Question for the Audience

[laceblade]

Has anybody read any of the Buffyverse novels? I see used copies of the Buffy/Angel spinoffs in bookstores all the time, and I am always tempted to buy them.

When I was in middle school, I used to love the Star Wars expanded universe novels, and I still pick some up from time to time, like cheap candy.

I'm wondering if anyone has favorite ones? Are there good ones about Wesley? Any good ones in general? I like most of the characters, except probably not one focusing on Xander, and not focusing on Cordelia post S3 Buffy.


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I don't need any recommendations on the comics, thanks. ...Unless you have recs outside of Season 8, Fray, Tales of the Slayer, or Slayer; Interrupted.

I also don't need recs on collected meta essays of Buffy....I've been devouring those from the library lately as well.

Comments

[ladyjax.livejournal.com]

I read some of the Tales of the Slayers and found them moderately interesting but I don't recall any of them really standing out for me.

Of the Buffy novels, I only read a few. The one I kept in my library was "The Book of Fours" by Nancy Holder; it was subtitled: "A Historie of the Four Slayers This Being Their First Adventure. It introduced the slayer who immediately preceeded Buffy - India Cohen, and delved more into the slayer mythos. Plus it had Cordelia, Faith and even Kendra made an appearance. What I liked most about it is that it was a full stand alone story that made good use of the canon yet managed to introduce more depth.

[mystickeeper.livejournal.com]

I think I have one Tales of the Slayers book? I remember loling when I spilled Holy Water on it during my move here, bwahaha.

I'll try and track down The Book of Four; it sounds interesting.

[highandrandom.livejournal.com]

I really liked the Gatekeeper trilogy when I was a teenager - I'd like to re-read it now and see if I still do.

[mystickeeper.livejournal.com]

Oooh, it looks my library has that trilogy, so I'll check out the first one (and hopefully actually get to it before it becomes due!).

[lavendersleeves.livejournal.com]

Buffy Chronicles? At first I thought it was a comic of the series, but then it turns out it's all the things that happened off camera--but so far I've only read one (where they re-do the original movie. The movie was originally bastardized, so it was nice to have it done the way it was intended). When I come back, I'd like to read the rest.

[bipagan.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I like all the buffy books I've read. Yes, some are better than others but duh.
I remember one was called...uh... Maids All In A Row?...something like that. I also like the collections of stories that go into the other slayers.