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Five Seasons of Angel: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Discuss Their Favorite Vampire (Smart Pop series) |
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Published: 2004-10-01 |
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Customer comments on this selection.
 OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!!!
I worship this book. Even though I didn't agree with everything that was written, I LOVED the intelligent, witty, funny, knowledgeable essays by clear fans of the show and of vampire lore.
BUY THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 It's your favourite Posting Board, but in book form!
Wow. A book. About "Angel". But not some media tie-in novel, more of that sanctioned fan fiction from Pocket Books. Oh, no. This is a book where people -- talented, interesting people, for the most part -- are actually discussing in quite serious depth all-things "Angel". Who wouldn't want to buy that?
First, the bad news: not every essay in this collection is worthy of your time. Josepha Sherman (co-author of some not-bad "Buffy" books) goes on and on -- and on -- about mythology in the series; Nancy Holder (author of a few quite brilliant, and a lot of quite blech, "Buffy" and "Angel" novels) is beyond-words tedious while talking Spike (unforgivable!); and Candace Havens (who?) is just plain odd as she (mis-)rates Angel's various love-interests.
However, other efforts are simply inspired. Don DeBrant (another "Angel" author) visits with Angelus, and makes us love/hate him all over again; Marguerite Kraus waxes lyrical on Gypsy incompetence in her wonderfully named treatise "It's a Stupid Curse"; Steven Harper contends "Jasmine: Scariest Villain Ever" (and backs it up nicely); and "Angel" lighting guy Dan Kerns gives us a fascinating glimpse behind the glamour in his delightful memoir "'Angel' by the Numbers".
There are other hits (but not many other misses) in the collection. (Though, I will add, editor Glenn Yeffeth's non sequitur-style intros struck me as a trifle self-indulgent.)
Nevertheless, I enjoyed this book hugely, and highly recommend it to any fan who misses the days when the very minutia of "Angel" was hotly debated on Posting Boards everywhere.
Those discussions aren't dead! You just have to pay for them now.
 Interesting Read
I bought Five Seasons of Angel: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Discuss their Favorite Vampire (Smart Pop Series) because I wanted to know where Joss got his inspiration for Jasmine, Season 4's villian? I thought she was Oprah, ha. But two authors gave their opinions and I was not satisfied with them. So, overall, I enjoyed the book because it had some trivia that I didn't know as well as some unusual takes on the show's story arcs and themes.
My first foray into obsessiveness
This book was the first book I've ever read about a television show. I really enjoyed watching the Angel DVDs and discussing them with other equally insightful friends, but eventually our discussions ran out of juice. I mean, Lorne's sweet and all, but really, what is his purpose on the show? And what was the thought behind bringing Lindsay back in the final season? The authors of the essays in Five Seasons of Angel have a wide variety of backgrounds and are often quite insightful - others hit the mark dead-on. (Why, why, Doyle, did you have to die??) After having read this, I look forward to many more books about television shows.
Insightful and Funny
As a fan of Buffy and Angel, I try to keep my distance from conventions, fan clubs, and books like "The Watcher Diaries" in order to not appear obsessed with the shows. However, when I found out about this book and its "sister" Seven Seasons of Buffy, I broke down and got them. The reason I was so interested was that the essays in this anthology were written by many different types of fans; some of them hold PhDs, while one essay is written by a crew member from the show, so he had some pretty interesting stories to tell. I must say that some of these people's interpretations of the show are pretty interesting. A lot of them made me take a step back and look at certain episodes again to see what they were talking about. This book will make a good read for even a casual Angel fan.
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