These Our Actors
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| Author | Ashley McConnell & Dori Koogler |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
| Genre(s) | Horror novel |
| Publisher | Pocket Books |
| Released | September 2002 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 320 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-7434-5034-5 |
| Preceded by | Oz: Into the Wild (Buffy novel) |
| Followed by | Wisdom of War (Buffy novel) |
These Our Actors is an original novel based on the U.S. television series Buffy.
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[edit] Plot summary
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
Even though Buffy decided to drop drama class to concentrate on her slaying and taking care of Dawn, Willow still decided keep the class on her course list. She becomes engrossed in it, especially when the teacher, Professor Addams, begins discussing about rituals and chants involved in old dramatic works. Unfortunately, the professor, realizing that Willow has some power of her own, decides to use her for his own ways. He needs to locate a particularly powerful book used to summon the Fates, which he believes is located somewhere in Sunnydale. Spike and Willow realise that the professor is actually the father of Spike's mortal love interest, Cecily, who is attempting to use the power of the fates to resurrect his daughter after he accidentally killed her due to Spike's actions in his early days as a vampire.
[edit] Trivia
- Tagline: 'Evil is set for an encore'.
- Characters include: Buffy, Joyce, Giles, Xander, Anya, Dawn, Spike, Willow, and Tara
- The book has a strong focus on Willow and Spike.
- In Lies My Parents Told Me William's mother asks him if his love interest is "the Underwood girl?", he denies this and states that "he wouldn't presume." Assuming Spike's mother is talking about Cecily, some fans believe "Underwood" is the surname of Cecily. Whilst others, especially prior to this episode use "Addams", the surname given in this book. Possible fan explanation: She used both names as aliases.
- This novel also takes us back to the time where Spike was shunned by Cecily Addams and turned into a vampire by Drusilla. Spike, as a vampire, decides to take his revenge on the weak Cecily by pretending to still be a human, now having come into some money and resources, and then rejecting her. When she is alone with him, Spike bites her and then tricking her father into staking her- only for her father to realise after he's done it that Cecily isn't a vampire.
[edit] Continuity
- Set in Buffy Season 4 or 5.
- The book assumes that Cecily and Halfrek are not one and the same; indeed, Cecily is killed during the flashbacks .
- Cecily is named in the book as 'Cecily Addams', (see Trivia for more details)
[edit] Canonical issues
- Buffy/Angel books such as this one are not usually considered by fans as canonical. Some fans consider them stories from the imaginations of authors and artists, while other fans consider them as taking place in an alternative fictional reality. However unlike fan fiction, overviews summarising their story, written early in the writing process, were 'approved' by both Fox and Joss Whedon (or his office), and the books were therefore later published as officially Buffy/Angel merchandise.
[edit] Timing
- Stories that take place around the same time in the Buffyverse:
| Location, time (if known) |
Buffyverse chronology: January 2000 - Spring 2000 (non-canon = italic) |
|---|---|
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B4.12 A New Man |
| L.A., 2000 | A1.12 Expecting |
| L.A., 2000 | Angel graphic novel: Hunting Ground |
| L.A., 2000 | Angel comic: Strange Bedfellows/Love for sale |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B4.13 The I in Team |
| L.A., 2000 | A1.13 She |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B4.14 Goodbye Iowa |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | Buffy video game: Wrath of the Darkhul King |
| L.A., 2000 | A1.14 I've Got You Under My Skin |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B4.15 This Year's Girl |
| L.A., 2000 | A1.15 The Prodigal |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B4.16 Who Are You |
| L.A., 2000 | A1.16 The Ring |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | Buffy comic: Giles |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | Buffy comic: Jonathan (by Jane Espenson) |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B4.17 Superstar |
| Sunnydale, L.A., 2000 | Buffy/Angel graphic novel: Past Lives |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | Buffy graphic novel: Out of the Woodwork |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | Buffy book: These Our Actors |
| L.A., 2000 | A1.17 Eternity |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B4.18 Where the Wild Things Are |
| L.A., 2000 | A1.18 Five By Five |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B4.19 New Moon Rising |
| L.A., 2000 | A1.19 Sanctuary |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B4.20 The Yoko Factor |
| L.A., 2000 | A1.20 War Zone |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B4.21 Primeval |
| L.A., 2000 | A1.21 Blind Date |
| Sunnydale, L.A., 2000 | B4.22 Restless |
| L.A., 2000 | A1.22 To Shanshu in L.A. |
| L.A., 2000 | Angel comic: Cordelia special |
| Sunnydale, L.A., 2000 | Buffy/Angel books: Unseen [Trilogy] |
[edit] See also
- Buffyverse chronology
- Buffy Novels. These tend to surround the character of Buffy and the fictional town of Sunnydale
- Angel Novels. These instead focus on Angel and his soc called 'Fang Gang'
- “Tales of the Slayer” These chronicle the stories of past slayers
- All of the above can be described as “Buffyverse novels”
[edit] External links
[edit] Reviews
- Litefoot1969.bravepages.com - Review of this book by Litefoot
- Nika-summers.com - Review of this book by Nika Summers
