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Language
  
English

Media type
  
Print (paperback)

ISBN
  
0-671-02628-3

Page count
  
208

Publisher
  
Pocket Books

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Publication date
  
April 1999

Pages
  
208

Originally published
  
April 1999

Genre
  
Horror fiction

Country
  
United States of America

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Series
  
Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Authors
  
Laura Anne Gilman, Josepha Sherman, Caroline Macdonald

Similar
  
Laura Anne Gilman books, Horror books

Visitors is an original novel based on the U.S. television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Tagline: "The slayer is being stalked".

Contents

Plot summary

Lately, while patrolling, Buffy's been getting the distinct impression that she's being stalked by a demon that emits a high pitched giggle. After discussion and research with Giles, they discover that Buffy's being stalked by a 'korred'; a nasty hairy beast that feeds on peoples life forces by making them dance to his magical song until they die. The korred is particularly attracted to Buffy because of her Slayer aura. Buffy must stop to korred before he makes her dance to her death.

Continuity

  • Supposed to be set late in Buffy season 3.
  • Ethan Rayne appears in this story, presummably after his appearance in season three's "Band Candy."
  • Buffyverse canon characters include: Buffy, Xander, Willow, Giles, Angel, Cordelia, Oz, Joyce, Ethan Rayne, Devon, Jonathan, Principal Snyder
  • Buffyverse non-canon characters include: Gerald Panner (Watcher); Sheila, C.B., Rebecca, Elaine, Miriam (student teachers)
  • The concept of a demon making Buffy dance to death is used later on by the demon Sweet in the season six musical episode "Once More, with Feeling".

    • Canonical issues

    Buffy novels 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 merchandise.

    References

    Visitors (Buffy novel) Wikipedia
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