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The Farscape Episode Guide for Season One: An Unofficial Guide with Critiques

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Honestly, save your money. You can find reviews on the internet for Farscape episodes free. This book is filled with typos, (I caught at least half a dozen), the episodes are listed out of order, and, well, what made me very angry is that he completely botches a review of an episode, because he didn't seem to understand what was going on. Plus, he gives away some spoilers to what happened in the early parts of season 2 (Not that I mind spoilers, but someone who hasn't seen it yet might be upset by it.) I was very disappointed with this - in fact, I actually kind of ordered it on accident, because I thought it was something else. As a diehard insanely obsessed Scaper, I do NOT recommend this book - I say, just go read reviews off websites.

The book has decent summaries of the episodes, but the episode critiques often are very weak. While they offer occasional insight, they frequently nitpick or resort to vulgar feminist rants. In several cases it is clear the author completely misses the point of an episode, or even the show itself. If you are a thoughtful, educated fan of the show, the book will likely really annoy you.

This author doesn't even seem to like the show. He loves Zahn but that is about it. Factual errors, thin skinned about jokes, and way over sensitive to imagined woman hating. He made a few good points but not worth the time or the money.

I ordered all three books without thinking. I should have ordered only one at a time, then I would not have bought the other two. Not at this price. For as small as the first book is, and no photos or anything else in the book, it isn't worth the price. And, as another reviewer mentioned, there are a lot of typos! That was irritating. As a reviewer, Talis does ok. As he mentions, I don't have to agree with everything he says. I think he missed the point on some episodes, though, and I think he could have been more in depth on some. I hope the second book is better. I noticed it is larger, so I have some hope that my money was not so misplaced. I would have been happy with the book had it been more the price of a small paperback novel.

This book has amateur written all over it. Plot summaries often miss the point or don't know when something is tongue-in-cheek. Detsails are frequently overlooked and references to other sci-fi shows are either beside the point or were diliberately done by the producers. Critiques show immaturity of the author and his concern for the sexuality of the show affecting a 10-year-old viewer will become absurd as the adult themes of the show develop. No photos, no humour, no brains.

This book is very detailed in the storylines and critiques, however it needs undoubtly some sort of photos to make this book more attractive. Not that it is mandatory, but it would transport the reader to the Farscape world more easily.

That cover looks nothing like the one I have, but let us get serious. Many people seem to have mixed feelings about Talis Pelucir's views on the episodes. But what it comes down to, for whatever the reason he likes or dislikes an episode, is that he likes the same ones I do and has problems with the same ones I do. I don't know about his spelling or not - really wasn't looking to see if he spelled stuff like an American or like an Englishmen. The only problem I have is he didn't like Jeremiah Crichton episode and I did. I liked it mostly for the scenes with Rygel but I do understand how it could be compared to a bad Star Trek episode. How would it have been if Aeryn had come down to the planet instead of D'Argo? I plan to buy the next book and see what he says about the Second Season.

This a great way to get introduced to the show. Pelucir provides really great plot synopisis as well as some very interesting critiques of the episodes.

I've bought a bunch of official and unofficial guides to both this series and others, and in this case, the unofficial ones are better.

Why? MOstly because the official guides to this show are just a bunch of recycled interviews and photographs. I can get those elsewhere--in fact I already had everything I found in the official books.

This is a really cool book and I highly recommend it to anyone who loves Farscape.

This is a well written and insightful guide based on the, ever growing in popularity, Farscape series. The summaries of the episodes help fill in the blanks for those of us who have not seen all of the episodes and the critiques are equally useful. Even if you don't agree with his opinions - he provides intelligent commentary and treats the sci-fi genre with the respect it deserves. Highly recommended for Farscape fans. I can't wait for his book on Season Two.

I liked this book a lot. I only got to watch about half of the first season, but the book's got a plot synopsis for each episode. It filled me in on everything I missed. I disagreed with some of the criticism, but to each his own. No worries though, because mine came with a great new cover (similar to the one for the Season Two edition by Pelucir. I can't wait for number 3!