Whedonistas, or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Joss.: seanan

Whedonistas, or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Joss.

Today is the official release date for Whedonistas: A Celebration of the Worlds of Joss Whedon by the Women Who Love Them. No, we don't expect you to use the book's whole name every day. That's just for company. You can call it Whedonistas when it's at home.

This is a book of essays about the many and varied works of Whedon, from Buffy to Dollhouse. I somehow managed to resist the burning urge to write about his work on the X-Men* in both movie and comic form, and wrote instead about how Buffy: the Vampire Slayer shaped my identity as both a fan and a creator of my own work. When the apocalypse comes, beep me.

I am, naturally, biased in favor of this book, which contains some awesome essays by some awesome women, many of whom are friends of mine. So here's a review written by an objective third party, which should hopefully sell you on the sheer awesome of this book better than I, who am biased, could ever manage. But if you buy this book, angels will sing, pixies will get their wings, and my cats will feast on sweet, sweet tuna. I'm just saying.

Or you could always win this book. My beloved

catvalente is having an awesome book giveaway, for Whedonistas AND her upcoming totally rockin' books Deathless and The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland... Go forth! Enter! Read the instructions carefully before entering, because they are specific and also important. There could be ice weasels in your future if you don't read the instructions. Again, just saying.

Whedonistas! Happy birthday, awesome book of awesome!

(*Let's be realistic here: I was able to resist solely because I was already planning to write about the relationship between Scott Summers and Emma Frost, and why Jean Gray needs to stay dead, for Chicks Dig Comics. I am a blonde with very basic needs.)

twfarlan

March 15 2011, 18:08:53 UTC 6 years ago

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I'm interested to hear the long version of your take on why Jean should remain really most sincerely dead. I have my own reasons, several of which are metafictional, one of which being, "I'm just tired of the whiny pain in the ass," and another being, "I'm getting tired of lazy comic book writing where 'dead' means 'temporarily out of circulation' or where the impending death of a character is used to generate marketing hype. A faked death is one thing; "blown to smithereens" or "irradiated into oxydized carbon" ought to mean you don't have lunch with said person a year later.

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 19:03:58 UTC 6 years ago

At this point, honestly, even though I don't like her as a character, it's because she's earned the right to rest in peace. She died heroically, she saved the world, and she is now a White Phoenix of the Crown. LEAVE HER ALONE.

March 16 2011, 00:31:37 UTC 6 years ago

LEAVE HER ALONE.

She's not Britney and gods help us if you go all Marvel Girl - Chris Crocker on us. I agree with you on that point, though; sometimes, a hero's end should be an end. Barry Allen comes immediately to mind on the DC side of the house, as does Bruce Wayne, though for a different reason.

March 16 2011, 00:32:56 UTC 6 years ago

She's not Britney...? I don't understand. :(

But yeah, Jean has earned the right to rest.

March 16 2011, 00:36:07 UTC 6 years ago

Reminded me of the "Leave Britney Alone!" thing. I think I may regret showing this to you, if you hadn't already heard of it.

March 16 2011, 01:01:09 UTC 6 years ago

There's something wrong with people.

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