Reading List: Angel and Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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Synopsis: Buffy the Vampire Slayer is an American television series based upon the 1992 film of the same name. The original concept, screenplay, and TV series were created by writer-director Joss Whedon under his personal production tag, Mutant Enemy Productions.
Angel is the popular spin-off from the American television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Angel has a darker tone than Buffy, and at times performed better in the U.S. Nielsen Ratings than its parent series. The series was created by Buffy's creator Joss Whedon in collaboration with David Greenwalt, and first aired in October of 1999. Like Buffy, it was produced by Whedon's production company, Mutant Enemy.
Sources: Angel Wikipedia, Buffy Wikipedia
Plot Summary: Buffy - The series tells the story of Buffy and her friends, sometimes referred to as the Scooby Gang or the Scoobies, as they battle demons and other supernatural evils while negotiating their own complicated social and romantic lives. Buffy is told in a dual arc serialized format, with each episode both telling a single story and contributing to a larger overall storyline, which on Buffy is broken down into distinct season-long narratives marked by the rise and defeat of a powerful antagonist (commonly referred to as the "Big Bad"). Individual episodes usually contain one or more villains, monsters, or supernatural phenomena which are defeated, or merely survived, by the episode's end. Though many elements and relationships are explored and many ongoing subplots are included, the show's primary focus throughout is on Buffy and her role as an archetypal hero.
Angel - The series details the ongoing trials of the vampire Angel, who has his human soul restored to him as a punishment after more than a century of murder and torture of innocents, leaving him tormented by guilt and remorse. During the first four seasons of the show, he works as a private detective in a fictionalized version of Los Angeles, California, where he and a variety of associates works to "help the helpless" and to restore the faith and "save the souls" of those who had lost their way. Typically, this involved doing battle with evil demons or demonically-allied humans (primarily the law firm Wolfram and Hart) as well as battling his own violent nature. (The term "demon" when applied to the Angel universe is often morally value-neutral, as opposed to referring to evil beings exclusively.) In a departure to this the fifth season saw Angel taking over as the head of the law firm Wolfram and Hart in an attempt to fight evil from the inside.
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Tie-in Novels for Angel and Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Angel
Synopsis: Buffy the Vampire Slayer is an American television series based upon the 1992 film of the same name. The original concept, screenplay, and TV series were created by writer-director Joss Whedon under his personal production tag, Mutant Enemy Productions.
Angel is the popular spin-off from the American television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Angel has a darker tone than Buffy, and at times performed better in the U.S. Nielsen Ratings than its parent series. The series was created by Buffy's creator Joss Whedon in collaboration with David Greenwalt, and first aired in October of 1999. Like Buffy, it was produced by Whedon's production company, Mutant Enemy.
Sources: Angel Wikipedia, Buffy Wikipedia
Plot Summary: Buffy - The series tells the story of Buffy and her friends, sometimes referred to as the Scooby Gang or the Scoobies, as they battle demons and other supernatural evils while negotiating their own complicated social and romantic lives. Buffy is told in a dual arc serialized format, with each episode both telling a single story and contributing to a larger overall storyline, which on Buffy is broken down into distinct season-long narratives marked by the rise and defeat of a powerful antagonist (commonly referred to as the "Big Bad"). Individual episodes usually contain one or more villains, monsters, or supernatural phenomena which are defeated, or merely survived, by the episode's end. Though many elements and relationships are explored and many ongoing subplots are included, the show's primary focus throughout is on Buffy and her role as an archetypal hero.
Angel - The series details the ongoing trials of the vampire Angel, who has his human soul restored to him as a punishment after more than a century of murder and torture of innocents, leaving him tormented by guilt and remorse. During the first four seasons of the show, he works as a private detective in a fictionalized version of Los Angeles, California, where he and a variety of associates works to "help the helpless" and to restore the faith and "save the souls" of those who had lost their way. Typically, this involved doing battle with evil demons or demonically-allied humans (primarily the law firm Wolfram and Hart) as well as battling his own violent nature. (The term "demon" when applied to the Angel universe is often morally value-neutral, as opposed to referring to evil beings exclusively.) In a departure to this the fifth season saw Angel taking over as the head of the law firm Wolfram and Hart in an attempt to fight evil from the inside.
Summary written by Wikipedia, found at Wikipedia (Angel, Buffy)
Tie-in Novels for Angel and Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Angel
- Avatar by John Passarella
- Book of the Dead by Ashley Mcconnell
- Dark Mirror by Craig Shaw Gardner
- Endangered Species by Nancy Holder and Jeff Mariotte
- Fearless by Doranna Durgin
- Haunted by Jeff Mariotte
- Hollywood Noir by Jeff Mariotte
- Image by Mel Odom
- Impressions by Doranna Durgin
- Love and Death by Jeff Mariotte
- Monolith by John Passarella
- Nemesis by Scott Ciencin and Denise Ciencin
- Not Forgotten by Nancy Holder
- Redemption by Mel Odom
- Sanctuary by Jeff Mariotte
- Shakedown by Don Debrandt
- Solitary Man by Jeff Mariotte
- Soul Trade by Thomas E Sniegoski
- Stranger to the Sun by Jeff Mariotte
- The Summoned by Cameron Dokey
- Vengeance by Scott Ciencin and Dan Jolley
- Afterimage by Pierce Askegren
- Apocalypse Memories by Laura J Burns and Melinda Metz
- Blood and Fog by Nancy Holder
- Blooded by Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder
- Carnival of Souls by Nancy Holder
- Chaos Bleeds by James Moore
- Child of the Hunt by Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder
- Coyote Moon by John Vornholt
- Crossings by Mel Odom
- Deep Water by Laura Anne Gilman and Josepha Sherman
- Doomsday Deck by Diana G Gallagher
- Ghoul Trouble by John Passarella
- Go Ask Malice by Robert Joseph Levy
- Halloween Rain by Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder
- Here Be Monsters by Cameron Dokey
- Immortal by Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder
- Little Things by Rebecca Moesta
- Mortal Fear by Scott Ciencin and Denise Ciencin
- Obsidian Fate by Diana G Gallagher
- Oz: into the Wild by Christopher Golden
- Paleo by Yvonne Navarro
- Power of Persuasion by Elizabeth Massie
- Prime Evil by Diana G Gallagher
- Queen of the Slayers by Nancy Holder
- Resurrecting Ravana by Ray Garton
- Return to Chaos by Craig Shaw Gardner
- Revenant by Mel Odom
- Sins of the Father by Christopher Golden
- Spark and Burn by Diana G Gallagher
- Sweet Sixteen by Scott Ciencin
- Tempted Champions by Yvonne Navarro
- The Book of Fours by Nancy Holder
- The Evil That Men Do by Nancy Holder
- The Journals of Rupert Giles by Nancy Holder
- The Wisdom of War by Christopher Golden
- Unnatural Selection by Mel Odom
- Visitors by Laura Anne Gilman and Josepha Sherman
- The Burning by Nancy Holder and Jeff Mariotte
- Cursed by Mel Odom
- Heat by Nancy Holder
- Seven Crows by John Vornholt