Seven Seasons of Buffy : Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Discuss Their Favorite Television Show (Paperback)

from xicanti

A collection of twenty-two essays on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I got a big kick out of this! While there are certainly a few duds, (most of which take the form of good ideas presented in a haphazard, difficult fashion), most of the pieces are solid. They back up their conclusions with concrete ex...

from Darla

Seven Seasons of Buffy is an anthology of essays about... duh... Buffy the Vampire Slayer, written by, it says, "science fiction and fantasy writers." Except that the reason I even knew about this book is that one contributor is Jennifer Crusie, and she's not by any stretch of the imagination a s...

from the_slayer

As a die hard Buffy fan and someone who views the series from an academic stand point, I found the collection of essays in Seven Seasons of Buffy fascinating. Recommended to me by an equally studious Buffy fan, it was an intellectually stimulating read. The humorous forward, very much in the styl...

from plin

I really hated this book. The essays were superficial, self-conscious attempts at snarky humor, and offered little insight. Most of them seemed to be written solely to bemoan the latter two seasons--which I happened to love, so I am clearly not the target audience. What really killed the book for...

from theWallflower

A lot of the essays in this book start getting samey. The power of friendship, sexiness of vampires, who should Buffy be with, wiccan good, love the earth, woman power. It starts feeling like refined versions of online editorials, only by professional authors. And that's saying something because,...