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Into Every Generation a Slayer Is Born

How Buffy Staked Our Hearts

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Into Every Generation a Slayer Is Born

By: Evan Ross Katz
Narrated by: Evan Ross Katz, Deanna Anthony
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About this listen

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. Art Entertainment & Performing Arts Film & TV History & Criticism Entertainment Comedy Fantasy

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Critic reviews

"Evan has produced the definitive feast for Buffy Buffs!"—Andy Cohen
"Evan Ross Katz has jumped into the world of Buffy in a way no one ever has before. I’m in awe of the way Evan loves Buffy, cares about Buffy, and writes about Buffy. Each chapter reignited my love for the show in a new kind of way. This book is a deep dive and a love letter and a brilliant reminder that a good piece of art can live on far past a series finale.” —Kiernan Shipka
"As someone who didn't watch Buffy until meeting Evan, his fandom, understanding, and total embrace of the nuance and complexities of the show ravages this book, and turns a chambré viewer into a fangirl. His writing is fresh, and so are his perspectives—through reading, you contemplate the series through his eyes and discover new vantage points through anecdotes from those orbiting the Buffy universe. Not only is the show iconic, so is this author."—Christopher John Rogers
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A great overview of one of my favourite shows. Packed with interviews and snippets from the show.

For Every Buffy Fan

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I really enjoyed the insight in to my favourite show and how it came together and grew. whilst it touched on some of the Joss whedon stuff this was not the focus. a good analysis of brilliant episodes, relationships, costumes and much more. a revival of my love for the show!

indulge in the history of Buffy

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It's been written before but for buffy fans this is a must!! Highly insightful, wonderfully written and read, honest and a joy to listen too.

Loved it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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If you can get past the painful voice of Katz, and his endless contradictions, this is a great “blast from the past” for any Buffy fans. I did listen to the whole thing, on the whole enjoyed it, but my word it was in spite of Katz narration and his occasional, maybe frequent, self indulgence.

Katz wants to cash in on Whedon’s creation, and at the end shares how he writes to Whedon an obnoxious letter. He then snorts that it’s obvious why Joss didn’t reply. Oh Katz, I think the reason is not what you think.

Katz obsession with Sarah Michelle Gellar is uncomfortable to listen to. The restraining order I suspect is in the mail…

Painful narration, but a fun retrospective for Buffy fans

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I was enjoying the analytical side of reviewing seasons and episodes, and hearing about the intricacies of creating such a beloved show, and the zeitgeist it created. However the book spun quite quickly for me into a gossip column, it felt too much like the author was simply fishing for 'the dirt'.

There are numerous scattered oblique pop references and quotes, that often detract or from the point being made (maybe they translate better on the page than by audio?)

The author's love for the series shines through and there are elements that are genuinely interesting and thought provoking, but as with a lot of literature, this book reveals a lot more about the author than the subject, I felt.

In no way bad, but precede with caution

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