Into Every Generation a Slayer Is Bor..., Evan Ross Katz
Into Every Generation a Slayer Is Bor..., Evan Ross Katz
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Into Every Generation a Slayer Is Born
How Buffy Staked Our Hearts

Author: Evan Ross Katz

Narrator: Evan Ross Katz, Deanna Anthony

Unabridged: 11 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/15/2022

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Explore the history and cultural impact of a groundbreaking television show adored by old and new fans alike: Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Over the course of its seven-year run, Buffy the Vampire Slayer cultivated a loyal fandom and featured a strong, complex female lead, at a time when such a character was a rarity. Evan Ross Katz explores the show’s cultural relevance through a book that is part oral history, part celebration, and part memoir of a personal fandom that has universal resonance still, decades later.

Katz—with the help of the show’s cast, creators, and crew—reveals that although Buffy contributed to important conversations about gender, sexuality, and feminism, it was not free of internal strife, controversy, and shortcomings. Men—both on screen and off—would taint the show’s reputation as a feminist masterpiece, and changing networks, amongst other factors, would drastically alter the show’s tone.

Katz addresses these issues and more, including interviews with stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, Charisma Carpenter, Emma Caulfield, Amber Benson, James Marsters, Anthony Stewart Head, Seth Green, Marc Blucas, Nicholas Brendon, Danny Strong, Tom Lenk, Bianca Lawson, Julie Benz, Clare Kramer, K. Todd Freeman, Sharon Ferguson; and writers Douglas Petrie, Jane Espenson, and Drew Z. Greenberg; as well as conversations with Buffy fanatics and friends of the cast including Stacey Abrams, Cynthia Erivo, Lee Pace, Claire Saffitz, Tavi Gevinson, and Selma Blair.

Into Every Generation a Slayer Is Born engages with the very notion of fandom, and the ways a show like Buffy can influence not only how we see the world but how we exist within it.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rachel

4.5 stars Warning, this review will be VERY gif-tastic. Buffy was an incredibly formative show for me. I stumbled across an episode while at a sleepover in middle school and wanted more. And I became OBSESSED. I mean like, people made fun of me for loving it so much, even through college (but like s......more

Makes me want to binge Buffy again! I requested this book for a few reasons: 1. I love Buffy, she is tough and snarky and very cool! 2. I love Angel, he is handsome, brooding and a good vampire (Mostly). 3. I love Spike, he is hilarious and crazy! 4. It was listed in the category of “Arts and Photograph......more

Goodreads review by John

1.5 stars for giving me an excuse to return to the world of Buffy, but I'm so sad that this wasn't what I wanted it to be or what I feel like I was promised. I wanted and expected a book that was about the cultural impact of Buffy at the time it was airing and since it premiered 25 years ago. This bo......more

Buffy the vampire slayer was huge when I was growing up, so this book automatically had me. In all honesty I thought I might be setting my expectations too high, but it was so good! It's so much more than how Buffy kept many young people captivated and empowered. Anyone Buffy fan will have all the f......more

Goodreads review by Adam

I don’t generally write reviews on here, but I’m shocked this book was released—by an actual publisher—in its current form. The Good: There are plenty of new interviews with cast and crew members who offer some interesting details and insight that should be new to even diehard fans. The Rest: I have t......more