How I Survived My Summer Vacation

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How I Survived My Summer Vacation is an anthology novel based on the U.S. television series Buffy, it consists of six short-stories.

Contents

1 Book Description

1.1 Dust
1.2 Absalom Rising
1.3 Looks Can Kill
1.4 No Place Like...
1.5 Uncle Dead and the Fourth of July
1.6 The Show Must Go On

2 Trivia
3 Continuity

3.0.1 Canonical issues
3.0.2 Timing

4 External links

4.1 Reviews

Book Description

[Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Dust

Written by Michelle Sagara West

Buffy continually sees the death of everyone she touches while she heads out to LA to spend summer vacation with her dad. She must come to terms with her own death before the deaths of others will disappear from her mind.

Absalom Rising

Written by Nancy Holder

Absalom tries to get a hold of the Master's bones from Giles who has them kept in his house.

Looks Can Kill

Written by Cameron Dokey

A shapeshifter comes to town and Giles, Angel and Jenny must figure out how to deal with it before it gets to the Slayer.

No Place Like...

Written by Cameron Dokey

While shopping in LA Buffy runs into a fortune-teller who tells her that she's the warrior sent to free the spirit of her dead child. Buffy must solve the mystery of the daughter's death and why her spirit isn't free.

Uncle Dead and the Fourth of July

Written by Yvonne Navarro

A newly risen vampire raises the war veteran General Sam from the grave. General Sam, crazy and still sure that World War II rages on, decides to seize Sunnydale since he believes it has been infiltrated by the enemy. Giles, Jenny and Angel must stop the General and his legion of zombie followers.

The Show Must Go On

Written by Paul Ruditis

Willow and Xander are running a play at the local theater and little do they know but the stage crew are actually all vampires who have a love for Shakespeare. After several deaths in a Shakespearian fashion, Giles, Jenny and Angel decide to remove the vampire threat on the night of the play.

Trivia

Tagline: 'What really happened the summer after sophomore year'.
Characters include: Buffy, Joyce, Giles, Jenny, Angel, Xander and Willow
The full title How I Survived My Summer Vacation, Volume 1 seems to suggest the publisher considered releasing future volumes of short stories about the scooby gang in the summers which were not covered by the TV series. Future volumes failed to materialize.
Mayor Richard Wilkins and Deputy Mayor Alann Finch make brief appearances.
Willow wonders whether there are such things as werewolves.

Continuity

Canonical issues

Buffy novels, such as this one are not considered by most fans as part of canon. They are usually 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 officially Buffy merchandise.

Timing

The book is supposed to be set in the summer after Buffy's first year at Sunnydale High.
The book largely follows established Buffy 'canon'. The book successfully explains the experiences the scooby gang could have had in the gap in established 'canon' between "Prophecy Girl" and "When She Was Bad".
Stories that take place around the same time in the Buffyverse:

External links

Reviews

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