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Summary: Novelisation of the first episodes...
Review: "The Harvest" is a novelisation based on the first episodes of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series. We are introduced to Buffy Summers, the vampire slayer of her generation, as she arrives in Sunnydale hoping to escape from the vampires and start a new life. It soon becomes apparent that she has picked the wrong town... This was an easy-to-read, well written novelisation. It kept me hooked and I read it straight through in an hour. I have seen both episodes it is based on - Welcome to the Hellmouth and The Harvest - but that didn't stop me from enjoying it. Even though it's pretty much a transcript of each episode, it's interesting to be able to read what the characters are thinking. I recommend this to all Buffy The Vampire Slayer fans. ~Jenna~
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Summary: A Novelization of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer pilot episode
Review: "The Harvest" is a novelization by Richie Tankersley Cusick of the two-part pilot of Buffy the Vampire Slayer written by series creator JossWhedon. Buffy Summers arrives in Sunnydale and discovers not only a new Watcher and new friends, but a Master Vampire just begging to be slayed. The first ten chapters of the novel cover Episode 1 "Welcome to the Hellmouth," with the rest of the book covering Episode 2, "The Harvest," which is just fine since it really is just one giant story. Since Cusick's did the novelization of the original Buffy film he is obviously the ideal writer for this initial Buffy television book and he does an adequate job. If you read the film novelization it is fascinating to see how the Buffy idea was revamped for the television series. In addition to toning down the film's ... style, Buffy is given a much better supporting cast with the Scooby gang, an elegant counterpoint with Giles the new Watcher, and a vampire with a soul for the character twist that would give the show its greatest pathos. Note: You should also be aware that while the various chronicles collected under the names of the characters (Angel, Xander and Willow) continue to provide novelizations of the show's episodes, these chronicles are neither chronologically organized nor complete. However, they can be rather useful in filling in the gaps in your viewing record.
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Summary: "That's Not What I'm Looking For..."
Review: "The Harvest" is the novelisation of the first two pilot episodes of Joss Whedon's incredibly popular television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Richie Tankersley Cusick does an adequate job of transcribing the events of "Welcome to the Hellmouth" and "The Harvest" into book form, representing the characters truthfully, and making the action and suspense - well, suspenseful.
Buffy Summers has just moved to Sunnydale, seeming to be just another beautiful, blonde teenager, but in fact harbouring a dark secret. She is the Vampire Slayer, the one girl in all the world imbued with the supernatural strength and skills in order to protect it from the spread of evil.
And her arrival in Sunnydale seems timely. After meeting her new Watcher (trainer and researcher) Rupert Giles, and two new friends Willow Rosenburg and Xander Harris, Buffy becomes aware of an evil rising in the small town. Trapped in a buried church awaits the Master, a vampire ruler, whose night of escape is drawing closer. When the Harvest comes, he can draw enough power to open the portal between our world and hell: the hellmouth that Sunnydale unknowingly rests upon. And only Buffy can stop him.
Along with introductions to Angel, Darla and Cordelia Chase, Cusick handles the material well, making this a short but sweet beginning to the realm of Buffy-based books.
Wow, that was the quickest, easiest review I've ever done!
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Summary: A Novelization of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer pilot episode
Review: "The Harvest" is a novelization by Richie Tankersley Cusick of the two-part pilot of Buffy the Vampire Slayer written by series creator JossWhedon. Buffy Summers arrives in Sunnydale and discovers not only a new Watcher and new friends, but a Master Vampire just begging to be slayed. The first ten chapters of the novel cover Episode 1 "Welcome to the Hellmouth," with the rest of the book covering Episode 2, "The Harvest," which is just fine since it really is just one giant story. Since Cusick's did the novelization of the original Buffy film he is obviously the ideal writer for this initial Buffy television book and he does an adequate job. If you read the film novelization it is fascinating to see how the Buffy idea was revamped for the television series. In addition to toning down the film's ... style, Buffy is given a much better supporting cast with the Scooby gang, an elegant counterpoint with Giles the new Watcher, and a vampire with a soul for the character twist that would give the show its greatest pathos. Note: You should also be aware that while the various chronicles collected under the names of the characters (Angel, Xander and Willow) continue to provide novelizations of the show's episodes, these chronicles are neither chronologically organized nor complete. However, they can be rather useful in filling in the gaps in your viewing record.
