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    <body><![CDATA[I've really enjoyed the short stories of other slayers. There was a Watcher named Ethan Bentley, and I got a kick out of that. I sort of wanted to find a timeline that showed all the slayers over the years and what parts of the globe they came from, but the sites I found listed stuff like how they d...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3969111">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love the television series <em>Buffy the Vampire Slayer</em> but I'm not big into all the comics or branch off novels. I've tried, but to no avail. This book though was way fun. I loved to learn about the other slayers. Compared to the other <em>Tales of the Slayers</em> books, Volume I is the best. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is about how past Slayer's have died.  It is only for the true fans and for those who can handle it - some are very, very sad and others are very up lifting like the one about the oldest slayer ever known - 29.  Very well written]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Ok...I am a total geek.  I love Buffy the Vampire Slayer, so, naturally, I had to read this book.  My favorite stories are Marie Christine (France) and Britta (Germany) It is a super good book!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Buffy fans will love, i always wanted to know about other slayers]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[history of slayer adds a lot to the slayer lore.]]></body>
    
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