Customer Reviews

The New & Improved Buffy the Vampire Slayer Internet Guide

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As a devoted non-teenaged Buffy fan, I have spent more time than I care to admit surfing for decent Buffy/Angel sites. I wanted something other than the same set of publicity shots and badly spelled FanFic. I was excited by the concept of the Internet guide, but disappointed when I got the book. For the amount of money, I figured I would get a decent sized-book, and was dismayed to find it was only a pamphlet. I would say that at least 50% of the sites rated in the book no longer existed, or had moved, by the time I received it. If you know your way around search engines, you can pass on this one.

I really wouldn't recommend that any "Buffy" fan who's half-way familiar with the Internet get this book. First, it's put together like 'books' I used to create in grade school - cardboard-like cover with copied pages on the inside.

Second, there really aren't that many Web sites listed. Go to "Yahoo" or "Alta Vista" and you'll be able to find more, or to the links page on any halfway decent 'Buffy' site. The author has also ignored some of the more established Web sites, and has neglected to include some of the standout features of the sites that are mentioned.

HOWEVER, if you're new to the Internet and looking for an easy way to find some 'Buffy'-related sites, this may be a good buy for you.

It makes a great paperweight! Seriously, if you can use Yahoo, Webcrawler, Dogpile, Metacrawler, etc...then you don't need this book. And with the way the internet is always changing, very few of these websites will have the same exact address in a year or two. I mean, look at Domain of the Slain ... Rest In Peace... My opinion...PASS on this book...

Here I was all excited about getting an internet guide for my favorite show of all time, and what a piece of crap. If I knew I could print out a list of sites and put a staple in the middle and sell it, I'd be a rich person. This so-called "book" bites - no pun intended.

I find search engines about as useful as a rubber crutch at a polio party. But seriously, this book helped me to avoid the sites that any schmo can put up with some basic knowledge of html, helping me find the really great sites without wading through the mess of ads and blind pop-ups that has become search engines. I'd recommend this for anybody who's tired of looking for the needle-in-the-haystack websites.