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Addams Chroniclesby Stephen CoxISBN 0060968974 (0-06-096897-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Addams Chronicles : Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the Addams Familyby Stephen CoxISBN 0061092495 (0-06-109249-5)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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Alien Empire: An Exploration of the Life of Insectsby Christopher O'TooleISBN 0062701568 (0-06-270156-8)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Around The World In Eighty Treasuresby Dan CruickshankISBN 0297843990 (0-297-84399-0)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Arrivalby Michael TeitelbaumISBN 0316173592 (0-316-17359-2)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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The Avengersby John Peel, Dave RogersISBN 0312050038 (0-312-05003-8)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Backstairs at the Whitehouseby Gwen BagniISBN 0130563412 (0-13-056341-2)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Bad Signby Easton Royce, Cliff NielsenISBN 0064471705 (0-06-447170-5)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror: Heebie-Jeebie Hullabalooby Matt GroeningISBN 0060987626 (0-06-098762-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Blackadder: The Whole Damn Dynasty, 1485-1917by Richard Curtis, Ben Elton, Rowan Atkinson, John LloydISBN 0140296085 (0-14-029608-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blackadder: The Whole Damn Dynasty, 1485-1917'Book summary:Then look no further. Blackadder: The Whole Damn Dynasty is the book for you. Here, at last, for the first time, are the full scripts of one of British television's funniest comedies. Follow the hilarious misadventures of the despicable Edmund Blackadder and his dimwitted sidekick Baldrick through four centuries of hopelessly mangled English history: from medieval nastiness through English history: from medieval nastiness through Elizabethan and Regency glory, to the mud and sauteed rats of the First World War. Aside from the ball-bouncingly funny scripts themselves, Blackadder also features special bonus sections: "Instruments of Torture in the Late Middle Ages"; "Medieval Medicine" ("1. Herbs; 2. Leeches; 3. Saw It Off"); and an indispensable "Index of Blackadder's Finest Insults". [via]
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Buried Secretsby D.C. ComicsISBN 0316168483 (0-316-16848-3)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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The Calusariby Garth NixISBN 0064471713 (0-06-447171-3)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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Chicken Pies for the Soulby Jay FormanISBN 014130877X (0-14-130877-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Clash by Nightby Chet WilliamsonISBN 0061058262 (0-06-105826-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Columboby William HarringtonISBN 0312855362 (0-312-85536-2)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Computer Checkmateby William Hansen, Fred CarrilloISBN 0307117669 (0-307-11766-9)
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Crackerby Jimmy McGovern, Liz HollidayISBN 0312180721 (0-312-18072-1)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cracker'Book summary:Dictionary definitions of Cracker include: "exceptionally excellent person or thing; crazy," an apt description of charismatic forensic psychologist Dr. Edward Fitzgerald (or "Fitz" as he's known). Cracker is also the name of the Edgar Award-winning television series on A&E that has garnered worldwide critical acclaim. Fitz, brilliantly portrayed in the series as Robbie Coltrane, has been widely hailed as the most charismatic protagonist in the fictional British crime lineup since Prime Suspect's Jane Tennison.
He is a lovable mass of contradictions: a gambling, chain-smoking man in a troubled marriage who still manages brilliant insights into the human condition. Despite his irascible nature, Fitz is used by the Manchester Police Department to profile criminals.
In To Be a Somebody Fitz is called on to solve what looks like an open-and-shut case. A brutal racial attack in Manchester has left an Asian shopkeeper dead. A skinhead was seen leaving the shop shortly after and was fingered as the one and only suspect. No one, except Fitz, is willing to look deeper and see that this may not be just an isolated incident, but rather just on e small piece of an enormous crime puzzle. [via]
Cracker Best Boysby Gareth Roberts, Jimmy McGovernISBN 0312204981 (0-312-20498-1)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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The Crusadesby Terry JonesISBN 0140257454 (0-14-025745-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Dad's Armyby David Croft, Jimmy PerryISBN 0241892511 (0-241-89251-1)
Hardcover, Elm Tree Books
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Darkly Dreaming Dexter: A Novelby Jeff LindsayISBN 0307277887 (0-307-27788-7)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Darkly Dreaming Dexter: A Novel'Book summary:Meet Dexter Morgan. He's a highly respected lab technician specializing in blood spatter for the Miami Dade Police Department. He's a handsome, though reluctant, ladies' man. He's polite, says all the right things, and rarely calls attention to himself. He's also a sociopathic serial killer whose "Dark Passenger" drives him to commit the occasional dismemberment.
Mind you, Dexter's the good guy in this story.
