Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
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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.)
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seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 16:39:02 UTC 6 years ago

...Scott's lobster?

And yeah. I always figured Scott REALLY didn't like talking about his feelings, so he only dates girls who don't need him to say a word.

phoenixrave

March 17 2011, 03:38:38 UTC 6 years ago

I completely identified with Scott as a kid. The whole "tortured soul who doesn't express his emotions" sang to a gay kid in The South, where men don't speak about anything other than hunting, sports, and the weather. Funny, but that may be why I rebounded so hard and became an extrovert.


I love Phoenix, and while she, of all characters, gets a pass for coming back, if only because of the name, I prefer that she stay dead. I like the occasional tease, but 1)As you said, she earned it and 2)Each successive resurrection lessens the previous one. Now, if there were a novelization including a "temporary" resurrection, just for the length of the book, and that book were a collaboration between Chris Claremont and a certain Ms. McGuire....Wow! I didn't know I had that fantasy until I typed it! ;-)