An Alternate Viewpoint
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| Zine | |
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| Title: | An Alternate Viewpoint |
| Publisher: | Celtic Press |
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| Date(s): | 1998 |
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| Medium: | coil-bound fanzine, print and then later e-zine |
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| Fandom: | Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
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| Click here for related articles on Fanlore. | |
An Alternate Viewpoint is a 180-page Buffy anthology fanzine published in 1998.
It has a color cover and interior cover art by Valerie Meachum and interior art by ElaineMc.
The stories included in the zine tell the experiences of various episodes from the point of view of a specific character.
This zine debuted at Mediawest #18.
Descriptions
From the zine's flyer:
Featuring some of the talents of the SunS group members, wherein they "retell" episodes from the point of view of various Buffy characters. The Zine contains nine stories separate stories, with over half developed specifically for the fanzine.
From the editor's preface to the e-zine version:
The concept was straightforward. What if the episodes we see were shown from the viewpoint of only one of the characters? All we could observe would be what they saw, and heard, and did. How would the stories be different? What if that character wasn't Buffy? [A club member] wrote one story, and others followed suit. Not immediately, but... relentlessly. :)
Table of Contents
- Preface by Christina Kamnikar (ii)
- Author Bios and Disclaimers (iii)
- Out of the Shadows by Elizabeth Ann Lewis ("Welcome to the Hellmouth," "The Harvest," "Teacher's Pet," "Never Kill a Boy on the First Date," and "Angel" as narrated by Angel.) (1)
- Animal Behavior by Maureen Wynn ("The Pack" as narrated by Xander. "Xander's attitude is going through some changes. He's more confident, more aggressive — and developing a real appetite for raw flesh.") (17)
- The Stranger by Perri Smith ("Angel" as narrated by Willow Rosenberg.) (31)
- Mad Moon in Scorpio by Christina Kamnikar ("I Robot You Jane" as narrated by Jenny Calendar.) (56)
- No Strings Attached by Perri Smith ("The Puppet Show" as narrated by Sid. "Sid's on the trail of the seventh demon who cursed him into the form of a wooden dummy. His prime suspect is short, blonde and named Buffy Summers.") (78)
- Unravelling the Depths by Dawn Steele ("Nightmares" as narrated by Giles. "Giles is having a very bad day. First he gets lost in the stacks, then he couldn't remember how to read... and then things started getting nasty.") (103)
- Shadow of the Apocalypse by Christina Kamnikar ("Prophecy Girl" as narrated by Jenny Calender.) (118)
- To Be In Your Shoes by Dianne T. DeSha ("When She Was Bad" as narrated by Cordelia Chase. "After Cordelia discovered the existence of vampires, she tried to forget them. It got more difficult to do when, just after school started again, they insisted on kidnapping her.") (145)
- Friends Help You Move, Real Friends Help You Move Bodies by Elizabeth Ann Lewis and Christina Kamnikar ("Ted" as narrated by most of the cast members. "What Buffy and Company did with the "Ted" remains after Buffy broke him past warranty." - "Buffy's just killed Ted —again— but what is she going to do with the body? Luckily for her, she's got people to call.") (158)
