Halloween Rain
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| Author | Christopher Golden, Nancy Holder |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
| Genre(s) | Horror novel |
| Publisher | Pocket Books |
| Released | November 1, 1997 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 176 |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-671-01713-6 |
| Preceded by | Blackout (Buffy novel) |
| Followed by | Coyote Moon (Buffy novel) |
Halloween Rain is an original novel based on the U.S. television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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[edit] Plot summary
It's Halloween in Sunnydale and Xander and Willow warn Buffy not go out on Halloween if it's raining. See, the rain here is magical on Halloween and if it lands on a scarecrow that scarecrow will come alive with the spirit of Halloween, which is basically the evil Samhein who comes back every Halloween to hunt the Slayer. He's killed one before and nothing's going to stop him from getting to Buffy. While at a Halloween bash at The Bronze, Buffy is forced to go to the cemetery to fight the legions of the undead. After several fights she encounters Samhein, the Pumpkin King, who's ready and willing to take her life.
[edit] Trivia
- Tagline: 'He walks... He talks... He kills'.
- Buffyverse canon characters include: Buffy, Giles, Xander, Willow, Cordelia, Joyce, Aphrodesia
- Buffyverse non-canon characters include: Samhain (Pumpkin King); Glenn O'Leary (town nutcase); Claire Bellamy (Bronze manager); Nick Daniels (Bronze assistant manager). The Bronze managers also appear in The Evil That Men Do, and The Gatekeeper Trilogy.
- The first Buffy novel was written by the two authors who would go on to become some of the leading authors of Buffyverse novels.
[edit] Continuity
[edit] Canonical issues
Buffy novels, such as this one are considered by most fans to not be part of Buffyverse canon. They are not considered as official Buffyverse reality, but are novels from the authors' imaginations. However unlike fanfic, 'overviews' summarising their story, written early in the writing process, were 'approved' by both Fox and Whedon (or his office), and the books were therefore later published as official Buffy merchandise.
- The mystical rain that is specific to the day of Halloween is somewhat contradictory, to canon as is Gile's speech about Halloween being a particularly dangerous time for the Slayer. According to 'canon' Halloween is actually less demonic than other days. Vampires and demons are offended by the tackiness of the celebration. Many characters in canon repeatedly state that the day of Halloween has no significance. Such statements were made in "Halloween" and "All the Way". However, in "Fear, Itself", a mystical event takes place on Halloween, but the event is related to the location rather than the date. Golden revealed in an interview, that the book was written before the "Halloween" episode which contradicted elements of the novel Halloween Rain.[1]
[edit] Timing
- Stories that take place around the same time in the Buffyverse:
| Location, time (if known) |
Buffyverse chronology: Spring 1996 - Spring 1997 (non-canon = italic) |
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| Los Angeles, summer 1996 | Film version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
| Los Angeles, summer 1996 | Buffy graphic novel: The Origin |
| Los Angeles, summer 1996 | Buffy graphic novel: Viva Las Buffy |
| Los Angeles, summer 1996 | Buffy graphic novel: Slayer Interrupted |
| Los Angeles, summer 1996 | Buffy graphic novel: A Stake to the Heart |
| Sunnydale, fall 1996 | B1.00 Unaired Buffy pilot |
| Sunnydale, fall 1996 | B1.01 Welcome to the Hellmouth |
| Sunnydale, fall 1996 | B1.02 The Harvest |
| Sunnydale, fall 1996 | WB Buffy promo: History of the Slayer |
| Sunnydale, fall 1996 | B1.03 Witch |
| Sunnydale, fall 1996 | B1.04 Teacher's Pet |
| Sunnydale, Halloween 1996 | Buffy book: Halloween Rain |
| Sunnydale, 1996/7 | Buffy book: Night of the Living Rerun |
| Sunnydale, 1996/7 | B1.05 Never Kill a Boy on the First Date |
| Sunnydale, 1996/7 | B1.06 The Pack |
| Sunnydale, 1996/7 | B1.07 Angel |
| Sunnydale, 1996/7 | Buffy the Animated Series unaired four-minute pilot |
| Sunnydale, 1996/7 | B1.08 I, Robot... You, Jane |
| Sunnydale, 1996/7 | B1.09 The Puppet Show |
| Sunnydale, 1996/7 | B1.10 Nightmares |
| Sunnydale, 1996/7 | B1.11 Out of Mind, Out of Sight |
| Sunnydale, spring 1997 | B1.12 Prophecy Girl |
| Sunnydale, summer 1997 | Buffy book: Coyote Moon |
| Sunnydale, & L.A., summer 1997 | Buffy anthology book: How I Survived My Summer Vacation |
[edit] External links
[edit] Reviews
- Slayerlit.us - Review of this book.
- Litefoot1969.bravepages.com - Review of this book by Litefoot
- Teen-books.com - Reviews of this book
- Nika-summers.com - Review of this book by Nika Summers
- Shadowcat.name - Review of this book
[edit] References
- ^ http://websites.cable.ntl.com/~fraxis/the_ww/old/features/golden.html Interview with Christopher Golden at Watcher's Web
