Halloween Rain
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.jpg/200px-Halloween_Rain_(Buffy_Novel).jpg) First edition cover |
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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 |
| Publication date | November 1, 1997 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 176 |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-671-01713-6 |
| Preceded by | Blackout |
| Followed by | Night of the Living Rerun |
Halloween Rain is an original novel based on the U.S. television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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[edit] Plot summary
The novel is set during Halloween in Sunnydale. Xander and Willow warn Buffy not to go out on Halloween if it's raining. According to the premise of the book, the rain in Sunnydale is magical on Halloween, and if it lands on a scarecrow it will animate and hunt down the slayer. While at a Halloween party at the Bronze, Buffy is forced to go to the cemetery to fight vampires. She eventually encounters the reanimated scarecrow.
[edit] Trivia
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- 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, spring 1992* | Film version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
| Los Angeles, spring 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 |
| Various locations, 1845-1997 | WB Buffy promo: History of the Slayer |
| Sunnydale, January 1997 | B1.00 Unaired Buffy the Vampire Slayer pilot |
| Sunnydale, January 1997 | B1.01 Welcome to the Hellmouth |
| Sunnydale, January 1997 | B1.02 The Harvest |
| Sunnydale, January 1997 | B1.03 Witch |
| Sunnydale, February 1997 | B1.04 Teacher's Pet |
| Sunnydale, February 1997 | B1.05 Never Kill a Boy on the First Date |
| Sunnydale, spring 1997 | B1.06 The Pack |
| Sunnydale, spring 1997 | B1.07 Angel |
| Sunnydale, spring 1997 | Buffy the Animated Series unaired four-minute pilot |
| Sunnydale, spring 1997 | B1.08 I, Robot... You, Jane |
| Sunnydale, spring 1997 | B1.09 The Puppet Show |
| Sunnydale, spring 1997 | B1.10 Nightmares |
| Sunnydale, spring 1997 | Buffy book: Night of the Living Rerun |
| Sunnydale, spring 1997 | B1.11 Out of Mind, Out of Sight |
| Sunnydale, May 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 |
* Because the 1992 motion picture Buffy the Vampire Slayer is not considered to be canon, its date in the chronology reflects its release date. Because The Origin graphic novel adjusts the events of the movie to fit in-line with the series, its place in the chronology reflects those events having occurred approximately one year prior to Welcome to the Hellmouth.
[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
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