Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 1

[oyceter]

The title of the book is rather self-explanatory, if one is a Buffy fan ;). The only other Buffy tie-in I’ve read is Tales of the Slayers, the graphic novel. I'm usually not one for tie-ins, although I love fanfic. I think there's something about the boundaries of the world that is more limited in tie-ins -- the authors can't play around with the

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[anonymous]

Ooooh. And I passed over this at Hastings today because, well, I was confused--I had heard about the graphic novel(s?) of the same name--and also because I'd dipped into some of the Buffy tie-in novels at the library and was skeptical about the writing quality. The Heian Slayer intrigues me greatly, though!

--Yoon, who is a user on Madcow, the one cluster they don't have back up yet ^_^

[oyceter]

It's a lot like the graphic novel, just.. in story form. The writing quality varies, like most collections. I tried Buffy tie-in novels and gritted my teeth through the first few chapters and then gave up. For some reason, it works better when it's other Slayers not Buffy that I haven't spent hours of TV watching.

Btw, do you have access to all the Buffy and Angel DVDs? If not, let me know and you can borrow mine.

[anonymous]

I'm obviously on MadCow too, because I'm not up yet either. Dammit. This is all of a piece with my entire month. I was going to write a long entry to LJ about my most recent visit to the Cliffs of Insanity, but I can't, because I'm OF COURSE on the only cluster they haven't fixed. Right now I feel like I AM a mad cow.

Um, I really want to read about the Heian Slayer too. Wonder if she had to disguise herself as a boy to go a-slaying.

Rachel

[anonymous]

Eek, yeah, I hear you. I swear I'll restock on padded envelopes so I can send out your mix CD within the coming week, too! I'm sorry about this.

Heian Slayer! Heian Slayer! That was the thing about the one Korean Slayer fanfic I found--from even my limited knowledge of Joseon mores and the Japanese occupation, I found it slightly incredible that her Slayer-hood was so accepted, although I should probably read it through (I quit partway through) and see if it takes the mudang (shaman--they're low-status, but always female) angle on the whole shebang.

Or maybe the Heian Slayer was Tomoe? ^_^

Anyway, oyceter, vonnielake is already loaning me Buffy and Angel, but thank you very much for the offer. :-) I suspect I will be acquiring myself at some point, goodness knows...

--Yoon the Mad Sporker

[londonkds]

Was there a single good character who survived the end of the story in that book?

I dipped into Volume 2 and it is slightly more Jossian, with a better balance of humour and depression.

[oyceter]

LOL! Yeah, I noticed that tendency as well ;). I count two Slayers who survived, although one may not be a "good" character per se.