Adopted at the age of four after an unnamed tragedy left him orphaned, Dexter's learned, with help from his pragmatic policeman father, to channel his "gift," killing only those who deal in death themselves. But when a new serial killer starts working in Miami, staging elaborately grisly scenes that are, to Dexter, an obvious attempt at communication from one monster to another, the eponymous protagonist finds himself at a loss. Should he help his policewoman sister Deborah earn a promotion to the Homicide desk by finding the fiend? Or should he locate this new killer himself, so he can express his admiration for the other's "art?" Or is it possible that psycho Dexter himself, admittedly not the most balanced of fellows, is finally going completely insane and committing these messy crimes himself?
Despite his penchant for vivisection, it's hard not to like Dexter as his coldly logical personality struggles to emulate emotions he doesn't feel and to keep up his appearance as a caring, unremarkable human being. Breakout author Jeff Lindsay's plot is tense and absorbing, but it's the voice of Dexter and his reactions to the other characters that will keep readers glued to Darkly Dreaming Dexter, as well as making it one of the most original and highly recommended serial killer stories in a long time. --Benjamin Reese [via]
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Darkness Fallsby Les MartinISBN 0064406148 (0-06-440614-8)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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Defenders of the Earthby Mark Sufrin, Fred CarrilloISBN 0307117650 (0-307-11765-0)
Softcover, Golden Book
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Devil on My Doorstepby Stuart M. KaminskyISBN 0312864442 (0-312-86444-2)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Die, Bug, Dieby Les MartinISBN 0064406717 (0-06-440671-7)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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E. B. E.: A Novelby Les MartinISBN 0064406539 (0-06-440653-9)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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The End and the Beginningby Andy Meisler, Chris CarterISBN 0061075957 (0-06-107595-7)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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Flightby Cherie Bennett, Jeff GottesfeldISBN 0316174688 (0-316-17468-8)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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Ghost in the Machineby Les MartinISBN 0064406784 (0-06-440678-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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Gin and Daggersby Donald Bain, Jessica FletcherISBN 0070032394 (0-07-003239-4)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill
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The Goodies Book of Criminal Recordsby Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme GardenISBN 0297770276 (0-297-77027-6)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld and Nicolson
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Himalayaby Michael Palin, Basil PaoISBN 0312341628 (0-312-34162-8)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Himalaya'Book summary:Michael Palin's travel books have repeatedly topped the bestseller lists. In this book he is back at his adventurous best tie-ing in with a major BBC TV series. The book/series will travel through many countries little known to the West, providing opportunities for Palinesque adventures to please the large and loyal audience who followed 80 Days, Pole to Pole and Full Circle.[via]More editions of Himalaya:
Incredible Storiesby Liz McLeodISBN 0233050736 (0-233-05073-6)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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Invasion of the Black Gears!by A. Ryan NerzISBN 0061071870 (0-06-107187-0)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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The Lazarus Heartby Poppy Z. BriteISBN 0061020095 (0-06-102009-5)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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Loving Lucy: An Illustrated Tribute to Lucille Ballby Bart AndrewsISBN 0312499752 (0-312-49975-2)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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The Making of the X-Files Feature Filmby Jody DuncanISBN 0061073164 (0-06-107316-4)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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The Making of the X-Files Filmby Jody DuncanISBN 0061073113 (0-06-107311-3)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Making of the X-Files Film'Book summary:The Making of the X-Files: Fight the Future brings the reader onto the set and into the studios. If you are not familiar with the intricacies of producing a film, prepare to be boggled by the hectic schedule required to make Fight the Future possible. Combining a past-tense narrative on the various stages of production, with first-person, present-tense journal entries for anecdotal flavor, Duncan offers a dual perspective on the evolution of the movie. Her narrative is punctuated with stills from the film, and behind-the-scenes photographs. The movie's concept illustrations also adorn the pages, and make for interesting backgrounds to the text and photos. Die-hard X-philes will get their dose of trivia, with interesting facts on everything from secrecy protocols to set construction to bee wrangling. While some "making of" books are little more than marketing tie-ins with big movies, Duncan actually tells the story of Fight the Future's "life," from conception to completion, creating a "making of" book with both substance and style. --Brian Patterson [via]
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The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Book: The Behind-The-Scenes Story of a Television Classicby Jon HeitlandISBN 0312000529 (0-312-00052-9)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Mapping Mars: Science, Imagination, and the Birth of a Worldby Oliver MortonISBN 031242261X (0-312-42261-X)
Softcover, Picador USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mapping Mars: Science, Imagination, and the Birth of a World'Book summary:As Oliver Morton shows in his superb new book, Mapping Mars, Mars has clouds, winds, and shorelines. It has river valleys, mountains, volcanoes, and even glaciers. Even were it lifeless, it could support life, albeit of an almost unimaginably marginal kind. What Mars lacks is places. There are no "theres" there, nor will there be--until our feet make an impact on its soil.
