quotes, and lots of behind the scenes information.

"Casefiles"

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name = Casefiles Vol. 2


author = Paul Ruditis, Diana G. Gallagher
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The official companions to "Angel". The content of these books follows similar standards set by the "Watcher's Guides", including comprehensive episodes guides, images, quotes and behind the scenes information.

Volume I covers "Angel" Seasons 1 & 2.

Volume II covers "Angel" Seasons 3 & 4.

Unofficial guidebooks

These books were not licensed by 20th Century Fox as official "Buffy"/"Angel" merchandise.

Keith Topping

Keith Topping has written several unofficial guide books to television series such as The X Files, The Avengers, The Sweeney and The Professionals. He has also written guides to both "Buffy" ("Slayer"), and "Angel ("Hollywood Vampire").

The style of the guides analytically studies each episode in categories, drawing attention to things which may otherwise have not been noticed by viewers.

"Slayer"

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author = Keith Topping
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The first edition of "Slayer" was released in the UK in December 1999, and offered a guide to the first three seasons of "Buffy". The book has undergone numerous editions, the most recent of which, "Complete Slayer" includes information on all seven seasons of Buffy.

The categories which Topping uses to analyse each episode include:

"Hollywood Vampire"

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author = Keith Topping
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Hollywood Vampire" has gone through several editions, the most comprehensive of which (February 2004), includes "Angel" seasons 1-4. The 228-page guide to Angel Season 5, "Hollywood Vampire: The Apocalypse", also by Topping, was released in May 2005.

The layout of the guide follows that of "Slayer" using categories for each episode, some of which are different than its predecessor:

Nikki Stafford

Nikki Stafford has written guides on both "Buffy" ("Bite Me") and "Angel" ("Once Bitten").

"Bite Me"

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release_date = September 2002
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The most recent edition (September 2002) includes Seasons 1-6. It also gives capsule reviews to "Angel" (Seasons 1-3). It also includes behind scenes information, and a biography of Sarah Michelle Gellar.

"Once Bitten"

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A guide to "Angel" seasons 1-5. Features a history of the show, a section profiling the best websites, a look at Buffy and Angel's recognition in academic circles, , behind-the-scenes information.

"Dusted"

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author = Lawrence Miles, Pearson Lars, Dickson Christa
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Lawrence Miles, who usually focuses on fiction, here offers his opinions on seven seasons of "Buffy". The guide contains a comprehensive episode guide and a brief guide to the "Buffy" comics and novels that had been published prior to 2003.

"The Girl's Got Bite"

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name = The Girl's Got Bite


author = Kathleen Tracy
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The second edition (May 2003) of this book covers up to mid-way through the seventh season of "Buffy" (and therefore is not a guide to the entirety of the series) and features episode guides, cast biographies, Buffy trivia and behind-the-scenes anecdotes.

Footnotes

# - Topping, Keith, "The Complete Slayer" (2004), pxi

External links

Official guides

* [http://www.nika-summers.com/Library/watchersguide.php "Nika-summers.com" - Review of Watcher's Guides I]
* [http://www.revolutionsf.com/article.html?id=471 "Revolutionsf.com" - Review of Watcher's Guides I]
* [http://www.nika-summers.com/Library/watchersguide2.php "Nika-summers.com" - Review of Watcher's Guides II]
* [http://www.the11thhour.com/archives/122000/bookreviews/watchersguide.html "The11thhour.com" - Review of Watcher's Guides II]

Unofficial guides

* [http://www.nika-summers.com/Library/novelgirlsgot2.php "Nika-summers.com" - Review of The Girl's Got Bite (2003 edition)]
* [http://www.nika-summers.com/Library/novelmonsterbook.php "Nika-summers.com" - Review of "Monster Book"]
* [http://www.cityofangel.com/behindTheScenes/index.html?news.php~content "Cityofangel.com" - Article about Nikki Stanford and her book, "Once Bitten"]