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Summary: A Novelization of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer pilot episode
Review: "The Harvest" is a novelization by Richie Tankersley Cusick of the two-part pilot of Buffy the Vampire Slayer written by series creator JossWhedon. Buffy Summers arrives in Sunnydale and discovers not only a new Watcher and new friends, but a Master Vampire just begging to be slayed. The first ten chapters of the novel cover Episode 1 "Welcome to the Hellmouth," with the rest of the book covering Episode 2, "The Harvest," which is just fine since it really is just one giant story. Since Cusick's did the novelization of the original Buffy film he is obviously the ideal writer for this initial Buffy television book and he does an adequate job. If you read the film novelization it is fascinating to see how the Buffy idea was revamped for the television series. In addition to toning down the film's ... style, Buffy is given a much better supporting cast with the Scooby gang, an elegant counterpoint with Giles the new Watcher, and a vampire with a soul for the character twist that would give the show its greatest pathos. Note: You should also be aware that while the various chronicles collected under the names of the characters (Angel, Xander and Willow) continue to provide novelizations of the show's episodes, these chronicles are neither chronologically organized nor complete. However, they can be rather useful in filling in the gaps in your viewing record.
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Summary: Definitely a good buy
Review: A year earlier, when I was going through my Buffy obsession, I picked up as many books as I could with my birthday money - The Harvest being one of them. I read it, but since I had already rented the first episode, I put it down. Then I lost interest in Buffy but came back to it again a couple months ago. I picked up The Harvest and was surprised at how much I had missed in the episode, but I found myself knowing what witty remark the characters were going to say next. It was great to follow along and read the book again - especially since I had seen Welcome to the Hellmouth and The Harvest - because I could see the episode happening in my head. (It didn't help that I was listening to my Buffy soundtrack at the time. :) ) Anyway, this book earned its rating.
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Summary: Definitely a good buy
Review: A year earlier, when I was going through my Buffy obsession, I picked up as many books as I could with my birthday money - The Harvest being one of them. I read it, but since I had already rented the first episode, I put it down. Then I lost interest in Buffy but came back to it again a couple months ago. I picked up The Harvest and was surprised at how much I had missed in the episode, but I found myself knowing what witty remark the characters were going to say next. It was great to follow along and read the book again - especially since I had seen Welcome to the Hellmouth and The Harvest - because I could see the episode happening in my head. (It didn't help that I was listening to my Buffy soundtrack at the time. :) ) Anyway, this book earned its rating.
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Summary: There's a new Slayer in town
Review: And her name is Buffy Summers. Buffy's just arrived in the town of Sunnydale, which, coincidentally, is located on a Hellmouth. Here, beneath the ruins of an old church, lives the Vampire Master, and he's preparing for the ultimate feast: the Harvest. Buffy is Sunnydale's only hope. Will she stop them in time?
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Summary: 3 points for originality and 9 points for content...
Review: As the first book of the series, _The Harvest_ is a great way to learn about Buffy the Vampire Slayer... that is, if you've never watched the show (at least the first two episodes). If you've watched the television show however, this book is an almost word-for-word transcript of the first two television episodes and runs a little on the dull side of entertainment. If you've never seen the television show, _The Harvest_ is an excellent way to get informed and interested... but if you've seen the series on television, you might want to skip this book (unless you're a collector) and run onto the others...
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Summary: it's quite good.
Review: at first i thought the book was going to boring, all about blood and other gory stuff,but when i actually read it,i found to my surprise and amazement,that it was actually quite good and now i quite enjoy reading it. so i would recommend it to other horror book readers.
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