Oliver Morton has a sense of place and a hunger for Mars, and a thrilling manner of communicating both. His account of our nearest neighbor's history, geology, and human potential is exhaustive. Morton touches on just about everything, from soil composition to survival techniques; from Martians to maps (maps, above all: they are his abiding subject, metaphor, and organizing principle). His artistry is to hide his daunting range of interests under a passionate and gripping human narrative: this book is about what Mars has meant, means, and may one day mean for us. And he has a wide-ranging definition of who "we" are. Like a good military historian, Morton knows to pay attention to the foot soldiers of science, as well as to the achievements of their celebrated masters. He understands how different the sciences are from each other, and how rivalries between them arise. Further, Morton understands where these people and their institutions sit in the general culture. He understands the crossover between science and science fiction, between space advocates and space fans.
All of which makes Morton's book something more than just "the story of Mars." It is, in addition, an astute study of how we go about exploring our world. --Simon Ings [via]
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Media Madnessby J. P. BergenISBN 0020454724 (0-02-045472-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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Moon Odysseyby John RankineISBN 0234778091 (0-234-77809-1)
Hardcover, Dobson
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Operation Hell Gateby Marc CerasiniISBN 0060842245 (0-06-084224-5)
Softcover, Harper Entertainment
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Paying With Plastic: The Digital Revolution In Buying And Borrowingby Richard Schmalensee, David S. EvansISBN 026255058X (0-262-55058-X)
Softcover, Mit Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Paying With Plastic: The Digital Revolution In Buying And Borrowing'Book summary:For better or worse, most of us have at least one of the 720 million little plastic cards that are used each year to complete $860 billion worth of purchases at 15 million incredibly varied merchant locations throughout the world. This is a far cry from the humble beginnings of these myriad credit, debit, and charge cards, which just a few decades ago were generally a perk offered only to elite customers for the acquisition of fine meals, hotel rooms, department-store goods, and oil-company products. They are now so common and such an integral part of our economy, in fact, that few pay them much mind--a situation that makes David Evans and Richard Schmalensee's Paying with Plastic all the more interesting. Evans, senior vice president of National Economics Research Associates, and Schmalensee, dean of MIT's Sloan School of Management, meticulously trace the history of these cards from both the consumer and merchant perspectives in this surprisingly appealing volume, which will prove enlightening to anyone who ever wondered how plastic money works. --Howard Rothman [via]
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The Physics of Star Trekby Lawrence M. KraussISBN 0060977108 (0-06-097710-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Physics of Star Trek'Book summary:What warps when you're traveling at warp speed?
What's the difference between a holodeck and a hologram?
What happens when you get beamed up?
What's the difference between a wormhole and a black hole?
What is antimatter, and why does the Enterprise need it?
Are time loops really possible, and can I kill my grandmother before I am born?
Discover the answers to these and many other fascinating questions from a renowned physicist and dedicated Trekker.
Featuring a section on the top ten physics bloopers and blunders in Star Trek as selected by Nobel-Prize winning physicists and other devout Trekkers!
"Today's science fiction is often tomorrow's science fact. The physics that underlines Star Trek is surely worth investigating. To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit."
--From the foreword by Stephen HawkingNATIONAL BESTSELLER!
This book was not prepared, approved, licensed, or endorsed by any entity involved in creating or producing the Star Trek television series or films. [via]
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Portrait of a Marriageby Nigel Nicolson, V. Sackville-WestISBN 0226583570 (0-226-58357-0)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Quarantineby Les MartinISBN 0064471896 (0-06-447189-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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Regenerationby Chris Carter, Everett Owens, Vince GilliganISBN 006447190X (0-06-447190-X)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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Resist or Serve: The Official Guide to the X-Filesby Andy Meisler, Chris Carter, Andy MeisierISBN 0061073091 (0-06-107309-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Richard Carpenter's Robin of Sherwood and the Hounds of Luciferby Robin May, Richard CarpenterISBN 0140318690 (0-14-031869-0)
Softcover, Viking Childrens Books
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Robin of Sherwoodby Richard CarpenterISBN 0140316906 (0-14-031690-6)
Softcover, Viking Childrens Books
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The Secret City under the Seaby Paul S. Newman, Bill Langley, Annie GuentherISBN 030701021X (0-307-01021-X)
Hardcover, Golden Book
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See No Evilby Cherie Bennett, Jeff GottesfeldISBN 0316173010 (0-316-17301-0)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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Shapesby Ellen SteiberISBN 0064406334 (0-06-440633-4)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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The Simpsonsby Matt Groening, Ray Richmond, Antonia CoffmanISBN 0060952520 (0-06-095252-0)
Softcover, Perennial
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Simpsons'Book summary:Nearly a decade into their run, it's clear that The Simpsons is one of the best-loved and most influential television shows to come down the pike in a long while. If the show's attitude was a little less pervasive, this encyclopedic book would be aimed solely at Simpsons addicts. But that's not entirely true--Matt Groening and Ray Richmond have created a book that is essential for anyone interested in where TV is today. That's not to suggest that the book is serious, though--it's not. The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family (that's debatable, but who cares?) is a collection of everything related to the show, from all the "couch gags" during the end of the opening credits, to the complete words to the theme song from The Itchy and Scratchy Show. There are broadcast dates, credits, and hidden jokes for every episode. You'll even find a list of things that make Homer go "Mmm..."
