Are the Angel and Buffy novels canon?

POSTED BY: gatozhian
UPDATED: Friday, May 7, 2004 15:58
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SERENITYBOY

Monday, May 3, 2004 7:07 AM

I would not bypass all of the books. Some of them are less than par, but i would say that about 95% of the books are great.

There are two different kinds. There are the ADULT novels : which are a little more graphic when it comes to fight scenes and blood and stuff, and much thicker, and then the TEEN books. Odly, they are all catorgarized in the "Young Adult" section of the bookstore.

Sometimes the books like to bring in the continuity of the show into it (a lot of the earlier novels mentioned events of episodes of Season 3). Some books by the same author (Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder come to mind) like to bring in continuity from their other novels! They are deffiniatly two of the best writers in the series.

MY all time favorite Buffy book is The Gatekeeper Trilogy. It is one of the first novels to be published, and I think the best out of all of the ones I have read. (I own every novel that has come out, both Teen and Adult, but have not read them all. Well Origional novels anyway, some of them that they release is just episodes novelised. For that, the script books are much more enjoyable.) But the Gatekeeper Trilogy was like reading a movie, i could see everything that was going on, and the plot spread nicely throughout the three books. The only continuity glitch was that the gang knew Angel was back from hell, accepted him, Buffy and him were quasi dating, and Cordy and Xander were still together. Oh well! cant have it all!

Some other books I recomend are Immortal, The Book of Fours, The Lost Slayer (four books, but you can buy them in one volume now), The Wisdom of War (great with Faith and the Council of Watchers), Apocolypse Memories. Monster Island is a Buffy/Angel crossover which has some awesome characterzation, including many Xander/Cordy moments that just make me grin as I read them.

I have to say though, i just got the newest novel, and it is one of the best. It is called The Darkening, and it is Part 1 of a trilogy, the Wicked Willow Trilogy. It takes place right after "Villians:" and is described as "An Alternate Universe Trilogy." It is really awesome and deals with what Dark Willow could have done if she was not stoped. Spoiler alert................................................................................................................................................................Giles is paralized! I was crying! it was so sad. And Willow did so much bad so far, and i'm not even through the first half of the book!

Like i said, some of the books I wouldnt give away just yet. Some of them, especially the ones I mentioned, are about as phenominal as the series.

And the comics really rock too!

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Friday, May 7, 2004 3:58 PM

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Originally posted by athertonwing:
oh dont bypass all of the novels there is one collection that is absolultey amazing, the tales of the slayer books.

also people (inc joss) always recommend Chris golden but i personally dislike his work, i found the console games helped numb my buffy withdrawl (and when eliza dusku does faiths voice whats not to love)?

I also think the short stories, the Tales of the Slayer, are wonderful, really fun.

I think the novels are a step up from fan fic...but actually not much, Chris Golden has his own POV which is really not the same as Joss' (IMO; I argued w/him at length at a convention last year), but many of his books are fun to read. I would recommend his book about Oz.

The comics are cannon, I believe, and I think Joss will be adding to them periodically.

Did you read Joss' fun new 'Tales of the Vampire' comics? He started with a Spike/Dru story and ended with an Angel one...and managed to have a Giles tie-in...very fun!

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