If you're a fan of the show, you'll be hard-pressed to find fault with Ray Richmond's collection. The only glaring one is that the stills often look a little blurry. Oh, and couldn't they have come up with a funnier title? But that's nitpicking. Simpsons fans, you know what to do. [via]
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The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Familyby Matt GroeningISBN 0060193484 (0-06-019348-4)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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If you're a fan of the show, you'll be hard-pressed to find fault with Ray Richmond's collection. The only glaring one is that the stills often look a little blurry. Oh, and couldn't they have come up with a funnier title? But that's nitpicking. Simpsons fans, you know what to do. [via]
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Slayer Slang: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lexiconby Michael AdamsISBN 0195175999 (0-19-517599-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Slayer Slang: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lexicon'Book summary:In its seven years on television, Buffy the Vampire Slayer has earned critical acclaim and a massive cult following among teen viewers. One of the most distinguishing features of the program is the innovative way the show's writers play with language: fabricating new words, morphing existing ones, and throwing usage on its head. The result has been a strikingly resonant lexicon that reflects the power of both youth culture and television in the evolution of American slang. Using the show to illustrate how new slang is formed, transformed, and transmitted, Slayer Slang is one of those rare books that combines a serious explanation of a pop culture phenomena with an engrossing read for fans of the show, word geeks, and language professionals. Michael Adams begins his book with a synopsis of the program's history and a defense of ephemeral language. He then moves to the main body of the work: a detailed glossary of slayer slang, annotated with actual dialogue and recorded the style accepted by the American Dialect Society. The book concludes with a bibliography and a lengthy index, a guide to sources (novels based on the show, magazine articles about the show, and language culled from the official posting board) and an appendix of slang-making suffixes. Introduced by Jane Espenson, one of the show's most inventive writers (and herself a linguist), Slayer Slang offers a quintessential example of contemporary youth culture serving as a vehicle for slang.
In the tradition of The Physics of Star Trek, Slayer Slang is one of those rare books that offers a serious examination a TV cult phenomenon appealing to fans and thinkers alike.
A few examples from the Slayer Slang glossary:
bitca n [AHD4 bitch n in sense 2.a + a] Bitch 1997 Sep 15 Whedon When She Was Bad "[Willow:] 'I mean, why else would she be acting like such a b-i-t-c-h?' [Giles:] 'Willow, I think we're all a little old to be spelling things out.' [Xander:] 'A bitca?'"
break and enterish adj [AHD4 sv breaking and entering n + -ish suff in sense 2.a] Suitable for crime 1999 Mar 16 Petrie Enemies "I'll go home and stock up on weapons, slip into something a little more break and enterish." [B]
carbon-dated adj [fr. AHD4 carbondating + -ed] Very out of date 1997 Mar 10 Whedon Welcome to the Hellmouth "[Buffy:] 'Deal with that outfit for a moment.' [Giles:] 'It's dated?' [Buffy:] 'It's carbon-dated.'"
cuddle-monkey n [AHD4 cuddle v + monkey n in sense 2, by analogy fr. RHHDAS (also DAS3 and NTC) sv cuddle bunny 'an affectionate, passionate, or sexually attractive young woman'] Male lover 1998 Feb 10 Noxon Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered "Every woman in Sunnydale wants to make me her cuddle-monkey." [X] [via]More editions of Slayer Slang: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lexicon:
Speedby Cherie Bennett, Jeff GottesfeldISBN 0316168165 (0-316-16816-5)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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Squeezeby Ellen Steiber, Steven WilliamsISBN 0064406210 (0-06-440621-0)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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This Life-The Companion Guideby McGregorISBN 0140274324 (0-14-027432-4)
Softcover, Penguin Uk
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Tiger, Tigerby Les MartinISBN 0064406261 (0-06-440626-1)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Presentby Alex McNeilISBN 0140073779 (0-14-007377-9)
Softcover, Viking Penguin
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Trek Navigator: The Ultimate Guide to the Entire Trek Sagaby Edward Gross, Mark A. AltmanISBN 0316038121 (0-316-03812-1)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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Trust No One : The Official Third Season Guide to the X-Filesby Brian LowryISBN 0061053538 (0-06-105353-8)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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